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Happy New Year from Vienna

By codemonkey uk (Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 02:12:12 PM EST) (all tags)

Rathause: [web-cam].

Inside, my achievements.

This year I got married, gave a talk at the ACCU Spring Conference, had an article published in Overload, and fathered a second child.

What have you achieved?

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WIPO: Retained my dignity by Rogerborg (2.00 / 0) #1 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 02:19:26 PM EST

Through a strict regime of unrelenting modesty and self deprecation.

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What I accomplished by fluffy (2.00 / 0) #2 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 02:26:09 PM EST

Failed to get a job, moved back in with my parents, got a job in my parents' city which turned into another Dr. Cecil scenario, stopped working at that job because the asshole never paid the staffing agency I was working through, failed to get a bunch of other jobs, randomly applied for a job at "undisclosed game company," got said job at UbiSoft, got my name into the credits of a Nintendo DS launch title, burned out just in time for a vacation, went back to work, got sorta-hooked on Second Life, burned out again just in time for another vacation, went back to NM to visit my parents, dreaded the inevitable return to work at the beginning of next year, and started coloring my parachute for an exit strategy.

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achievements by codemonkey uk (2.00 / 0) #3 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 02:39:04 PM EST

Strictly speaking, I wouldn't count failing to get a job, or moving back in with your parents as achievements. A job at UbiSoft and a Nintendo DS launch title credit, on the other hand, are note-worthy. Well done.

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Possibly by fluffy (2.00 / 0) #8 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 03:22:38 PM EST

But it did require a great deal of pride-swallowing.
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Which game? by ti dave (2.00 / 0) #14 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 09:32:32 PM EST

Not that odd one, I hope.

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The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs
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Sprung by fluffy (2.00 / 0) #20 Sat Jan 01, 2005 at 03:24:27 PM EST

It's a stupid piece of shit. Don't buy it.
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Yeah, that's the one. by ti dave (2.00 / 0) #21 Sat Jan 01, 2005 at 06:15:15 PM EST

The sales staff at GameCrazy couldn't explain it to me.

I'll do more research at another place that employs otaku.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs
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That's a shame by codemonkey uk (2.00 / 0) #23 Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 03:19:33 AM EST

'Cos it's probably the most original, interesting, and imaginative project you'll ever get to work on, games industry or otherwise.

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Not really by fluffy (2.00 / 0) #24 Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 10:19:35 AM EST

My company is now working on just cranking out fucktons of those conversation games. For cellphones. Ugh.
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IAWTP by ti dave (2.00 / 0) #26 Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 01:36:47 PM EST

Seriously, who wants to converse over a network?

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs
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: Uh, you don't understand by fluffy (2.00 / 0) #29 Mon Jan 03, 2005 at 03:27:33 PM EST

A conversation game doesn't involve conversing with other people, it involves walking through a conversation tree to get one fictitious person to do something for another fictitious person, with the implication that your fictitious avatar will get sex in return.
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Jobs by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #4 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 02:42:45 PM EST

If I had to list all the jobs I failed to get, I'd crash Hulver's database.
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Dear Editor by codemonkey uk (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 02:45:52 PM EST

I wasn't going to post this till the stroke of midnight, but I hit "Post" when I meant to hit "Spellcheck".

I may not be able to turn the clock back, but can you please fix that god-awful embarrassing spelling error in the intro.

Thanks,

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: Speeling eror? by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #9 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 03:46:08 PM EST

I cee know erors!
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I got my bike on the road by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 02:47:33 PM EST

we got the last kid out of diapers, and I made and drank a lot of beer.

Oh yeah, I got a laptop, met Stacky, and drank my first Fat Tire, and some other stuff I can't mention.

diapers by codemonkey uk (2.00 / 0) #7 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 03:05:31 PM EST

Well done! How old is (s)he? We are going to be trying to get Dylan potty trained this year - he's three now - and I'm dreading it.

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: Three and a half by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 04:25:49 PM EST

We've had good luck with "Once Upon a Potty" which comes in buy and girl varieties, though it may be an American thing only. It takes a while, though maybe you can be manipulative and explain it to be something that Dylan can do that Karl can't.

