Resolutions
Now that the new year has arrived people begin to ask about what your resolutions are for the new year. I never really paid attention to the resolution thing until this year. There are a few things that I need to have happen and I figure that this will be the year to get on that road.
First things first, the obvious; lose weight. That is a very typical thing to 'resolve' for the new year but in my case it is imperative. I need to get myself into the habit of exercise and putting down the damn candy
So I'm looking at wanting to lose 60 pounds, at the minimum... I really let myself go.
With regards to my presence here on the Internet, I have always wanted to get into tech writing and reviewing and I believe that I can do just that I need to focus in on that. There is also Nervous Reflex, the site that is ever changing due to the fact that I can never really get it to what I think it should be in my head. I want it to be a user drive content site for gamers, modders, and developers. I have a few things to deal with before I actually open the site to users. I need to take measures against comment spam and blog spam (since the site is a multi-user version of WordPress spammers are able to create spam blogs).
The Nervous Reflex podcast is also coming back, I don't know if it will keep the same name but I am currently shopping for a good microphone to unleash my terrible sounding voice on to the world with. I also received a new video camera for Christmas (many thanks to my loving wife), which I intend to use in order to create video content.
Basically, what I need is FOCUS... I need to keep my eye on the prize this year. What's the prize? Well, the prize will ultimately be myself not feeling like I waste my free time doing stuff that I don't find enjoyable.
Right now I have to focus on getting my ass to work... thanks for reading and stick around... Focus, focus, focus!
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Time is not on my side… an update
Once again it has been a couple of months since I last posted here at my blog. I suppose that a little explanation is due (for my one sometime reader, thanks for stopping by). I have been quite busy between work and school. So much of my time is being consumed by work, with all the overtime and massive quantities of servers that need to be produced, that my classes have taken a very noticable performance hit. One might ask, "Chris, if you're so busy, why aren't you doing your homework right now?" I wish it were that simple you see, I'm actually writing this post from work, having a little break. I'm actually posting from my nifty new little device a Nokia N800, which I'll talk a bit more about a little later.
Nervous Reflex, my other website, has become something of a project as of late and I find that I am finally getting it to be what I want it to be yet it remains a bit out of reach. I set up an installation of WordPress MU that will allow users to create their own blogs right inside the site. This keeps in line with the original premise of the site's mission, to seek out and exploit strange new bloggers. To be honest I envision Nervous Reflex being a community of gaming enthusiasts; developers and gamers alike. I need to get some spam issues taken care of prior to opening up the site, that and find some decent themes. Oh! And a way to get most recent blog posts to appear on the front page.
Okay, now on to my new toy... err... tool. I had bought an older Toshiba laptop which I thought would cure my ever growing need, not need really more of an insanely nagging want. I soon found out that lugging around a damn near eight pound computer was totally the opposite of what I really wanted in portability. I always had the pleasure to talk tech with a co-worker and one of the gadgets he discovered was the Nokia N800. Since then it's been at the top of my wish-list until the day I had enough of that weighty monstrosity I called a laptop. If you read the older posts about my eBay crap-fest you know the trouble I went through just to get the thing sold. Here's the deal with that, I had done some research and I discovered that I could get nearly $400 for the laptop, which I did. At the time the N800 was selling for just under that but within the time it took to sell the laptop the N800 went through it's price drop and I ended up paying $270 for it, shipped. I made a profit! That was the first sign that this was a terrific purchase.
Right now I am writing this post on the tablet and I am loving this device. I intend to do much more blogging now that I can always have great tool for it in my pocket. I really want to write more at length about my experiences with the N800 but that will be at a later date.
Can I write efficiently on my 8125
Can I write efficiently on my 8125? That's what this post is intended to find out. I am using the Transcriber functionality built into Windows Mobile. I had to go through the alphabet and show it how I write my letters. It seems to handle it alright, thought_ don't think it will replace normal Keyboard use it is kind of interesting /X see how it reads my writing which is sloppy at best. ) did sterl off by editing the post as errors Come up but Shane decided that the best thing to do is just letit go. slhatway we will see just how well this interprets my writing.
I do have to mention how well w,hdows mobile handles spelling erroos. of Course. as Iwrite that a hand. full desi -cide to show up. See ing all these mistakes makes use wonder just how usefull all this is. It is quite fun though... (onqi vs zz precursors poros slice) -> Random Squiggles
eBay crap-fest.
So, I have this laptop that I am looking to find a new home for. this is the type of thing that goes on all the time at eBay, right?
Apparently not, it seems that the hallowed halls of eBay have become a haven for scammers. I have put this laptop up for auction seven times now each time the winning bid has come in from a scammer and eBay has taken down the listing. These people put in last second bids making it damn near impossible to use the function eBay gives you to remove bidders. I grow weary of this re-occurring and am now looking to sell the thing through other means. Craigslist comes to mind as does the paper.
I wonder if all this activity has anything to do with the recent hack of eBay. I sold my X-Box smoothly and without issue a while back and was pleased with the whole operation. Now I have doubts as to whether I'll use eBay ever again. I don't like the idea of putting something up for sale so many times.
