It’s been a week of changes. Last Wednesday about a half hour into work, I received a call from security/reception about the arrival of a new temp for the guy I was assisting. I of course had no idea about the pending arrival, and he wasn’t in the office yet. It turns out, I was being replaced. The temp agency was supposed to have called me the night before, but for whatever reason had failed to do so. But basically, during the course of the day, I found out that it would be my last day. At least I had time to make sure I had all my personal belongings. I had been a little worried after the other executive that I had been assisting left the company and finally those fears were realized.
The temp agency did get to work quickly on finding me a new position. Its with the same company, but at a different location. The position pays a little more, but the commute is much further. I did however figure out that I can take one bus from my house to work…so that’s something I’ll keep in mind. The new position is as a “Planner” in the Global Supply Chain department. Basically, I’m pulling reports and moving inventory from the US to other countries and vice-versa.
Saturday, it was finally time for my install appointment with AT&T U-Verse. U-Verse is AT&T’s version of FIOS (from Verizon). It is a little different than FIOS in that it is only Fiber to the Node, which means it utilizes the standard copper wiring from the neighborhood node. This cuts the deployment costs for AT&T, but also limits the bandwidth to the end-user. (Verizon FIOS is fiber to home and as a result will have more available bandwidth to the end-user.) So far I’m liking the service, the wireless router puts out enough signal that it reaches back to my room more reliably. One interesting feature with the DVR for the TV, is that you can schedule shows online. While I could do this on my old ReplayTV DVR back in the day, there was a 24 hr advance scheduling required. With the U-Verse DVR, the scheduling was instantaneous (or at least quicker than it took me to walk from my room to the living room to check it).
I had lunch with a friend in Thai Town on Sunday, my first trip to Thai Town proper (I’d been to three of the Thai restaurants on Melrose or Little Thai Town). The food was good, though they did keep the spiciness to “American” spicy levels. Next time I’ll have to remember to ask for “Thai Spicy.”
