Magic
Today I went back to a little playing with Magic - the layout tool. I've had it built on sparky for a long time, and I've used it a lot in my days at Auburn, but I haven't done a lot with it lately. So I decided to brush up on my chops and layout a few gates. Specifically, an inverter, a two-input NAND, another 'folded' two-input NAND, and a four-input NAND. Nothing really earth-shaking about this, but it's nice to keep the eyes sharp and the skills fresh. While I can't imagine laying out a complete chip, it's interesting to think that if I had the dough to go to a foundry, I could lay out a chip and have it fabbed. It'd be kind of interesting... Oh well... just a little diversion.
I also got a few calls from headhunters and it's looking good for Bear Stearns and Bank of America. Hopefully we'll know in a few days. It'd be nice to have a job again, it's too boring to be doing nothing for so long.
No word from Joel on CIA today... wonder how that's going...