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Update - November 11th

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:21:25 EST

Just a post to update on some things. First, my promotion is next Wednesday - I figure I'll be told the details on Monday, can't wait!

AdaptCMS 2.0 progress although slow, has started and has made some progress has been made - mostly SQL and some of the basic files are being done. (admin/frontend core with the start of features starting as early as tonight) I hope to have some basics and maybe a feature or two done by the end of the week. (like settings, adding content, stuff like that)

Work will also finally begin on AdaptBB 1.1 fairly soon, probably once a decent amount is done on AdaptCMS. I'll try and do some brainstorming in the meantime.

Anyways that's about it.

Update - October 31st

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:33:44 EDT

Just a few updates to post here. First off I've been promoted at work, it'll take in effect the 18th of next week once I complete the training. Very few added responsibilities and a 50 cent/hour raise, so not bad.

In web news, OneCMS has been sold. I'll stay in a limited capacity with the script - mostly for support after the release of 2.6 and time to time, support for the new owner. We also have a deal in place with link backs. (we update each of our sites with news from the other scripts)

The official announcement regarding onecms will be made in the coming days on the Insane Visions website.

As for AdaptCMS, a blog will be posted sometime this next week about more of the new features coming to 2.0. Some work has been done on the script, I'm hoping some very early pics can be taken in the next few weeks.

That's all for now.

Mini Update - October 6th

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:10:21 EDT

Figured I'd update, one of my 2 days of this week. Thanks to another newegg sale I picked up a 1 TB HD for only $80 shipped. I also got a wireless network adapter and a new router - however I'm getting refunded for the router, a D-Link DIR-625, which had a lot of problems with it. I'm going to end up paying a bit more for a higher quality router.

In other news OneCMS will be under new management shortly. I was contacted and agreed to sell the script, the sale is under way now. A 2.6 version will be coming out in the coming months. As for AdaptCMS 2.0, I'm expecting a release sometime at the end of the year as long as some significant progress can be made in the coming weeks.

As for my laptop, I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. Right now it's a backup/mom uses it. But I'd like to have some great use for it, just difficult with decent performance and a very small HD. (80 GB)

Anyways that's about it. Just working, TV, the usual.

Mini Update - September 24th

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:27:47 EDT

Fall TV season has already started and it's back with so many great shows. On Monday's the Big Bang Theory, How I met your mother and a fantastic season premiere of House. Tuesday with Sons of Anarchy, NCIS and new - NCIS: Los Angeles. Wednesday back with Criminal Minds and Thursday with The Office, Bones, Community and a series premiere of FlashForward.

That enormous list doesn't include several cable shows such as It's always sunny or a few shows upcoming (Stargate Universe, LOST). In short, a LOT of Television.

Besides watching a TV, I've been working a lot. 6 days this week, I have Saturday off and just worked my earliest shift yet - a 7-4. (Audit) I'll probably be back to 5 days next week though, with everyone at work having there vacation the past month.

All this time with my PC and I'm still gaming - I've had a lot of games to catch up with. I'm hoping to finally get AdaptCMS back to active status and get work done on 2.0 finally. I have all the tools needed, maybe Saturday can be the day to jumpkick things back into motion.

That's about it.

Putin returning to power?

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:07:48 EDT

"Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister, dropped his strongest hint so far on Friday that he might try to return to the Kremlin and run in the 2012 presidential election."

I was dreading this day since Putin "left office". The so-called Russian democracy saw a hand-picked president choosen and Putin remained on as "Prime Minister". Putin used the logic of himself and Medvedev compared to Blair and Brown in the UK.

Now I don't know if he ignored or maybe he forgot that Blair resigned, whereas Putin simply ended his second term - kind of a difference. Maybe he was referring simply to the fact that the public didn't have a chance at voting for Brown and if so - he isn't exactly well liked over there, so not a comparison you want to be drawing. :p

Regardless this might be the biggest non-surprise since Chavez "won" the election again and talked about becoming President for life. The bad news in all this is the Russian public - they want it. Polls have shown very high popularity for Putin and a high percentage would be happy with Putin back as President.

Unfortunately it looks like there wish will likely come true.

NOTE: I almost forgot to say that the one bit of good news out of this is the apparent signs of Medvedev actually trying to distance himself from Putin. See here.

Mini Update - September 9th

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:45:04 EDT

Ah well updates have still been slow lately - no excuse except that I'm just enjoying my PC and still enjoying my HDTV, along with working.

I bought a new mouse on Tuesday - my wireless one is good, but every so often (randomly) it will start moving very laggy - something that will become more of a nuisance the more I game. I picked up the Logitech G5 after a lot of deliberating along with a cheap mouse pad. I paid an extra 10 bucks getting it at Best Buy, but considering the shipping costs for that and the mouse pad - I probably came out even.

With my computer pretty much all setup (in fact I recently installed apache/php/mysql), I'm starting to experiment with some software changes and additions. Winamp as my media player and trying out fraps for games. With that program I can easily capture screen shots and videos, I will start posting those soon. (a great companion to some of my upcoming video game reviews)

Anyways it seems Fall is trying to start. From the milder weather (though still summerish) to the leaves falling from the trees, I cannot wait until Fall weather itself begins and with it the new TV season. Already it's begun with one of the best shows on television - Sons of Anarchy. A must watch show back for it's season 2. Then football season starts on Thursday - a great week for TV!

News of the day - Aug 28th

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:52:14 EDT

First off I wanted to link to to must-read news items which I've added:

- Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:44:31 EDT

Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.

UAE seized North Korean arms bound to Iran

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:37:00 EDT

The United Arab Emirates has seized a cargo of North Korean weapons being shipped to Iran, which would have violated a U.N. embargo on arms exports from the communist state, Western diplomats said on Friday.

The weapons seized on Aug. 14 included rocket launchers, detonators, munitions and ammunition for rocket-propelled grenades, they said. The ship, called the ANL-Australia, was Australian-owned and flying a Bahamas flag. - Reuters

New Computer

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:13:34 EDT

After a lot of research and questions asked, I bought a new computer and got it put together - infact I'm posting from it right now. I'll post pictures later and I still have some files to move over - but overall I'm set.

It was my first time totally building a PC by myself and was just as gratifying as I was lead to believe. On Monday I played Wolfenstein and it was weird to be playing a brand new game on my PC at high settings, I was lucky enough in the past to play a game that came out less than a year at medium settings.

I also need to get used to how fast everything is. From in-game to being able to actually run a game as well as several other programs at the same time.

Despite the low activity, this site will be updated more often as well as Insane Visions.