This morning I received the voucher from school to schedule my examination for Project+ – a certification from CompTIA in Project Management for Information Techology. I scheduled my exam for Friday, October 12. That’s only a couple of weeks, but I’m hopeful that I will pass it the first try. On my pre-exam I received 47%. [...]
Back in June I started a weight loss program with The Center for Weight Management. However, later that month, I was taken off of the program after not really loosing any weight. I was recommended for a sleep study which found that I have significant sleep apnea which was causing a hormonal imbalance. This hormonal imbalance [...]
For work, I mentioned that I had a couple of projects in the works – a website and a database. After submitting some information on what would be needed for the database, the higher-ups decided to use an in-house product and adapting it instead of having me create the whole thing. That’s fine – I didn’t [...]
Well, I don’t really think this is a genuine miracle, but it’s close. On my way back to Cincinnati today I passed through a construction zone on US23 just north of Dundee. Both the north and south lanes are down to 1 lane in each direction as they re-build the highway. This being a Sunday, I [...]
One of my favorite sites, TV Shows on DVD has this story about the first season release of The Smurfs in December. Anyone who knew me growing up know I LOVED the smurfs. I still do really. There wasn’t a Saturday morning while I was growing up that you could get me away from the television [...]
In the last few days, Apple has announced price cuts for it’s iPhone. The first people to purchase the phone were angry and Steve Jobs ended up issuing an apology along with a $100 credit from the Apple store. All I have to say to those people who bought the phone when it first hit the [...]
When I needed new software for school this term, I found a great place – Academic Superstore. Within 3 days I had my new software delivered by UPS. There was no charge for delivery and most of their prices were well below regular retail price. Of course, you must be a student or a teacher at [...]
Back in early 2006, I had the pleasure of re-vamping some of the manuals that are used for teaching the computer classes for the company that I work for. At that time, the big buzz was about these new emerging technologies for DVD – one called HD DVD and the other Blu-Ray Disc. Being the dilligent [...]
I just received word from my mentor that RUA1 will indeed count for last term instead of this term. There had been a question about it because the final 2 tasks were not graded until this term. But since I had submitted them last term and ended up having to re-do them several times (the last [...]
In a couple of weeks, the television networks will start debuting their new TV season.
Smallville is returning for a seventh season on the CW network on September 27. This year will see Kara (Supergirl) joining the cast. I can’t wait to see this since Kara is expecting Kal-El to be a baby and finds him to [...]