Officially disguised as a Canadian
I am busy reading an interesting article (see related link) regarding COBOL and its image in the workplace. There are many companies world-wide that still rely on COBOL, and I'm wondering whether it would be worthwhile finding out more about this language.
As some of you know, I changed jobs at the beginning of September. More than six weeks later, I'm very happy with my decision. I signed a confidentiality agreement so I can't talk about details (obviously), but I am very happy with my prospects.
This is my public service announcement for 2006:
This weekend I finalised my laptop's move from Windows to SUSE. XP was due for a rehash anyway (the installation was a year old). I took the 40GB drive out of the machine (it still had the Windows installation on it), replaced it with the 60GB I use in my external USB chassis, and told SUSE it could have all of the 60GB.
My website is 11 years old today!
For the sake of advancing research into the structure of the atom, I hereby present a theory. For the sake of copyright, I do not claim any ownership of the information that follows. I want this information to be public.
Jason Bentley's tirade on the Comic Sans font is hilarious, true, and gets my vote.
"Alcohol loosens your tongue and makes you act, say and behave in a way that's not you." – Mel Gibson.
From the related link:
The next UN chief's name is Ban Ki-Moon. Now the United Nations has brought us leaders with very odd names in the past, but here's a thought: am I the only one who sees the words "Bankie Mon" in there, and does he sell weed in little bank bags?