{"id":599,"date":"2016-04-22T18:01:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T00:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/?p=599"},"modified":"2016-04-22T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T01:03:15","slug":"ready-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/2016\/04\/ready-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really couldn&#8217;t ask for a better Friday. No alerts in the morning, couple emails to plan stuff for next week, got my evaluation  from the boss, got my one-on-one meetings with my direct reports done, and nothing broke or caught fire in that timespan. It left me from 1:00 to 5:00 to plan and do a thorough weekly review.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a really good feeling knowing that you have tracked everything going on at work, and know exactly where everything is at. That you don&#8217;t have to <em>think<\/em> about those things just for the sake of remembering them. You can actually relax.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qCZ4RPpsdlY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, the evaluation. I indicated it would have a lot of influence on how I felt going into the weekend and in general. I&#8217;ll just read off the relevant line out of the eight paragraph evaluation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Daniel is a very skilled technical supervisor. The right person for the job.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The right person for the job. Validation. It&#8217;s a wonderful world.<\/p>\n<p>I was initially joking about bringing decaf coffee with me on the train on the way back instead of gross lightly coffee-flavored cold water. I had a decaf pod in a variety pack. Guess what I&#8217;ve got today? It would be better if it wasn&#8217;t quite so warm out. But it was still a good idea, I stand by it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ih2gxLqR7HM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All the Nutanix migrations so far have either been flawless or invaluable learning experiences on non-production boxes. My systems guy has done about a dozen machines, and we have about two dozen to go. If we can get about another dozen done in four days next week there&#8217;s a half-day off on Friday there for the taking. There actually is a train that leaves at about the right time, 1:07. I think we want this.<\/p>\n<p>I ordered some replacement Gunnar glasses. My go-to model was discontinued, but a pair appeared on Amazon for about half price. I also bought a Google Cardboard kit. For 10 bucks, I&#8217;m quite curious how it actually works. They&#8217;re not terribly adjustable and this is a fairly exact science. But for an approximation of technology that&#8217;s currently going for $600-1000, it&#8217;s worth a shot. It would be funny as hell if it actually worked well enough to not need to bother with the Oculus Rift, Gear VR, HTC Vive, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna play the hell out of some vidya this weekend. Damn shame the new monitor won&#8217;t arrive until Monday. I know the new Hoops mode for Rocket League is next week, and I&#8217;ll be playing the shit out of that when the time comes. I think it&#8217;s going to be Dark Souls this weekend. I only have the first one and started with a rather cheesy minmax (Drake sword). I&#8217;ve heard from a number of people that it really does detract from the balance of the game, so no Drake sword this time. It&#8217;s a full-on franchise at this point, and my policy on franchises is that I have to play through the first before playing any of the rest. I know in this case there isn&#8217;t a ton of plot I&#8217;m messing with, but that&#8217;s the plan just the same.<\/p>\n<p>So, you know. Praise the Sun. &#92;[T]\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really couldn&#8217;t ask for a better Friday. No alerts in the morning, couple emails to plan stuff for next week, got my evaluation from the boss, got my one-on-one meetings with my direct reports done, and nothing broke or caught fire in that timespan. 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