= Update =

== First day at deCarta ==

Yesterday was my first day at deCarta ( http://www.decarta.com/ ).  It looks like I'll be enjoying this work much more than my work at Panasas.  The team, at first glance, appears that it knows how to work together rather than against each other.

== Commuting via Amtrak ==

I also bought a one month pass for Amtrak to do the Oakland to San Jose commute.  The big trains are much more enjoyable than the BART, which I've also used for a extended commuting.

== New laptop ==

Moreover, I got a work laptop.  Just in time, as my personal laptop's unreplacable battery finally decided to die completely. :(  I now just have to configure it for dual booting until I can get xen working on it to host the windows install they gave me (I have to automate on both linux and windows).

== New folding bicycle ==

My Dahon Piccolo D3 folding bicycle should be in on Monday.  Today I'm going down to the bike shop to test out folding bicycles to see if everything's how I want it to be.