Pawn by Timothy Zahn

Just kicking back this evening with a library book and some coffee. I’m two chapters in on Pawn and it’s already picking up speed.

Sitting back, enjoying a New England IPA and listening to upbeat 2010’s alternative music streaming on Pandora Radio while I do some light coding of my opengraph plugin. The wallpaper feature is by Rootkit via Wallhaven. Some casual coding to get me back into web development for my personal use. Ever since late 2022 when … Continue reading “Current Desktop”

How I prepare for potential layoffs

illustration of office employee being pushed down the stairs by a giant finger.

Last Thursday, Cal Poly Pomona announced a voluntary separation of service program to begin in March, resulting from a Cal State University budget shortfall. I experienced these actions in 2008, working for the Long Beach Press-Telegram at the beginning of the financial crisis, at that time, a fraction of employees accepted the offer, and I … Continue reading “How I prepare for potential layoffs”