deep thought

what a day! it began with much difficulty, but once the obstacle (lack of coffee) was overcome, it immediately improved with a half-hour meeting to design the first step towards incorporating java into the team's projects. it was interesting mental exercise, and it's always good to be arguing about things which you know are correct :P

i got in touch with someone important (for me) this morning, things are moving and i'm happy with how they're doing so. [bad english. sod off.]

bureaucratically today sucked, however. aside from piles being picked on by our primary base's secretariat (because, as *we* know, they have no clue what they're doing), i discovered that there really is no way in hell that i'll be able to go to athens for the tool concert. i tried. i really, really tried. crying doesn't help.

our section went off to or yehuda for lunch; great food, plenty of it, and the weather was simply perfect for sitting outside with a bunch of friends, talking and eating and being all relaxed on a thursday.

piles' code finally got reviewed today, and he received some harsh comments. the basis for most of those comments was the specific point on which i've been hassling him for weeks, and he's been whining about it, and it was made clear to him by our TL and a couple of others that he needs to sort it out.

after the review, i told piles to sit on his ass and focus on the problem, and promptly ignored him while working on other things. after a few minutes i could almost hear the *PING*; he turned around excitedly and informed me that he'd found the cause. i asked him if it was something really stupid, he hung his head in shameful acknowledgement.

he's learning. i tested him on his understanding of the whys and hows, and he GOT it. OMFGTISFC (this is so friggin' cool) - HE - CAN - THINK!

i was so excited i had to leave the room and go whoop downstairs. i went back upstairs, picked on one of our application support guys and got him to sit with me on something big... and we got it all sorted out and can now breathe easier during the next few months. we, i say, even though it doesn't make a difference to me because i'm not really in the picture anymore ^_^

oh, and our testing server properly died today, which is excellent incentive for those lazy bastards to actually do something about giving us some service.

i came to work with a big smile (real thought! REAL THOUGHT!), spot and i showed off our new cute functionality to the boss and manager, had good coffee, and i'm now gonna get cracking and make today totally worthwhile. then i'm thinking about going home and passing out. i don't think i'm going to make jerusalem tomorrow. bah. humbug.

hell, yes
another great chitty lesson