Archive for September, 2008:
filed in Information Technology on Sep.20, 2008
For a long time I have sort of idolized the typewriter in what it did. It was always ready (ink ribbons notwithstanding), did not attempt to correct you in any way, shape, or form, and was very satisfying to type on. I still have a typewriter at my parent’s house, but it is a hefty [...]
Tags: Information Technology, linux, project, rambling, typewriter, typography
filed in Personal on Sep.20, 2008
Still getting the hang of this thing. I realize that thus far many of my entries have been quite long, so I discovered how to chop them up and place those useful ‘after the jump’ breaks to them. Now people won’t have to scroll for thirty seconds trying to find a blog entry they want [...]
Tags: rambling
filed in ITT Technical Institute on Sep.20, 2008
Week 2 of my capstone project has rolled around, and things are looking pretty good. In terms of what we have done, we are approximately a week and a half of schedule in terms of deliverables. I feel that I need to explain a little more in-depth as to what the capstone project entails…
Tags: basecamp, capstone, ITT Technical Institute
filed in Personal on Sep.19, 2008
Another few days have gone by and I have received some more constructive criticism (thank you!) on my resume. I have made some suggested changes, and I have uploaded the new resume onto my webspace.
For comparison purposes, I have left the old resume here on the server and this current resume in a seperate file. [...]
Tags: resume
filed in Personal on Sep.16, 2008
I have been working with my school’s Career Services and my Portfolio instructor to make some revisions to my resume. The most recent version is now available for view on the right bar, or, you can jump directly to it below:
9/16/2008 version of my personal resume.
Tags: resume
filed in Information Technology, Web Design on Sep.16, 2008
It occurs to me that many people do not have a place on the world wide web where they can store their ideas, pictures, and so on. That is something of a shame; there are a wide variety of things that one can do with a regular web server. Read on after this jump!
Tags: Web Design, web hosting, webspace
filed in Personal on Sep.12, 2008
Today I will talk about a particular tea bar that I go to and how I am redesigning their menu. I have been going to this tea bar for a few months now, and I rather like the place; the selection is great, and it has a lot of character. However, their menu has some [...]
Tags: design, menu, tea
filed in ITT Technical Institute on Sep.11, 2008
As mentioned elsewhere, I currently attending ITT Technical Institute, graduating at the end of 2008. I am attempting to finish all of my classes in one fell swoop, so rather than two or three classes this 11-week quarter, I am taking four classes - something others would balk at. In addition to trying to find [...]
Tags: rambling
filed in ITT Technical Institute, Information Technology on Sep.10, 2008
I am currently in my last quarter at ITT Technical Institute. In the last quarter of every degree program there is an end-of-degree synthesis course called a Capstone Project. In my degree, Computer Network Systems, we are supposed to design a solution for a theoretical company. It requires you to use certain tools and to [...]
Tags: capstone, Information Technology, rambling
filed in Personal on Sep.10, 2008
wherein I speak of things related to moving
Tags: moving, rambling