On Sunday 08 April 2007 03:27, Dan Langille wrote: > On 7 Apr 2007 at 9:20, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > Hello Dan, > > > > Congratulations on your new job. The only thing that they probably didn't > > tell you is that depending on exactly where you will be, unless you learn > > Spanish you might feel a bit disadvantaged :-) I don't consider that a > > negative point, but rather a nice opportunity. > > We'll see...... The part of Florida I'll be in seems quite > anglophone.
Most of Florida is quite anglophone, but parts such as Miami have large Spanish speaking populations -- the airport is bilingual for example. As I said, I don't consider that a disadvantage, but an opportunity. > > > About the weather, I wouldn't worry too much. I lived 12 years in > > Maryland, which has "similar" summer weather (with winter weather like > > the northern US) and once you learn how to slow down your movement in > > the summer, everything goes pretty well. If you have a car, I > > recommend selling it and getting one with air conditioning -- that > > will make life a lot nicer in the summer. The only unpleasant moments > > were when it was 90 F degrees (32 C) outside, my car had been sitting > > in the sun (40-45 C inside), and it would start raining around. > > Typically this is around 3pm. It becomes somewhat of a catastrophy > > without A/C trying to deal with the heat (windows rolled up to prevent > > inondation) and fogged windows. :-) Car A/C solves the problem. > > A/C is common in most cars in Canada. Mine is a 2001 Subaru, and we > use the A/C frequently. It also comes in handy in winter for > defrosting. Yes, we run the A/C and the heater at the same time. So > it is warm dry air. Good, you are all set :-) > > > We wish you the best and look forward to hearing from you and hopefully your > > continuing participation. > > cheers > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Kern > > > > On Friday 06 April 2007 23:00, Dan Langille wrote: > > > Folks: > > > > > > I've accepted a job offer from eSilo.com. This means I'm moving to > > > Jupiter (north of Miami) Florida from Ottawa. > > > > > > eSilo does backups over the Internet. It's a turn-key solution. I'm > > > not yet sure how much I can talk about what I'm going to be doing, > > > but my primary roles do not intersect with the work I've done on > > > Bacula. There will be an NDA for me to work on, but that won't > > > prevent me from continuing to contribute to Bacula. > > > > > > Biggest tasks to hand: find a place to live, move my stuff down > > > there. Biggest thing to move that I can't drive there: my HD TV.... > > > > > > -- > > > Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work > > > my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php > > > PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference - http://www.pgcon.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bacula-devel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work > my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php > PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference - http://www.pgcon.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
