Work
We're in the new building, and it seems that just about everything got moved across okay. A lot of people spent a lot of time over the weekend making sure that things went smoothly for us today, and I'm very grateful for that.

There was a small hiccup where my mouse and speakers ended up in Dancer's bin (the removalists put them there), but otherwise things went without a hitch.

The coffee machine isn't plumbed in yet, so we have to use the back-up machine which isn't anywhere near as good.

Luke and DataServe
It looks like not only have I met Luke before, I worked with him. DataServe was a company created by Luke and some mutual friends of ours a long time ago, about when I was 12-13. Luke even found my old report (I was head of the Commodore division), where I discussed some of the software I was working on at the time.

I'm glad that Luke kept all these documents, they bring back many memories of when I was a little geek, instead of being the big geek I am now. I think that if DataServe were to be reformed today it would prove to be a quite successful company -- the people in it have certainly gone on to prove themselves to be quite talented.

Homeworld
It's very pretty, has a nice feel, and so far has a reasonable plot. Pity I suck at it. Ian will probably be dissapointed in me.

Lukeh, time-capsules, and stuff
Lukeh seems to think that I'm related to some 'important historical documents'. I find this flattering, especially considering that I don't believe I've ever actually met Luke personally, although I believe almost every other person at Schoolsnet has.

I'm looking forward to seeing Luke's documents, I'm quite curious now.

A good harvest
Most of my Jersualem Artichokes have died back for the winter, and so I took the opportunity this weekend to harvest the tubers. I ended up with a very large bucket filled with roots, and those which I've tried have been delicious. I'll definitely be replanting these next time.

Geeks with Balls
Went to the Apocalypso ball last night, which is the annual Infinite Images roleplaying club's ball. The ball had mixed goth and hawaiian themes, which was odd but worked. Managed to catch up with a lot of old friends who I hadn't seen in a while, and generally had a very good time. As it was, the world didn't end due to the planetary alignments, but we sacrificed a couple of pineapples anyway.

The ball was extremely geeky... I think we would have been the only ones in the world at the time to be dancing a conga-line to the great 80's hit "Star Trekkin'".

Moving hassles
Schoolsnet is currently moving, so I can't access my e-mail. Ross tells me that I should go out and get a life for a day. I already have a life, I just use e-mail to manage it.

Ian
Ian was very nice and drove me to a faraway place to get my television repaired. I'm glad that I don't drive, peak hour traffic is awful, parking meters are expensive, and finding parking spots is hard. I'm very glad I have my $100 bicycle which gets me home-to-work in 12 minutes with no pollution, no expense, no parking hassles, and with a bit of healthy exercise. I'm still upset there aren't any more hills between home and work, because I'm getting flabby with the short trip.

Ian's also much become much better at rockclimbing than me, so I'm incredibly jealous.

Sofie
Sofie (Ian's partner) is going to come and work for Schoolsnet in a couple of weeks. This is good, because Sofie appreciates good beer, whereas Ian and Benni don't.

Work
Moving tomorrow, so I'm not expecting to get much done. Scotty tells me that I haven't been forgotten in bugland, and that one day the promised land will come. That's okay, because I've got a bunch of bugs I'm going to be delegating anyway. :)

Natedawg
Nate's practice at Half-Life is paying off. He's become incredibly good at Counter-Strike, probably because he plays it very single night of the week. He whipped our arses hugely today, which was pretty humiliating. To make things worse, I'm going to be broken up from my old squad (Dancer and Ben) as part of the move at work.

Nate also came climbing with us yesterday. He looks pretty spunky in my tight blue shorts.

GnuCash
GnuCash is good. Saved me money again by keeping a good hold on my finances. I'm most satisfied.

Finance::Quote
Benni has joined the Finance::Quote team and has offered to do fun stuff with the web-page. Thanks Benni! (I suspect the real reason is that he wants to write Advogato diaries but feels he needs open-source experience to do so.)

Diplomacy
Both Schoolsnet games are up and running now, and it's been lots of fun to watch. I'm still surprised at how eager everyone was to join and how quickly the games were started.

Work
Moving to the new building at the end of the week. Hopefully we might have air-conditioners there, as I'm finding the temperature in my office quite a bit high for my liking. It also looks like I'll get a beautiful view as well.

It looks like I'll be sharing an office with Scottp, which will make things interesting. Not because there's anything wrong with Scott, but because he's so valuable and in demand, so I expect there'll be a lot of traffic through the office. I've also been known to generate a bit of traffic with people reporting bugs, CVS issues, and other things.

Justin shall be posted at the door to try and stem the tide of people. He's rehearsing his line now -- "None shall pass!".

Gwen
Gwen's been a little angel. I came home last night and found that she had washed all the dishes. Washing dishes is my most hated chore, so I'm very thankful to Gwen for this favour. It looks like we'll be getting along well. She even said that she liked my cooking.

Ian
Benni calculated how much Ian is paying for his new car on a "per week" basis. It's about twice what I pay in rent, although I don't think he's planning to live in his car.

Ian's been claiming that the real reason he purchased the car is that there are better seltbelts for me in the back-seat. (When there are five people in Ian's car, I usually volunteer to sit in the middle at the back, between any cute girls that might be in the same car.) While I think this is very kind of him, I'm surprised that he didn't just give me $20,000 and keep the change for himself. I'm surprised at how generous he is.