Ian W - 2010-07-12
     Gratz to Spain on the Soccer World Cup! Believe it or not I actually watched almost all of the matches, even though I don't really care about soccer. When you aren't working you have time for stuff like that. I also watch Spanish soaps all day, most of which are all boring and formulaic. I have a list of what a typical Spanish soap must have (and most DO have) to be 'normal'. I'll add it sometime, it's good stuff. I added some more family pictures and soon I'll make an EVE section and put some screenshots on of that game which is pretty decent even though my wife thinks it's boring. She would, of course, it doesn't follow the typical Spanish soap criteria.

Ian W - 2010-03-26
     I took my daughter to the dermotologist the other day and I noticed a pamphlet on the wall I though was interesting. In big letters on top it says: Molluscum Contagiosum. Should be fairly obvious what it is but to me when I first read it, it sounded like some Harry Potter spell...you know, Harry waves his wand around and says "Molluscum Contagiosum" and the target breaks out in a skin disease....anyway I thought it was funny.

Ian W - 2010-03-16
     ...or not :(

Ian W - 2010-02-19
     Nothing new so there isnt much point even posting anything, but I will anyway becasue I can. I changed the site around slightly and I think the colors look much better with the background graphic that replaced the banner that I had been using for a long time. I will post some more pics later on and I might be getting close to getting another job now so I'll keep all you 2 or 3 people posted on that.

Ian W - 2009-12-29
     Merry Christmas and a happy new year and all of that. Nothing new...still jobless and nobody likes me. That's ok though, I can deal with that. I added some Gracia+ PTS screenshots and also some Christmas pictures that none of you will ever see unless you are a hacker, family, or a family hacker. Enjoy your horrible life, it's all you have after all.

Ian W - 2009-11-16
     Well, I have been laid off...again. We have known about it for a while and the severance package is decent, still sucks losing your job and having to look for another one, especially when I just finished buying a house a few months before they let us know. If I had known I wouldn't have bought it and at least would have a few more options about what to do or where to go. Oh well, what can you do :(

Ian W - 2009-10-30
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Ian W - 2009-10-22
     I read a few interesting sites today having to do with proper netiquette and how to ask a question on forums/mailing lists that will be most likely to solicit a response. These came from John Summerfield in a RHEL 5 mailing list. Good sites to read over if you do a lot of posting. www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html is one and support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 is the other. I found it amusing that the Microsoft kb article has Windows Vista excluded from the list of operating systems the page applies to (and yes I did notice that the last review date is 2005, it's still funny though). On my vista system here at work an info box is at the top of the screen that reads:

This article applies to a different version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may not be relevant to you.

Microsoft excluding vista users from proper netiquette is ironic (maybe they understand the frustration of vista users). Windows 7 is nice though and is out today, go pick it up, and may a thousand stinky camels spit in your direction. Thank you.

Ian W - 2009-09-17
     I needed to replenish my T-shirt stock so I decided to get a few. Here's what they are:

 

The second is the hammer and banana from FilmCow's Charlie the Unicorn. I'm too lazy to link it but you can google it. The other one I had made. Weyland-Yutani isn't that big of a deal anymore with AVP and AVPR out (AVP had Weyland and AVPR had Yutani). Back in the day though with the original Alien movie it was just "The Company" and the actual name was never mentioned although if you look hard enough you can see a few patches with the logo. Kind of cool....oh by the way I'm getting laid off from Dell that is closing their call center up here in Twin Falls. Nice huh?

Ian W - 2009-08-07
     Here's the highlight of my week:



Yeah...open source at its best. Hannah Montana Linux, who would have thought. I'm thinking of making this the distro of choice at our call center. Yeah, anybody who asks about Linux will get this and then decide if Linux is for them or not....What more could you ask for; Ubuntu, KDE, and Hannah!! It's like....The Best of Both Worlds!!!

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