Do I own a blog?
by James Strickland on Feb.09, 2010, under General
WoW!!! I actually own a blog! Forgot about this. I'll have to start writing in this thing again. HAPPY 2010...
New Computer
by James Strickland on Nov.13, 2009, under General, Linux
I am excited… just got a new computer. Since my old desktop was Ancient (AMD 3400+), I had to get a new computer. I had some extra cash, so I got me an AMD Phenom™ 9750 Quad Core processor. Stuck it in an ASUS motherboard, stuck 4 gigs of Corsair ram in it, a 1 TB SATA drive, SATA DVD+/- RW. The case is beautiful… with blue LEDs lighting up the… well… underneath my desk.
Thus far, I put windows 7 on it, but will probably dual boot linux at some point. Not sure yet. I’m kind of liking windows 7. I still have a linux box (my old desktop), which I run as a file server, serving up my movies, photo’s, and other various files. I’m running Sabayon Linux as the server OS.
I'll stick a picture of it up later.
New Computers
by James Strickland on Nov.11, 2009, under Family, Linux
Greetings all...
Since I haven't replaced any computers in quite a while now, I figured it was time get the family a new computer or two. Picked the kids up an Compaq from Best buy. Ordered myself a barebones kit from Tiger direct and also my wife and I both got a netbook.
We're all running Windows 7 and love it. I'm turning my old Compaq into a file server. Currently threw linux on it and I'm serving some movies from a 1 Terabyte drive with some movies on it.
I will not throw paper airplanes in class!!!
by James Strickland on Oct.13, 2009, under General, Web
Stumbled upon this cartoon:
Thought this was hilarious!!! Of course, since I'm not much of a C++ programmer, I would do something like this:
Sub airplanes() Range("A1").Value = "I will not throw paper airplanes in class" Range("A1").Copy Range("A2:A500").PasteSpecial End Sub
throw this in a spreadsheet then email it to the teacher!!! Ok, so this method wouldn't be as cool as the pic, but it would work and save time! Wonder how you could do this in BASH...
Settleing In
by James Strickland on Aug.09, 2009, under Family, General, Travel
Finally we're starting to get settled in, here in Hampton Roads. Yesterday our house hold goods finally arrived from Japan. It's funny how much stuff a family accumilates over a number of years. We still have boxes of stuff we haven't unpacked yet. More clothes than I can count, and countless nick-nacks as well. We only have one more shipment to arrive, and that is our Storage shipment, this is going to be like Christmas, because this is all the stuff that we haven't seen since we left florida. Included in shipment will be my badly missed tools, air compressor, and other manly stuff.
since it's late, must go to bed...
MOVED
by James Strickland on Jul.19, 2009, under Family, General, Travel
We moved to Virginia. From Japan, we got here on July 4th. Finally moved in our house, finally got CABLE & Internet. More later... I almost forgot I even had a blog.
Happy New Year
by James Strickland on Dec.30, 2008, under Family, General
Greetings fellow reader(s):
I hope all everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, regardless of what religious background you claim. I had a great Christmas with my Family this year. Of course, any Christmas one spends with thier family would certainly be a great Christmas. Eventhough this Christmas didn't have the living room floor covered in presents like it did in past years. The economy hits home here in Japan, perhaps not as hard as it has hit in the Untied States, but we certainly feel it as well.
Other than being with Family, another highlight would be the Wii the kids got for Christmas. When the kids opened it, I couldn't wait to play it. Of course, I was the first one playing on it.
Yet another year has passed. The Year 2009 will certainly be a memorable year for Americans and the world. A new President who I hope restores the way the world views the Americans. Someone who loves to travel the world, I don't really want to be viewed as a "Bully," which is how many countries of the world views us. When I visit certain countries, I actually tell people I'm Canadian.
Enough for now, HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Stay safe and take care of yourself and your Family.
Happy Holidays
by James Strickland on Dec.13, 2008, under Family, General, Travel, work
Greetings all...
It has been quite a while since I've written. Since my last posting, I have been TDY to Qatar. It is late, and I'm tired, I'll have to write something more later.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all!
-James
New Look…
by James Strickland on Aug.03, 2008, under Web
After putting it off, for a while, I finally decided to re-do my website. No templates, no Front Page... just me and some html & css. Except for the Javascript that I used to switch styles. Turned out decent. Still working on it though, need to alter the background on a few, and get a good color scheme down. Feel free to let me know what you think.
