What a week

What a week it’s been. I’ve been running full blast since my last post a week ago. The reason is that I’m trying to finish up the main bulk of one of the web/database projects at work. It needs to be finished within the next four days. Once that’s complete, the big project begins.

The big project is the Cisco Clean Access implementation. I’m in charge of setting it up at 16 locations (schools, offices, etc.). I’ve already started configuring one of the management servers with the base, or global, policies. I’ll start configuring the site servers on Tuesday. The site servers will hold the site specific policies.

I’ve also been helping a friend with his website. He’s trying to use WordPress as a CMS because he’s tried CMS’ like Joomla and Drupal but found them too difficult. His site is pretty basic so he’s going to use the WordPress pages feature for most of his content. He hasn’t decided if he wants to create any blog post. If he does, he can set one of the static pages as the blog display.

It’s been fun helping him out. I’ve started learning a little more about web design and PHP. Those are two things I’ve been wanting to learn but haven’t found the time. Most of the work is tweaking an existing template in order to have it display the way he wants. We’re both learning as we go.

Here’s to a three day weekend. The calm before the storm.

16.Feb.08 General Comment (1)

Merry Christmas!

From my family to all of you, Merry Christmas!

This is my new favorite Christmas comic:

Courtesy of xkcd.

25.Dec.07 Holidays Comments (0)

Give your system a (inter)facelift

Looking for nice backgrounds? Check out InterfaceLIFT. They have over 1,000 high quality wallpapers in sizes that fit even widescreen monitors. The resolutions range from 320×240 (iPod) up to 2560×1600. They even have a special section for PSP wallpapers.

I like how well the site is organized. Date, screen resolution and popularity are only three of the choices for ordering how you want to view what’s available. No matter how you choose to order them, there is always a drop-down menu under the picture where you can choose what resolution you want. Each drop-down menu organizes the resolutions by the type of screen they are for (i.e. Widescreen, Fullscreen, etc.).

InterfaceLIFT also has:

• OS X icons (currently 16,445 icons in 1,063 sets)
• Windows icons (currently 4,473 icons in 272 sets)
• OS X Themes (currently 161)
• Windows Visual Styles (currently 23)

I haven’t tried anything but the wallpapers. Some of the Windows themes look pretty nice, though. Check them out daily because new wallpapers are always being added. If you know of other good sites, let me know in the comments.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. – Harriet Braiker

07.Dec.07 General Comments (0)

Sold!

I needed to get rid of my old car, the ‘98 Taurus. Everyone that knows me knows that I hate selling vehicles. That last time I had to sell a car it took me almost a month. I wasted money on want ads because I ended up selling it to someone that saw the “For Sale” sign in the window.

This time was different because I used craigslist. I didn’t think about craigslist at first but a friend said, “Why not try it?”. That was the best decision I could have made. Here is the timeline:

• Day 1: Post ad.
• Day 2: Receive email from potential buyer.
• Day 4: Receive second email and a phone call from potential buyer.
• Day 5: Receive second call from buyer. He wants the car so he stops by later that day with cash!

I’ll definitely list my next car on craigslist.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. – Albert Camus

16.Nov.07 General Comments (0)

My new BlackBerry

Talk about a nice, end-of-the-work-week surprise. So long crappy 7100i, hello sleek and beautiful 8830 World Edition.

It doesn’t have Sprint’s Ready Link, what Nextel calls Direct Connect but so what! I had no problems giving up the Nextel phone for this one. This is one sweet phone that is packed with features. It took a little while to get used to the track ball (white ball under the screen). The phone works a lot faster than the 7100i did.

As long as this phone doesn’t give me the troubles the 7100i did, I will be keeping this one for a long time. Or until they approve buying a newer model. Whichever happens to occur first.

Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. – Vince Lombardi

03.Nov.07 General Comments (5)