updates on stuff

[Kragen Sitaker]

Well, now I have enough money in the bank to pay my bills through the
end of the month, which is good.  Now I just need to start figuring
out how to find enough contract work to keep that true.

San Francisco is still beautiful, but now I'm in a much poorer
neighborhood, Noe Valley.  The banks here have bulletproof "glass" to
protect the tellers from the customers' guns; beggars inhabit every
block.  But it's also much more convenient to walk to things: banks,
laundromats, restaurants, bookstores are all closer than they were at
my old house.  Soon perhaps I will use laundry services again.

My laptop's case is broken, although I still use it every day.  I'm
planning to get it fixed soon.

Interesting stuff is going on at KnowNow.  It seems that a lot of the
people in management who'd been causing a lot of the trouble there
have left, either of their own accord or because they were encouraged
to leave.  It would be nice to have a chance to do some more work for
the old beast; their ideas, long ahead of their time, are finally
starting to catch on --- both inside and outside the company!