Brent’s Thoughts

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Brent’s Thoughts — the old blog, 2001 onward. Mostly tech, skepticism, and family.

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2001-09-05

My thoughts from a few entries ago rang true today. Shane (who I am really starting to think is a pretty cool guy, despite is quiet nature ) turned me loose with little intervention to finish up the supervisor image for the machines. I pushed…

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2001-09-01

Got a couple of things to talk about today. One is the fact that my Aunt Rose is doing somewhat better. I am not sure if it is a recovery, but she is still with us. The second thing is that I found out that…

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2001-08-26

Rose Parrish To most of the people that might be reading this that name would mean nothing to you. Let me tell you if it doesn't then it is your loss. Rose Parrish is one of the sweetest people that I know. When I was…

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2001-08-25

We now interrupt your previously scheduled introspection about work for some thought on WKU-Linux . I find myself chaffing under the yoke of Executive Adviser. I think it is because when I was the admin of the servers I found myself spending time working to…

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2001-08-22

Well today was a somewhat eventful day. Even as I type that though I think back to what happened and I find that it really wasn't _that_ eventful. **Interesting what seems to be a huge deal only because it took a long time to fix.…

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August 18, 2001

Well sorry for those that are actually reading this that I haven't updated it yet, but here it is. The job at Afni is pretty good. While not quite the technical level that I was hoping for it is still enough to keep me learning…

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2001-08-17

Well first to pull up some stuff up from earlier this week. First and biggest (as it will have effects later in the entry) is that I was wrong about Bloomington. Afni headquarters is not in Bloomington Indiana, it is instead in Bloomington Illinois. This…

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2001-08-08

Hmmm... Today Shane Mi$$ey from afni called and stated that they had decided to not hire from outside and that they were going to withdraw their offer. I said alright and then ask what had brought that on. Shane stated that he had decided that…

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2001-08-07

Well Afni called me today. They would like to hire me. Only problem is that they are offering a bit less than I wanted. It is helped by the fact that I can continue to live here rent free (+12000$), but still I would like…

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2001-08-01

Well I had an interview with a company called Afni . The position is more of a Tech Support position, but there are still more servers there that I will be running than what I have at the BioDiversity Center. The great thing is it…