just testing...

The thought of blogging straight from my smart phone is a good idea.

Been a while...

Well it's been a while since I have made a post, but not a whole lot has happened.

I have so many idea's in my head on what to start on, personally, to make money. Programming at work sort of stifles my idea's that I need to start working on. I keep the mindset of how to assemble things, but that doesn't always transfer to my personal projects; they are more cutting edge and not like standard business models, but I suppose that is a good thing. At least I have the industry's expectations in mind.

Saturday in the house, I think it was the 6th of December.

Most of the time Saturdays are filled with sleeping in and having a good breakfast. Now, we have a new puppy, and he is on a time schedule that doesn't cease for the weekend; getting up at 5:30am is normal during the week for us, just not during the weekend. Trish says we can just take a nap, I am not much for naps during the day, but sometimes...

Paul M. called me this morning at 6:00am asking about the services on a client's server that is going live this weekend (good thing I was up). Ever since the firewall has been reinforced at work, getting to the network at work has been a real pain in the ass. We ship servers with Linux on them, but it doesn't seem that we are supporting Linux for developer workstations...kindof a double standard if you ask me. If they would just allow SSH, I wouldn't have any problem with their weak PPTP vpn setup. I think I will ask Travis to instruct the IT staff to allow SSH as an alternative (a more secure alternative).

Well I suppose I need to get back to reality...

;-)

There is no place like 127.0.0.1

I know, the title is cliche...

I get home and find the gate shut so I can't get to the backyard parking; Elizabeth had another friend over (of course, she says they didn't come in the house) knowing we told her "nobody is allowed over unless we are at home." I am getting quite tired of her B.S.

On a good note, I left early (early according to the 10hr days that I have been putting in) from work. I questioned my manager if the required 10hr days applied after our client is now Q.A.ing the new system; he said, "I suppose that it is not required" so I took advantage of the offer to leave early.

Got some interesting news from a co-worker today: he has been offered a new job in Portland; good for him. With all of the uncertainty in the office, I don't blame the action. Although, nobody knows but me... That is why I change the names to protect the innocent.

:)

1st blogging...

It would be nice to use this as an ongoing brainstorming session with myself. Perhaps that is what the root of a 'web log' is, don't you think?

Lets start out with one idea that I have been working on:

COTE (Common Object Transaction Engine) puts the ease of LDAP and complexity of a queuing engine all in one SOA service.