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Stefan Rusek | My last day at the Creek
My last day at the Creek
Wednesday was my last day at Fog Creek Software. Leaving is bittersweet, because I have many fond memories and great friends there. The developers are great friends and some of them I’ve worked with everyday for the past two and a half years.
For my last day, the company took all the developers out for a very nice lunch to send me off. We ate at Murano Ristorante. It was a lot of fun and it was a very nice treat. The restaurant was one that I discovered a couple months ago when I took a job applicant there for lunch. I highly recommend the homemade garlic potato chips! When we got back there was an awesome cake waiting. The cake was a cool cat shaped cake, along with six cheeseburger sh
aped cakes. The cheeseburger cakes looked surprisingly like real cheeseburgers, and when I took a bite, I was quite surprised by how tasty they were. The buns were made of muffin tops, and the patties were a lot like brownies. I was asked slice the cat, so I did the logical thing and cut the cat’s head off. Aneta ate the eyes when I brought the head home, and we both ate the brains!
My last two hours in the employ of Fog Creek were spent working with Brett to create sandboxes. I am not sure what more I should say. I suppose that I can say whatever I want, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise. I also don’t want to give anyone to expect sandboxes in future versions of FogBugz. The sandboxes that Brett and I made are still only prototypes, and it will be a while before they are used outside of the Creek.
The cat and cheeseburgers were to commemorate my new job. I started working full time for I Can Has Cheezburger on Thursday. I have been working a little part time for ICHC over the last few weeks already. So far I’ve been working on performance related work. The next couple months should be real exciting, Aneta and I have a little more than 3 weeks left in New York. Then we drive down to Tennessee, a few days later I fly to Seattle to work on-site at ICHC for a month. Then back to Tennessee for a few weeks, and then to Poland!
Stefan Rusek | The start of something new
The start of something new
For the past two and a half years, I have worked at Fog Creek Software. In that time, I have worked on some awesome stuff, and I have made some great friends. Recently, my wife and I decided to move back to Poland. My wife is originally from there, and I lived there when we met. Unfortunately, Fog Creek Software requires all employees to work on-site in New York City. This means that even though I remain a big fan of Fog Creek Software, I had to start looking for a new place to work.
So I started the job search. Eventually I stumbled upon a job that sound like a ton of fun. The job description didn’t exactly specify that I would be able to work off site, but I though I would give it a try. Not too long there after, I accepted an offer from Pet Holding Inc. What! You’ve never heard of PHI? Oh, I guess you might have been to http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/. I am pretty stoked about my new job. It is a much smaller company than the Creek. (Fog Creek is still a small company, though it has grown to 4x the size it was when I started.)
Stefan Rusek | My Bank Rocks!
My Bank Rocks!
Sometime in the last week or so, someone was able to get my bank information. I am not sure how or when. and it isn’t really the point of this post. The cool thing is how my bank handled it. As soon as I noticed two transactions for a thousand dollars each, I called up my bank. With in minutes, I was on the phone with a security agent. The agent was courteous and helpful. He said they would send us new ATM cards and the bank would refund the money. Later that day two more transactions went though that had been pending and the total came out to three thousand dollars. At this point the bank did exactly as much as you would expect it to. I really appreciate how quick and helpful they were. The real kicker is that they not only refunded the 3,000 dollars and 6 dollars ATM fees, but they refunded 0.02 cents in lost interest. I’ve circled the interest below:
I don’t get any referral money, but if you are interested HSBC Rocks!
Stefan Rusek | Aneta is Blogging
Aneta is Blogging
Aneta has started blogging, you should check it out. She has some awesome photos and interesting things to say.
Go and comment!
Stefan Rusek | After much work we finally did it
After much work we finally did it
Last night and today, Aneta and I have been holding an A-Team marathon, and the thing I’ve been wondering about for a while has finally happened. It took us a long time but we finally did it. We ran out of minute on NetFlix Instant Watching. I have continuously been amazed at the dvd quality streaming that those great guys at NetFlix have been able to pull off. If you’ve been putting off getting a NetFlix membership you should do it right now. We love it! (I don’t even get anything if you sign up, and I still think you should do it.)
Stefan Rusek | Our garden is in bloom again
Our garden is in bloom again
This morning I noticed that the plants in the garden in front of our apartment have started blooming again. Aneta and I had thought they were done and so we stopped watering them. Well it turns out that global warming has its perks. (Though I doubt that having an extra month of flowers it really such a great trade-off of global warming.) One of the bushier plants that Aneta planted mid-summer has started blooming. I didn’t realize that it was flowering at all, and it has lovely purple flowers.
Stefan Rusek | Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
Last weekend (Oct 4 through Oct 8), Aneta and I took a trip to Niagara Falls. The falls were great. Aneta took some great pictures. We saw them from high up and from low down, from the US and from Canada, early in the morning and late at night.
I love watching Aneta take photos. She does such a great job.
People are generally right when they say that the falls look better from the Canadian side and there are plenty of great things about the Canadian side. The best thing is of course the view of the falls, and the absolutely best place to see the falls from is the top of the Skylon Tower (I kept accidentally calling it the Cylon Tower, which I probably would have done even if I hadn’t watched Battlestar, but since I have I would then think "It looks nothing like a cylon.") We had lunch up at the top. It was a lot of fun and we had a great view. At the bottom of the tower, there is an arcade. Aneta and I played a couple rounds of air hockey, which is always fun. The highlight of our play was the round of Daytona USA that we played (in Canada). The game is over ten years old and it is amazing to me that it is still around. After a close race, Aneta pulled ahead and smoked me.
Stefan Rusek | First Post
First Post
Since my last post, Aneta and I have lived in New York for about 1 year and 10 months. I work at Fog Creek Software, and it is as great a place to work as you might get the impression it is from reading things on the internet. Aneta just started her fourth semester at New York University. Maybe she will write about her opinion of NYU. We have two cats. Lusia has been with us for about a year and a half. She is about 2 and a half years old. Escupito is our new adoptee. He used to be a indoor/outdoor Tennessee cat, but now he is a happy little city kitty.
I am very lucky. I have a sexy wife, a great job, 2 wonderful cats, a few fantastic friends, and live in a beautiful apartment.
Stefan Rusek | Rusek Home Videos
Rusek Home Videos
I realize that this may not be of interest to every person in the world,
but some of you have been waiting your whole lives to see the videos on this page.
Par Wars
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5157946397585766143
The Hero Movie
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2759033589193896345
Old School Rusek Home Videos (See my dad when he was a kid)