Friday, October 09, 2009
"Busy"
I've actually been busy the last couple of days, a slight departure for me. I put XP MCE on my AcerOne netbook (over-writing Windows 7 RC) and then put some movies and a TV show on it in DivX format and let my mom have it for her trip to Hawaii. I got started on this entirely too late in the day yesterday and didn't even get it to her before 4:30. And I didn't get nearly enough movies and shows on to the thing before I gave it to her. Thanks to my automated XP install methods it was all automated to install it but it actually took quite long to finish. But then I did install .NET packs and service pack 3 during install so this isn't entirely unexpected. At least I didn't have to a lot "the clicking".
I've also started using a ToDo/Events track application called Rainlender. I like it quite a bit only I am using the free version whilst the pro version syncs online to Google Calendars. Not wanting to spend the 10 Euros or whatever I haven't purchased it which makes having it installed on more than one PC rather useless. So here's what I did to get around that:
I figured out the Default.ICS file is what keeps track of the various ToDos and Events whilst the INI file sets the path to the ICS. So I set the path to the ICS on each different PC to the DropBox folder, but first copied said ICS folder to the dropbox folder.
Anyway now both installations of Rainlendar point to the same ICS file and every time I update the ToDos and events on either of my computers it updates also on my other computer. Which is very convenient.
Especially since I'm right now at my mom's house on my laptop and will be here for a several days and be presumably continue updating said ToDos and Events.
Events like injecting insulin into my mom's dog twice a day for instance. And also I have to fax some paper work for an upcoming 1099 job. I probably mentioned it. Or not. Whatever.
Oh and I have jury duty. Why they don't leave me alone I have no idea. I hope that doesn't have an effect on a new job. Or getting a job. That also.
Haven't done a lot of the Q/A job the last couple days. Just too many priorities I guess.
I think mentioned my ordering a bunch of books to study for the MCSE. Well I received the final set today. The whole "core package" of four different books. Of course, I haven't even started on the first book yet. An incredibly think book on the ins-and-outs of XP.
I keep telling myself I want to get through the PHP/MySQL book first and then as I'm taking notes and highlighting the MCSE books I'll also keep the information also in an easily accessible SQL database.
Anybody else have have Firefox randomly forget how to red underline typos? Hmmm.
Anyway that was the theory. But I have this thing about spending too much time in my condo because of the state it's in. So I keep going to random coffee shops and the library to try and study the PHP/MySQL book but I never get very far. Too many distractions I guess. Perhaps spending more time than not at my mom's house will be more conducive to the studying. Doesn't an easily query-able (if that's a word) database of MCSE-related information sound good and/or convenient? Just have to remember to password protect it probably. I mean I have a database on my WHS but I also have one on my laptop. The whole purpose of a web server/sql database combination is to have it all in one place which means I'd probably use my convenient hosted service for the database. I mean if I just have to sync the database back and forth between computers why bother using SQL? May as well use Word or Excel or something.
Right now I'm watching the apparently much ignored Dollhouse program. This episode isn't all that great either, although it seems a little better than last week's episode. Usually the episode really revolves around Echo, this one was relatively Echo-lite I thought. I thought the guy that played Victor does a pretty job of playing a large range of character from a serial killing psycho to a stereo typical ditze valley girl who apparently like rubbing various parts of her body on various objects. It was funny to watch Victor act like that. It's kind of a cheap method of coming up with a way to get a reaction out of an audience though.
Both of these first two episodes have been rather forgettable and not in anyway extraordinary in any way. The preview I saw kind of made it seem like maybe the next couple of episodes will be more eventful and hopefully of greater by which I mean any quality what-so-ever.
¶ 7:23 PM I've actually been busy the last couple of days, a slight departure for me. I put XP MCE on my AcerOne netbook (over-writing Windows 7 RC) and then put some movies and a TV show on it in DivX format and let my mom have it for her trip to Hawaii. I got started on this entirely too late in the day yesterday and didn't even get it to her before 4:30. And I didn't get nearly enough movies and shows on to the thing before I gave it to her. Thanks to my automated XP install methods it was all automated to install it but it actually took quite long to finish. But then I did install .NET packs and service pack 3 during install so this isn't entirely unexpected. At least I didn't have to a lot "the clicking".
I've also started using a ToDo/Events track application called Rainlender. I like it quite a bit only I am using the free version whilst the pro version syncs online to Google Calendars. Not wanting to spend the 10 Euros or whatever I haven't purchased it which makes having it installed on more than one PC rather useless. So here's what I did to get around that:
I figured out the Default.ICS file is what keeps track of the various ToDos and Events whilst the INI file sets the path to the ICS. So I set the path to the ICS on each different PC to the DropBox folder, but first copied said ICS folder to the dropbox folder.
Anyway now both installations of Rainlendar point to the same ICS file and every time I update the ToDos and events on either of my computers it updates also on my other computer. Which is very convenient.
Especially since I'm right now at my mom's house on my laptop and will be here for a several days and be presumably continue updating said ToDos and Events.
Events like injecting insulin into my mom's dog twice a day for instance. And also I have to fax some paper work for an upcoming 1099 job. I probably mentioned it. Or not. Whatever.
Oh and I have jury duty. Why they don't leave me alone I have no idea. I hope that doesn't have an effect on a new job. Or getting a job. That also.
Haven't done a lot of the Q/A job the last couple days. Just too many priorities I guess.
I think mentioned my ordering a bunch of books to study for the MCSE. Well I received the final set today. The whole "core package" of four different books. Of course, I haven't even started on the first book yet. An incredibly think book on the ins-and-outs of XP.
I keep telling myself I want to get through the PHP/MySQL book first and then as I'm taking notes and highlighting the MCSE books I'll also keep the information also in an easily accessible SQL database.
Anybody else have have Firefox randomly forget how to red underline typos? Hmmm.
Anyway that was the theory. But I have this thing about spending too much time in my condo because of the state it's in. So I keep going to random coffee shops and the library to try and study the PHP/MySQL book but I never get very far. Too many distractions I guess. Perhaps spending more time than not at my mom's house will be more conducive to the studying. Doesn't an easily query-able (if that's a word) database of MCSE-related information sound good and/or convenient? Just have to remember to password protect it probably. I mean I have a database on my WHS but I also have one on my laptop. The whole purpose of a web server/sql database combination is to have it all in one place which means I'd probably use my convenient hosted service for the database. I mean if I just have to sync the database back and forth between computers why bother using SQL? May as well use Word or Excel or something.
Right now I'm watching the apparently much ignored Dollhouse program. This episode isn't all that great either, although it seems a little better than last week's episode. Usually the episode really revolves around Echo, this one was relatively Echo-lite I thought. I thought the guy that played Victor does a pretty job of playing a large range of character from a serial killing psycho to a stereo typical ditze valley girl who apparently like rubbing various parts of her body on various objects. It was funny to watch Victor act like that. It's kind of a cheap method of coming up with a way to get a reaction out of an audience though.
Both of these first two episodes have been rather forgettable and not in anyway extraordinary in any way. The preview I saw kind of made it seem like maybe the next couple of episodes will be more eventful and hopefully of greater by which I mean any quality what-so-ever.
