Alfaj0r.com

1. The problems that the website was having are gone. Dreamhost (the webhosting company where my site is) has AWESOME support, and they nailed the answer down without even looking at my website. Just from my problem description they knew what I needed to do… so I did it, and the problems were gone! For those curious/nerds: I’m using wp-cache and PHP5, and there’s a slight incompatibility between the two. I had to change one line of code to fix it.
2. Today at work I was handed my own laptop. It’s a Dell Inspiron 9200, with a 2.1Ghz Centrino Processor, 1Gb of RAM and an ATI 9700 video card. I didn’t have to pay to get it, they just gave it to me! I’m at home right now, took me about 10 seconds to get it hooked to my wireless network, and as I’m typing this post right now, I’m also downloading some essentials so that I can put it to good use ;)
3. When I got home, there was an envelope addressed to me, from Microsoft. I opened it, and guess what I got? Microsoft Vista business Edition, for FREE. That’s right, for absolutely nothing. About 3 months ago I signed up at www.powertogether.com and watched some webcasts, and I got qualified for a free copy of Vista. And today I got it, a whole week before its official release. WOOOO! :dance: I’m not sure if I’ll be installing it yet, but I have it, and it was free. :keke:

I’m tired. I’ve been sleeping 6 hours a night for the last four nights. And even though that’s a lot for other people, those other people get to sit in their fat ass all day. Myself, have worked 9 hours at Redemtech and then gone around town making calls for Computer Techs for a couple of hours.
Usually by the time I get home I’m ready to sit on my fat ass too, but that just doesn’t work for me. I’ve gone to the gym, done a few (very few) chores and tried to be a nice husband, looking and acting awake.
That’s why I haven’t been able to update the site, upload more pictures, or any other little project that I had.
But there’s a light at the end of this short tunnel: I have found a new job. I will be a Systems Administrator at Reno Imaging (also known as Reno Diagnostics Center). :dance:
I interviewed for the position last Friday, and this tuesday I found out that I got the job! That’s when I wrote here that I had some juicy news, and also when I put my two weeks notice at Redemtech.
This new job is just what I was looking for, too, and I’m very excited about this opportunity. I will surely be learning a whole lot, and I hope I can also show some of what I already know.

At any rate, because of that, I don’t care about being tired and working like a dog. In less than two weeks, I’ll be working more normal hours (8am to 5pm), and I’ll be doing something that I’ll probably enjoy a lot more. So yay for me, people, yay for me! :toot:

Of course this also means that all those updates are being postponed until whenever the hell. I’ll make sure to at least keep writing here, I’m sure no one really worries about all the magnificent features of this webpage. :unsmith:

It turns out I have to reinstall WordPress (the software that runs this page), because something went wrong in the install process. And I won’t say anything else, so that no exploits are out in the open :tinfoil:
At any rate, after I do that, and in a couple of days, I will share with you some GREAT news! So come back in a couple of days!

I went ahead and did this: http://feeds.feedburner.com/alfaj0r, so if you use an RSS reader, you can now easily suscribe to my blog :)

Is my new job. Well, my second job, at least for now. Starting today, I’m in the “roster”, waiting for a call from someone who needs:

• Virus/Worm/Trojan/Spyware removal and prevention
• Slowing computer performance
• Annoying program or system errors
• Intrusive pop-up ads
• Unsolicited junk e-mail (Spam)
• High-Speed (Broadband) DSL Internet & Wireless Installation
• New Computer Set-Up and transfer
• Many other services and one-on-one tutoring

So now you know! Check out the website at http://www.ctreno.com, and if you need help, make sure you ask for me ;)

In somewhat related news, I have a new cell phone. It’s a Nokia E62 (picture to be here soon, check back later!). I had to get it so that people can actually call me and request my services, as well as calls being “routed” to me from the central number from Computer Techs of Reno. I can email, text message, browse the web, keep a top-notch address book and a daily planner… oh, and I can also make phone calls! :)

Also, by recommendation of my new boss, Mark, I’ve subscribed to a couple of podcasts, and I can’t believe I hadn’t gotten into listening to them sooner. So far, I only have This Week In Tech and dl.tv, and I just love it. I can listen to them while I’m at work, while I’m driving, working out… basically anytime, anywhere.

And since I’m feeling saucy, I’ll share that I’ve just learned how to PuTTY into my website. Yeah.

The sequel to one of my favorite PC games of all time has just come out, and I got my copy yesterday . :w00t:
So far I’ve only played through the tutorial and the beginning of the first chapter, and I’m liking it. There’s some minor issues that I’m still trying to work out, but this game will surely suck a lot of time, just like nwn1. Specially when online worlds start coming up :)

In other nerdly news, there’s an update for Wordpress (the blogging software) so I’m going to be updating here soon. If something crashes, I hope to be able to bring everything back up relatively quickly.