One Revolution

Coolest. Shoes. Ever. : Vibram’s FiveFingers

Matt — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:19:57 +0000

Every several weeks for the last few months, we’ve had at work a personal trainer guy come in and give talks on various health-related topics. The last one he did was on posture. My posture isn’t bad, but I’m conscientious of it and think it could be improved (especially since I sit at a desk all day), so I attended.

A short blurb on procrastination -

Matt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:31:09 +0000

I’m very good at it, you see. Not so much necessarily procrastination per se, but at doing something and then getting onto a completely different track and basically forgetting about that other pot cooking on the fire until it goes and burns down so low that its contents congeals, evolves a new life of its own, pulls itself from the pot and leaves to start a new exciting life, far away from he who created it - me, you see. I’m that person leaving stuff for so long that it evolves legs and creeps away.

Got a Job!

Matt — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:47:53 +0000

So, about four weeks after I started looking for work, I accepted a job offer from Dealer.com, a high tech software company in downtown Burlington, Vermont. I will be a Java Developer there, where I’ll get a chance to work with cutting-edge Java technologies, which is right where I want to be professionally.

Had Second Amazon Interview

Matt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:27:46 +0000

I just had my second Amazon interview today. It went very well, I think, based on everything from what was said, to the tone, to, well, everything. I’m really keeping my fingers crossed here! It could be a very cool thing to live and work in Seattle for a while, especially for such a well-known powerhouse as Amazon.

Interviewing in Boston

Matt — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:10:57 +0000

So I just got back from Boston yesterday. I spent a day down there doing job interviews. I was supposed to do only one, but as it so happens I had three (I had received two interesting proposals from recruiters while driving down there - go figure).

Had My First Amazon Interview

Matt — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:06:13 +0000

Today I had my first technical interview with Amazon.com. I think it went pretty well, although I haven’t heard back from the guy yet so I can’t say for sure.

Got my Motorcycle Endorsement!

Matt — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:53:15 +0000

As the subject line suggests, I passed the Basic Rider course I’ve been taking this weekend, so I now have a full endorsement from Vermont to drive motorcycles. Cool! Now all I need is a motorcycle.

Vermont for the last three weeks, and perhaps longer, has been very wet.

First Day Learning to Ride

Matt — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:40:48 +0000

Today I had my first real day of learning to ride a motorcycle. I signed up for this Basic Rider Course about half a year ago (they’re very popular, you need to sign up way in advance to get a slot in one of these courses). It’s a two-and-a-half day course, running Friday evening, and all day Saturday and Sunday.

Back in America and Looking for Jobs

Matt — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:24:22 +0000

So, I haven’t posted in a really long time, and to anyone who actually follows my posts, I apologize. No real excuse, except that I was getting burned out doing stuff in the Peace Corps office, and I tried to spend as little time there as possible. Mostly anytime I went there, I tried to get in and get out as quickly as I could, which left little time for posts about my goings on, which were by far and away mundane and routine towards the end of my service.

My Dysenterific Dakar Recap

Matt — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:10:37 +0000

This one’s going to be short and sweet… I think, and sort of. Sweet because it’s short, not because of what happened. Because what happened was decidedly not sweet.