Communicative English, Engrish, and Spanglish.
“Herro, my name is [insert name]. I am over here, and this folder over there is no longer working for anyone. You know this thing, it use to given me access, but it change and no longer access. What ha’ happen to it?”
The language from highly educated employees never ceases to astound me. Yes, the above quote is word for word on what someone calling me just said. Is it sad that my three-year-old could probably understand this employee better than I could ever dream of? Is it really too much to ask that I get complete and competent sentences? I don’t think so, do you?
Facebook, The Teenage Relationship
I hate you, I love you, I don’t want to see you ever again, I miss you. The list goes on. I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the number of ways I cannot stand Facebook, but at the same time, it is among the best for networking.
A while ago, I vowed to rid myself of Facebook. It was serving me no good. The friends on there fell into two categories for me: just a number in the friends count or someone that I keep in touch with regularly. I’ll let you figure out where everyone falls. If you don’t take the time to keep in touch with someone, why have them as a friend? Is it the social popularity of high school all over again? The thought of this makes social network demean itself to assign people numbers based on how many people have. How sad. Ok, so why am I ranting about Facebook now?
For those that are unaware, I am going to The Art Institute as a Photography major. This past week, I started a class, Business of Photography. The professor is beating into all of us the importance of networking as much as possible and as early as possible. I think you can see where this is going. Those that have not put one and one together, here’s a PSA for you:
“I have returned to Facebook.”
What this means to those that care is that you will see “status updates” regarding photographs, reviews of products I am using because of my classes, blog posts of random things, and other slightly meaningful “updates.” I have no means to update with “OMG, this fruit salad is teh bestest!!! [pic]” sort of posts. Those are wasting yours and my time.
Am I going crazy? Probably. If one networking sight is ok, then a plethora is going to be tested. I’ll be trying to do a balancing act with Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Behance, Twitter, and Mingle. They each hold their own usefulness, and only time will tell on their necessity for maximizing exposure.
Coming Out of the Gamer Closet
No, not that closet, you perv, the one over there with LEDs and purple loot. Yeah, that one! While some may or may not be surprised that I have and do play games. *gasp* Yes, its true. Even more, I have been known to play a game that some-odd million people play as well. *WOW* Yes. No, really, WoW. I’ll wave my nerd, geek, and WoW flags with pride. The game that is World of Warcraft was just a side thing that I played from time to time. I was then sucked in when my roommate started playing it. Now that I am married, the game took a back seat (well, middle seat rather… hey hey, I can be honest!). This past December, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm launch, I got the misses hooked. We both leveled a toon from start to almost finish together. Now, we raid together. *AWWWWW!*
That aside, I intend on making guides, quick access information, and you might even see any sort of progress I\my guild makes in End-Game PVE (Player versus Environment) content.
TLDR: I play World of Warcraft. Get OK with it. Get OK with there being posts in a WoW manner. Wave your geek flag high!
Star Wars: The Old Republic “Updates” Its Security
Just got to this article of the SWTOR team announcing they are updating their security measures. Don’t be fooled, their “measures” are simply requiring the password to be 8-16 character long, have a capital letter, have a lowercase letter, and have a number in it. Umm, ok?
So, this isn’t really upping their security, now is it? By the way, who places a LIMIT on how long a password can be. Sure, have one set for 24 or 32 characters, but why 16? There seems to be a very small window to fit a password\passphrase in. Aside from this, the security measures shouldn’t be anything to write home about. It’s just a “Hey, we flagged everyone that created an account before 10/21/2011 to get a password change! <33 SWTOR.”
Not to go cuddle with the 900lb. gorilla in the room, but EA\Bioware should really look at Blizzard if they want to truly “update” their security. Security tokens are the way to go, especially with this SWTOR login being linked to your Origin and EA accounts. It’s sad that only the high-dollar spenders will get this security. I’d be hoping, for SWTOR players’ sake, that this is a limited release for the Authentication Keys, but will be made available for everyone via an online store and iOS\Android app. Make the players’ feel safe that their hours and days of work on their toons won’t vanish at a simple password hack. Blizzard accounts have been hacked, and so can yours Bioware!
Windows Phone: Epic Scale
If anyone hasn’t seen this yet, I’d recommend to do so. Apparently Microsoft is doing some sort of event with the Windows Phone in New York within the hour. This video was released to show a time lapse of the building of the gigantic windows phone for the event. Six stories gigantic at that!
Break Out of Your Comfort Zone (Pro Infirmis)
I think its time for something nice and emotional. At the start of the video, I thought this was going to be a Free Hugs Campaign v2.0 but the message at the end hits like a ton of bricks (not that I have ever been hit by a ton of brick, but it’s a saying). I titled this post accordingly. So many times we see people have an invisible ten foot pole between them and someone in a wheelchair or any other mental or physical disability. Put them in a bear suit and they become your best unknown friend. Sad. I’d be willing to bet that we don’t place insomniacs at a degraded human rank, yet theirs is a disability too. I know for a fact we do not because I am one. Anywho embrace the hugs, break the invisible walls, and, as my daughter says, “No more grumpy!”
The company is Pro Infirmis and here is the English Translation that theChive put up.
The Lonely Island
Anyone ever see these parody songs by The Lonely Island? Apparently I am behind on the interweb videos on YouTube. Anyways, enjoy. Here is the link to the full playlist The Lonely Island YouTube Playlist
Hello and Welcome To My Domain!
… and by “domain” I mean…. SUPER FREAKING AWESOME SITE YOU WILL ALWAYS VISIT! (ok, I am better now)
With that out of the way, let us continue. Hi. I created this site as a purely leisurely adventure. This will have a vast (very very vast) variety on what I post on. I plan on creating posts based on life events, reviews of products I own, movies I have seen, games I play, addons to said games, strange or interesting quotes, videos I find on youtube, photographs I may or may not have taken, and so forth. This site will be an outlet to anything I want to share for others, vent, or a repository of the random things I find but don’t want to keep on an endless list of favorites.
Enough with my intentions, how about a little introduction? To keep it brief, here I go. For my day job, I work in IT. Ever seen IT Crowd? Think that but with better toys and less appreciated. Outside of work, I am a Photography student at The Art Institute, a father of two girls, a husband of one, a gamer by night, and a geek at heart. I love horseback riding, long walks on the bea…. oh wait, wrong site. Sorry.
As the time passes, I will be adding more social connections to this site for people to +1, Like, Tweet, or others upon request. Please be patient as the IT Security department at my corporate office of my day job loves to tinker with proxy settings which makes this site go full retard. I <33 them SO much; and by “<33″ I mean… punch… fist… through… monitor. Capiche?
A cautionary note: This site will be clean in language, but will not contain political correctness. I will be blunt about my thoughts and opinions. I will point directly at things that give me frustration, and this will NOT be for the faint of heart or the easily offended (please click that StumbleUpon button again if this is you). I plan on making this a very fun and friendly place where everyone is entitled to their opinion, everyone can agree to disagree, and we can all /highfive in our individuality.
Once again, thank you for visiting this site. Grab a Dew, some Vodka, or whatever suits your mood, and enjoy!
