Typing

You're probably now clearing your PC of clutter and getting comfortable, expecting to read months of my journal as I search for my next job.

But what about me? I have to write it.

On a near whim (well, as near as I get to a whim) today I bought an ergonomic keyboard, the Mircosoft NEK 4000 one.

So far it feels good, although it will take a bit of getting used to. It would be useless if I didn't touch-type though.

I bought the German version because, well, I'm in Germany and have to use umlauts (ä, ö, ü) a bit more than usual.

I'm buying it now because, realistically, I could be spending quite a while in my Munich flat, bashing away at a keyboard, applying for jobs. So, it may as well be a keyboard which doesn't cripple me.

Clarity

My client (I'm a contractor) tells me that they won't be able to keep me on beyond October. Though, they will try.

But for now at least, my contract ends when October does.

Do I need more clarity?

Hell no, I need another job.

Regular readers will know that, for someone like me, it's strangely difficult to get another job. Well, it's even harder now that I'm in Munich.

First of all the language. Not everyone here speaks English.

Secondly, well I'm not exactly in the land of low unemployment.

But I like it here, for lots of reasons, and am determined to stay.