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<\/p>\nThe week has been a bit interesting.\u00a0 At work, the group I am in moved into a new area.\u00a0 I am part of a small group (about 35 people including management) working in a call center where a much larger group (a few hundred, I am guessing) also works.\u00a0 Prior to this week, my group occupied one corner of a very large room which the larger group also used.\u00a0 This week we moved to a downstairs area which is just big enough to hold my little group.\u00a0 We have our own private break room and restrooms.\u00a0 Our cubes are not cubes in the traditional sense as they are not square.\u00a0 It’s hard to describe, so I’ll try this drawing:<\/p>\n
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Naturally, this is not to scale.\u00a0 Also, I got the “After Move” angles wrong and realized it as I was finishing the drawing so I didn’t correct it.\u00a0 The angles above are sixty degrees but the “cubes” actually are on a seventy-five degree angle, so there are five cubes in a set.\u00a0 The dark areas are co-workers’ areas and the light area is mine.\u00a0 So before the move I shared half of a wide cube with somebody and after the move I have my own little space.\u00a0 There is a little more desk space this way, but because of the angle (seventy-five instead of ninety) it feels a bit more crowded.\u00a0 I am adjusting this; it’s actually nice because my Stuff is closer at hand.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the move is done and I like it.\u00a0 There’s a snack machine within a dozen steps and the bathroom is about three dozen steps away.\u00a0 Pre-move, the shared break room and restrooms were half of a very large room away.\u00a0 There’s no fridge in the break room yet, but there will be soon enough.\u00a0 Meanwhile, I’ll bring canned pasta to work for lunch.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sony Online Entertainment released its newest EverQuest expansion, House of Thule.\u00a0 I have started to play in it, and I already like it a lot.\u00a0 One very cool feature is Player Housing.\u00a0 I have hopes they’ll give this more purpose in the future, but for now it’s at least entertaining.\u00a0 You buy a plot, then you buy a house (there are many varieties available) then you buy furnishings for the plot and house.\u00a0 This includes animals to roam around.\u00a0 So I have a white leopard wandering the inside of my three room house and outside I have two rabbits and a big dog-like thing.\u00a0 The inside also has a couple of tables, some chairs and a bed.\u00a0 The outside has some trees, a bunch of flowers, a gazebo, some shrubbery…well, you get the idea.\u00a0 Maybe next week I’ll post some screenshots.<\/p>\n
The new expansion raised the level cap for characters.\u00a0 Previously, it was eighty-five and now it’s ninety.\u00a0 So Shaka is once again grinding experience, as is Boomer.\u00a0 Dan had barely reached eighty-five pre-expansion, so his grind is more of a continuance.\u00a0 I am focusing more on Shaka for awhile.\u00a0 She never really progressed in the previous expansion, and I do not want to repeat this failure.\u00a0 She is my main character in the game, so I will get into groups and such until she is finished with her progression.\u00a0 Along the way I will get Boom and Dan what progression and such as I can, but mostly I will focus on Shaka.\u00a0 Eventually, they will all<\/em> be progressed, but Shaka comes first.<\/p>\n