New Contract, Buy Back LJ, Games for Sale

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I applied for a sysadmin position at Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing late last week. Wednesday was the interview. They asked me about my rather diverse academic background (Politics, Philosophy, Sociology, Business Studies, Network Administration). Apart from the obvious technical questions (three-way handshake, Cisco IOS, MTUs, preferred scripting language and the like) they seemed a little surprised when that I had used Fortran (readily admitting it was about twenty years ago), and even more surprised when I correctly answered their joke question: "What is the capital of Upper Volta?". About two hours later they 'phoned me and offered the job. It's a twelve month contract, good pay plus super... and heck, it's VPAC, goddamit. I mean, look at those computers. Phwoar.

I've started a new community for Livejournal; ljbuyback: With the introduction of unwanted advertising (even on paid accounts), witchhunts on fan-fiction writers, tracking the activities of users, and even rumours that it will be sold to News Corp, many people are unhappy with the service provided by Six Apart. Thus, it is necessary for actual users to buy back Livejournal and establish a new organisation which will not make any such decisions before consulting with the users. It is the users that make the communities, not the body which owns the technology. Join up and pass this information on to others.

Finally, with the realisation that I own more simulation and roleplaying games than most of the gaming stores in Melbourne, I've finally started some culling. Every day I'll put a few items up here. If you want to know whether I have anything special (e.g., a rare copy of the 1976 edition of Metamorphosis Alpha) feel free to ask.

Comments

[mr-e-cat.livejournal.com]

this sounds like a good offer!

my email is n4cat at hotpop dot com

let me know how much you want and approx cost of postage and I'll organise payment

ie ask mrs e cat if I can spend money on myself ;)

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Will do... Just let this set go through so I know what's a fair price.

[mr-e-cat.livejournal.com]

no worries

I still need to talk to mrs e about it.
She's getting a bit foofy with me spending money as my rugby membership is $400 and my hockey is about the same I'm a little bit out of good will at the moment.