FFS

Work. What a pain in the ass right now.

Been working lots of 12-14+ hour days the past 2 weeks, hence the lack of posts. Im taking a quick break right now from it before diving back in. Yeah, its almost 11pm.

The reason for the tons of work is because we are wrapping up a big project...where the scope keeps balooning because of more and more issues we are finding. Not fun. Random deadlines created. Random deadlines missed. New random deadlines made. Etc, rinse repeat. It has been a HUGE lesson to me in project management. Especially with managing a project that has over 20 different contacts in over 10 different departments.

To top it all off, im also in a training class this week. Audit and Security of Unix systems. Its about as fun and exciting as it sounds. Its also being taught by the kind of guy you would expect would teach a Unix audit class. The kind of guy who thinks that the "Bourne Again Shell" is a funny Unix/Linux joke. Shoot me now.


I did manage to get Transformers in HDDVD and Top Gun in HDDVD. Since getting this drive late this summer, oddly enough, these were the first 2 HDDVDS i bought. The rest i have just rented. Transformers was on while working tonite...the picture is pristine for the most part. Some of the darker scenes get a bit grainy. The audio mix is very center channel heavy, and a bit low on the surrounds. That could be the xbox audio hardware, though. Not sure. Top Gun....pristine sound, pristine picture. Benchmark disc for any HDDVD owners.

Not much gaming going on. Beat portal and HL2 episode 2. Both games are spectacular. Orange Box for GOTY. Also...im pretty sure portal was a prequel to HL 1, and that its going to play a HUGE part in HL2 episode 3. Cant wait to see whats going to happen. Its nice to see it is FINALLY tying together with HL1 and the black mesa happenings. Also....Team Fortress 2....so awesome. So. Freaking. Fun.


Ok, back to work. Writing about this work stuff is making me want to eat my own face.