I read my horoscope (Scorpio) in the SJ Mercury this morning. It told me I was going to start working today. It was, quite literally, correct. Today was the first day at my new job, and it was a pretty typical first day. The guy i'm replacing (he's sticking around to train me a bit) showed me around a bit, introduced me to some of the people i'd be dealing with, that sort of thing. I didn't get to actually do very much.

I did get to think a lot about a wireless network i'm going to be building for the lab. I'm not feeling too good about the task, since they want the network for all the wrong reasons. Currently every computer has an ethernet jack and an assigned IP. The point of the wireless network (in their mind) is to increase their network security, because it will place their computers behind a firewall. I guess security is a fairly real concern, considering they had a machine hacked with a rogue FTP/IRC server set up distributing pr0n or god knows what. If you ask me, wireless communication is the cause of, not solution to, security concerns. But they didn't ask me. I'll have to wait a bit before I decide to speak up.

In other news, i am meeting my new landlady to sign a lease on a new apartment. The place is in Berkeley about 5 blocks west of campus. It's pretty sweet. I'll write more about it later.