Wow, have the last few weeks been just a little too nuts. I couple of weeks ago, my quiet life of sitting around writing my thesis got thrown completely out of wack. I got an email about a job interview on a Friday afternoon, just before I was going out of town for a funeral. When I got back from two, I got an offer of a 7 week contact before I had a chance to got to the interview. I am currently working on that contract, still waiting to here about second interview for the other job. Really though, I am hoping that he contract work lead to full time work, but more on that another day.

I have also finally changed my desktop to Linux. I have been talking about this for a while, but now that my work no longer depends on Windows, I took the plunge. So far so good (with a lot of help form my friend Geoff Holden), with the exception of my TV Card. It’s a ATI AIW card, and they’re not well supported under Linux. In all, my experiences haven’t been too bad, though I am not sure I would try Linux with my parents yet.

Finally, I want to tell you about the best movie you have never seen (at least it would be a safe guess you haven’t), Shine. I was flipping through the channels on Sunday and I happened upon it on Bravo. The movie is the story of David Helfgott Autrailian pianist who was born in 1947. I details his life from a young boy playing in competitions, to an youth who suffers a breakdown while playing in London, to the current day life of David (well, up to 1996 when the movie was released). Not only is this movie filled with beautiful music, it also has an amazing acting performance by Geoffrey Rush. If you haven’t seen this movie, put it on your “to see” list.