at work i’ve been interviewing people for a helpdesk job. it’s going less than impressively thus far. i have 4 interviews this week i believe. yay. i’ve got high hopes for a couple of them. at some point, once i have someone, i’ll be doing a “how not to get a job in IT” post. for now, a sample:

• send the hiring manager your resume with no subject, text in the message or attached cover letter.
• send the manager an email asking how to get him/her a copy of your resume. you are applying for a tech job. if email attachments are beyond you…
• tell the manager that the job looks boring and beneath you, but times are hard and you’ll take what you can get.

on the nerd front, the clone army is going well. we’re at 9 completed kits (myself excluded, so 10 total if you count me), and we have 3 more that are more than 75% finished. the next armor session should finish those three up.

it takes about 3.5 – 4 hours per suit, so do the math

this is just the raw plastic. each person then has to put in the hours to trim / fit / assemble.

we are getting close to our big halloween parade, which is always fun. i’ve got a bit to do yet for it, but nothing big. i’ve got the minimums done for my own stuff, so anything new i make / do is gravy.

october 25, woburn ma. parade kicks off at 1. you should go. yes you. i know, it’s a long flight, but still… it’s fun. it’s worth it.

this time of year is always super trooping. i did a dk/lego promotion at the natick mall on saturday. this coming sunday is the boston autism walk. after that is the parade and a boston celtics game appearance (yes, mr. nosports will be trooping a celtics game!). i think there’s a week off, then it’s megafest in framingham. then it’s thanksgiving, with a parade that weekend.

oy. nerding is pretty hard core. you certainly don’t get bored…

Also, it helps to, you know, turn it on.

No need to post everything twice!

I’ve been working on the wiki a fair bit, so things there are shaping up. I’m getting more familiar with the software, which is good considering that we’re installing it on a much bigger site Real Soon Now.

As a random aside: I think it would be neat if Dreamhost provided a shared memcache server for clients. I should suggest that…

I’m still debating whether or not to work Twitter into all of this. I don’t really think there’s a need for it, but it’s still out there as an option.

I need to get cracking on the Watch City Armory logo, but that’s not likely to happen any time soon. Maybe I’ll do that on the plane to New Orleans.