A Random Static

Best Buy Optimization Is A Big Stupid Annoying Waste Of Money – The Consumerist.

After reading the article, I am surprise that this behavior continues. I thought this article deserved a linking simply for the ‘Jesus, I hate those guys’ info. Don’t fall for this sort of scam. Please.

Yeah I know; no one wants to see my ugly mug yapping on about something insignificant to the rest of the world in such a way that infers great import.  However…

I was working last night doing the usual traffic control for the Jubilee Auditorium and, also as usual, was sitting around on my break.  I cracked out the web cam and started bitching.  After I was done I messed around with the source files in Microsoft Movie Maker and then posted the results to YouTube.  I am such a narcissist.  OK, maybe too harsh a phrase but I must admit a certain level of curiosity watching myself blather on about shit.

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I’m doing better than I was back in the middle of December.  Much better.  I don’t have an urge to strangle a particular human being at this point even though he’s still causing me grief.  Oh don’t you worry.  I’m about to give you an explanation but I wanted to share some other stuff before I lose my mind and begin typing in expletives.  Thanks for asking!

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On boxing day, I bought a web cam for a very nice price. It is the Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 and made for laptops. Small size but, realistically, crappy resolution. I’m not sure what made me buy it. Probably the fact that the price was more than %75 off due to the sale.

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We took a course last semester by the title “Web Essentials”.  We were introduced to HTML, Javascript, PHP programming, Apache and MySQL servers.  In fact, I’ve included the description of the course straight out of the SAIT.ca website:

Web Essentials will introduce learners to web technology and the skills required to build a complete web application. The course will focus on the installation, configuration, and use of web and database servers in Linux and Windows operating system environments, as a platform for developing web applications. Learners will develop skills by building client-side and server-side components through hands-on labs and project work.

Not a completely horrible description, yeah?  We learned quite a bit about those technologies; at least those of us will little practical experience learned quite a bit.  What it doesn’t say above is that we concentrated on HTML and PHP.  This site runs on WordPress which, in turn, runs on PHP. This is where it gets fun. (continue reading…)