House Searching

Lots of changes...

We sold our house sold in about 30 days. Got a good offer, with a fairly quick closing date of mid-May. Nice couple with a teenage daughter that is excited about her 'bedroom suite' (the builder made one room out of two small bedrooms, so there is sort of a sitting area separate from the bed area). They are moving out from Florida.

The result is that there has been another flurry of packing. We packed up a lot of the house while de-cluttering to make the house ready for sellers to wander around. That meant that we had to keep the house really clean (nothing on the counters). That is a lot easier when it's just the two of us.

Now that we have a sale, we've done some more packing. I worked on the garage last weekend; about 20 boxes worth. Had some help doing the bonus room which had a lot of books and DVDs in the bookcase area.

And we're spending a lot of time with virtual searches of houses in the new area of Utah. Pam has been doing a lot of on-line searches, and last weekend we started funneling those possibilities through the Realtor in Utah. We made up a list of requirement to help out, and this weekend (and this week) we are fine-tuning the list a bit.

The next step is a trip to Utah to wander through the houses on our list. That will keep us busy for two days before we have to get back home for more packing.

The last day of physical presence at work will be the end of May, then I will use up vacation and sick time through June. The closing date on the house is mid-May, so it's unsure where we'll be living during the transition between old house and new house while I still have to be in town to work.

Perhaps there will be some room in Sacramento's Tent City. I'll have to ask Oprah.

Internet Still Works

Noticing that the Internet is still working after the big 'Conficker attack on 4/1/09. But there are lots of computers with the Conficker malware, as shown by this map http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/ANY/InfectionDistribution from the Conficker Working Group.

That group also has a quick test for checking if you are infected is this Conficker "Eye Chart" http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html , which uses graphic images from web sites that are blocked by Conficker. A good quick test to see if you are infected with Conficker.

Conficker is still a threat, since there is no limit to what a bot-controlled computer could be told to do. The map shows that it is still widespread. But the attention of the anti-malware community will minimize it's impact, I think. Or at least the details of the next attack will be known.