2007

My host doesn’t use Cpanel, they use their own back end program I still have a Linux host, but I would rather have someone with Cpanel. I got so used to using Cpanel because my clients use it. I have a few and they all have Cpanel. I mean I can’t blame hosts for using it, it is a solid program that you can’t beat. It is expensive though, and most hosts have to charge more for a lot less because it of the price, but if you can find cheap business web hosting that has Cpanel then you are most likely set. I say business hosting because they usually offer you more space than a personal web host.

You can do a lot with ecommerce hosting. You could open your own online store, by using the tools they have to your advantage. Nowadays it is extremely easy to open your own business online. You could sell something that you make, or even resell something that you can buy in bulk. You can even work with a drop shipper where you don’t buy anything until someone pays you and then you enter their shipping information and the company will ship it to them. With these options, why wouldn’t you open your own business?

There seems to be confusion with the Rocket Race post. First off a Mongoose is an ATV, not an animal. Secondly your partner is on the back of the Mongoose shooting rockets trying to prevent the other team from scoring. Think Mario Kart on steroids. Unlike Mario Kart though, you can get off the Mongoose and just keep preventing people from moving. If you keep blowing up their Mongoose they won’t be able to go anywhere. That is the best part about the game, people get so pissed off saying how I am not playing the game right, but all I am doing is preventing them from winning. It is a lot of fun, something that Halo 3 definitely needed.

Computers have been out for about twenty years or so, at least that is when they really started going from just being in companies to start being in people’s homes. It surprises me when people don’t know how to do simple tasks on a computer like create a new folder or open a program. I was a student helper for Brookdale, and there was one class everyone was required to take, unless you were a Computer Science major. That course was an introduction course where you create Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access programs. The beginning part of the course was to open documents and create new folders, the real basic things. Now I would expect some of the older students (above 40) to need assistance, but I was shocked when so many people my age didn’t know how to do even the simplest of tasks.

I always thought that computer training was for people who didn’t grow up in the information age. Now I know that even though people have grown up around computers, they still might need introductorycomputer courses. Knowing a computer system well is one of the solid things that you are going to need to know to succeed in the business world nowadays. If you have that and leadership skills then you will most likely succeed. If you don’t have leadership skills, you can take a course on that too.

Leadership training will help you become a better team leader, and when you get that big promotion it will help you be a good boss. Leadership is very important nowadays, a good leader will know when something isn’t working and change it on the fly, while keeping his or her employees motivated.

I ordered a DV cable from Amazon a few days ago. I need it if I ever want to put movies on the computer and edit them. The price was only $4 with $5 shipping, so it wasn’t too bad, but the estimated arrival date is December 5th. I don’t want to wait that long, it is bad enough that I need to use Krissy’s computer because mine doesn’t have a Firewire port, but now I need to wait until December? That is ridiculous. Hopefully it will be here sooner than that, much sooner.

Luther Sales lets you buy furniture on credit. They have more than just furniture though, they have electronics. The house could look like hell, we could have torn couches, need a new coffee table, with paint peeling off the wall, if I can get a new television then that would be my first purchase. I care more about the television than I do about some new couches or paint. Call me crazy if you want, but I love electronics. I would like to buy a new television, an LCD high definition flat screen. Krissy told me to take it out of the loan money, but I would rather pay back my credit cards first and then maybe purchase a television, or at least buy it on credit this way I can pay it back little by little.

I am planning on buying a television, but I don’t think I will be doing it until after the holidays are over, this way I can be sure that I have enough money. Afterall I spent enough money on Krissy’s Christmas gift, anmd I need to figure out what to get my mother, but after those are said and done I just gotta figure out what we are doing about other people.

Bungie updated the Halo 3 playlist to include rocket races. Up until now I had never heard of them, but it is fun. Basically you are on a Mongoose and are invincible and you have rockets to shoot at the other players. The goal is to get to each destination before the other. I have been playing all day and I love it. Especially when I am the VIP and I get to knock people off their path, and their Mongoose.

I have been going to the community gym a few times a week for a couple weeks. Even though the gym is right up the road, it is still a pain to actually go there and work out. I think I would rather have in house fitness equipment. This way I can work out in the morning or at night, in the comfort of my own home, with music blasting, and not have to worry about wiping down machines, or anything like that.

I don’t know what it is about going to the gym, it isn’t working out that is the problem, it is just getting up and going there. Maybe it is the thought of how many people use the equipment, although not many people appear to be going, sometimes I will go and then a couple days later I will go again and I am the last one to sign in, two times in a row. Whatever it is, I would just rather have my own equipment

With the fall update coming next month, Microsoft has announced that you will be able to download XBox 1 games. The announced games so far are Halo, Psychonauts, Fable, and Crimson Skies. Whether they will have any new features like Achievements is yet to be seen. The games will sell for $15 this December.

Have you ever noticed that dating services are getting really expensive? I mean up to $50 a month is ridiculous, especially when the people on there are the same people that are on every other dating service on the web. Don’t you just wish that you could talk to them for free, without having to pay? I mean after all if you sign up for a lot of dating services then you have probably seen the same people, but if you haven’t paid anything to them then you probably never got the chance to say hello.

You don’t need to pay money though, there are free alternatives. Friendstation is a free dating website that offers you the features of the pay sites, but for free. Imagine seeing someone on a dating site and sending her a message without paying a cent. Guess what? You can even enjoy free live chat on their website, all inclusive without paying anything. Is live chat not for you? Does your charm not come out unless you can speak freely and without the use of your hands? Well for you they offer free phone chat. Now you can talk on the phone to that person you are interested in, for free. Friendstation offers these features and more for the low low price of nothing. Now looking for love won’t cost you a fortune.

We might get an HDTV, when we can buy it and not dip into the loan money. We already have one in the bedroom, we would just get one for the office. It would be nice to hook up the 360 and Wii to it and play in high definition. With all the electronics in the house though, it would probably be smart to get the estimated price of it all, in case something happens. I don’t know how they get the property value, it might be just what you pay for it, or what it is going for at the time it is appraised, or maybe even what it is worth when you need it replaced. In any case it would definitely be a good idea.

The visit yesterday went well. Brett and Stephanie liked Krissy and vice versa, it was the first time they met each other. I didn’t get any video yesterday, I know I should have, but I think I might be seeing them again soon, after all they are already bugging me about when I am going down to Florida to visit them. I will eventually, but it is farther than Ohio, and I don’t know how long it would take me, plus I don’t know if my car would make it down there. Though it would add more states that I have visited, and I can take pictures of things that I haven’t seen before. That won’t be for a while yet, though.

I love those silicone bracelets everyone is wearing. They stand for something, whether it be breast cancer, or cancer in general, or even just a school fund raiser. They are a great way to spread the word of a good cause, because when have you not seen one of the bracelets and ask what it represents? Car magnets are another great way to spread the word, because anyone who drives behind you, or sees your car in the parking lot will see the cause and will possibly start thinking of ways they can help the cause, or at least spread word on it. Anything to get people to think about something is something that is taking a step in the right direction.