For over a year, I have published a book review every other week, on Wednesday, at noon. Every week in the middle of both summers. Reading for review My wife is a librarian, and when I started this blog, it was partly a way for me to share something about the numerous pre-release books that she and I would get when we went to book events. Also, when I started, doing this was fun, and I figured that if I were any good at it, maybe I would reach other readers....
I have gone through and updated tags on all existing and future book reviews, with the hope they may be easier to find in the future. First, all book reviews (even short ones) now include the tag book-reviews. That is, if I'm telling you what I think about a book, it is a book review. There are also short-book-reviews on some. If my general impression of a book is that I enjoyed it, I've included the tag, recommend....
The company I work(ed) for has been planning a division sell-off for most of the year. Weeks after that division spin-off into Private Equity, I was notified that my last day will be 29 October. The last time I was laid-off, it was similarly driven by a corporate action. Upper management had been talking about a flatter organization, and cutting out management levels, so I was well prepared mentally. I actually expected that I would take it much worse than I did....
I know this. Read the fine print. I didn't do that. The rest is geeky details having to do with rack-mountable servers. I have a 12U rack. Sort-of an end-table next to the couch. I have two servers. One of them is happily racked. The other one is awkwardly sitting sideways across the top of the rack. I jumped on eBay a week ago, looking to find the rails I need....