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Yeah, how'd that go? by ti dave (2.00 / 0) #15 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 09:33:46 PM EST

Please post a description, using the Richter scale.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs
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: Very well by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #18 Sat Jan 01, 2005 at 08:01:05 AM EST

Fat Tire certainly had a reputation to live up to, and indeed, it was very tasty.
Stacky is very nice person, and we chatted shop and business trips.

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This diary means nothing to me by Herring (4.00 / 4) #10 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 03:53:04 PM EST

Oh Vienna

I am teh funny.

I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. - Bill Bailey

I bought a house by Greener (4.00 / 1) #11 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 04:17:14 PM EST

Achievements for the next 15 years: Paying for said house

This year.... by vardaman (2.00 / 0) #13 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 05:51:32 PM EST

... I got myself into university again. I continued to manage to focus some of my energy in productive endeavor (work). I kept in touch with friends. I did not go insane.

Happy New Year, all!

Ummmm by Improbus (4.00 / 1) #16 Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 09:45:26 PM EST

Is fathering a child really an achievement? I mean I could do that drunk ... and probably have.

If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, the meal was cooked a long time ago. --- Oma Desala

: it is by flowergrrl (2.00 / 0) #17 Sat Jan 01, 2005 at 02:06:29 AM EST

when the woman giving birth to said child tries to pull your head off whilst squeezing it out! :)

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: Children by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #19 Sat Jan 01, 2005 at 08:27:17 AM EST

Impregnating someone takes a few minutes. Fathering someone takes a lifetime.
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Achievements by miker2 (2.00 / 0) #22 Sat Jan 01, 2005 at 06:40:27 PM EST

Got a new job (no longer working for the evil DoD), completed an Ironman Triathlon (IM Wisconsin in 14:51:55), and hit all of my fiscal goals for the year.

Ah, sociopathy. How warm, how comforting, thy sweet embrace. - MNS

How long was your Swim time? by ti dave (2.00 / 0) #25 Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 01:35:46 PM EST

Just curious.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs
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1:19 by miker2 (2.00 / 0) #27 Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 03:18:49 PM EST

Took the long way around. I have this fear of getting kicked in the throat that prevents me from swimming in a tight pack. If I could just do that, a 1:10 swim would come easier.

Ah, sociopathy. How warm, how comforting, thy sweet embrace. - MNS
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: I have thousands of hours of pool time. by ti dave (2.00 / 0) #28 Sun Jan 02, 2005 at 08:43:21 PM EST

Never been kicked in the throat.
Solution: Don't swim with your head up. Waste of energy.
I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs
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2004 was a pretty good year by tmoertel (4.00 / 1) #30 Mon Jan 03, 2005 at 03:38:08 PM EST

At first I didn't think I did much this year. But, after I thought about your question for a while, this was a pretty good year. Aside from business stuff (boring), here are some of the things I accomplished:

Designed and printed my own Christmas cards.
Wrote a specification-based automated testing system for Perl (and a lot of documentation).
Read a ton of books on World War II.
Baked dangerously tasty maple-walnut pies on several occasions (and ate them immediately).
Wrote a bunch of tiny programs to clean referrer spam off of my Community Projects site.
Consumed over five pounds of real monastery fruitcake during the holiday season.
Set up a "radio VCR" to record my favorite programs on NPR.
Avoided television for a two week period and discovered that life is better without TV.
Wrote my first-ever complaint letter (to Loews Cineplex for showing an out-of-focus movie).
Donated to my church, the EFF, and the Red Cross.
Voted.
Volunteered about 200 hours at my church.
Packaged some obscure but cool programs as RPMs.
Learned to use R for statistical analysis.
Made hard cider. (My wife, however, considers this an anti-accomplishment.)
Got back into Perl and wrote about some things that interested me for Perl Monks:
Gave a few talks to keep my public speaking skills in shape.

(Whoops! The power went out, and my computer is running on the UPS now. I think I'll post now, just to be safe. Sorry about any spelling errors.)

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