New Theme and Latest Bloggin’s
If this picture doesn’t make you jealous, I am considered about your priorities in life! I had planned to buy a tower to act as a file/media server and connect to my HD TV, but I just haven’t had the impulse to buy one yet. Yesterday, I thought I’d just connect my laptop and see how I liked it. I’m loving it! I’ve been able to sit on my couch and use a wireless keyboard and mouse to control the laptop while using the TV as the monitor. It’s worked out really well. I do have to wear my glasses in order to read, but that’s a minor thing. I haven’t played any games on it as of yet, but I’m planning to try that out today.So, for those few that actually visit my blog here at www.joel-junior.com, you’ve noticed a change in the theme. The old theme was nice, but just wasn’t really what I wanted. I cam across this great iTheme for Wordpress that caught my eye. Along with the theme, I updated Wordpress to take advantage of a few new features which have made setting up the new theme a lot easier. I hope you like the new theme! In some subconscious way, I think I’m just pandering for someone to send me an iPhone. Any takers?
The past two weeks have been sort of stressful with me trying to decide is I wanted to transfer from the University of Phoenix to a local community college. There are definitely advantages and disadvantages to both. I met with a counselor at the school here and left really worried that I would take a major hit in credits. My first reaction was that I should just take the hit and start working on the degree I’ve always said I would get, one in Computer Science. After thinking about it, I’ve decided to finish out my Associates in Information Technology with UoP. There were many factors that aided this decision, not the least of which was me not being prepared to take Calculus & Analytical Geometry as my first math course for the Computer Science degree locally. The Information Technology degree at UoP requires only up to College Alg. I. I don’t think I need the basic mathematics course, so I’ll be taking College Alg. I & II, and then Finite Math as an elective. This should help me slide into the classes I’ll need to catch up if I want to transfer locally to complete a Bachelors in Computer Science. You probably didn’t want to know all that, but it’s the first time I’ve actually written about it, so it’s good to see the plan in black and white.
It’s summer, so things are really quiet at work. I started in my position around this time last year, so I remember how slow everything seemed. The difference between last year and this year is that I’m not having to figure out the position, so this year has seemed a bit slower. There have been some neat additions to my data toolbox though, which has helped the planning for next year to kick into full throttle.
Facebook now has a marketplace where people can post things or services for sale. I decided to post a ad listing me as a web designer and photographer. It was more of an experiment than anything. I did receive messages from people looking t design or redesign their site. I was impressed at how quickly people responded. Maybe I can generate a little income on the side this way. We’ll see.
The Kiva group I’m involve with loaned $425 to nine different third world entrepreneurs this week in Ecuador, Cambodia, Nigeria, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. It’s really been neat to read the biographies and descriptions of these people and chose who to support. Everyone on Kiva seems worthy of investing in, so we try to find those who are going the extra mile, such as studying for their degree or employing others in their community.
Well, I suppose that’s enough to convince everyone that I’m still alive. Feel free to leave comments or drop me a line some other way and let me know your still kicking too!
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