Since I'm looking for a job, I've decided to redo my resume and lo and behold, do some minor tweaks to my site. So now my site is linked to many of my online and personal interests that were floating out there in Cyberspace without a site to link them together.

I'm hoping that my utilization of web 2.0 technologies captures the eye of some savvy employer who will scoop me up and be blessed with many projects and much revenue.

Lo and behold, after 7 years, I have finally put travel pictures up and hope to soon have my first YouTube video done.

I stopped blogging several years ago after my supposed blog was the center of rumors and much drama. Looking back I realize that it wasn't necessarily me, I went into a dramatic group and due to my politically challenged philosophy (we are hired to make money, save money or otherwise be productive), I didn't help things.

I think one of my weaknesses is that I work better than I interview. I've had a few people ask me what I've been doing during my time off. Somehow I think they don't want to hear that I have reached level 8 in Super Mario Forever. Or that I have interviewed for probably 20 some odd companies with phone screens, in-persons and the like. There were several jobs I wanted, a few that I didn't want and some that were *okay*.

I'm going to go watch Bones now.

does this thing work?

This is a completely non-technical post. I have sat the last few weeks doing not much more than that. I have contemplated the haves and have nots. Where I have been and where I am going. Mostly because it is a new year and yet still much of a haze for me.

I read a book called "What Should I do with My Life?" It is mostly a compilation of people who are mostly crazy. Being a geek torn between my Marketing/Business background (which I love so much) and loving writing code and developing web sites, I needed something or someone to sit down and tell me the facts. What I found was that there many elements of truth in the writing, while being absolutely insane stories like "Hello, I turned down 200k a year to become a gardner." Most of the stories are not from that. However, I remember the author, Po Bronson from a book that I once read about Silicon Valley called something like "Nudist on the Late Shift" about the technology sector in the Valley during the start of the boom. He resides in SF, and knowing quite a few people there and their risk-taking attitudes, I understand the craziness somewhat. The book told me not enough and yet too much. I now have a clearer idea of what I need/want to accomplish.

I am working on a few things which I can not discuss until released and will soon have my goals back in order.

I feel better about that: knowing where I am going and what action steps that I will get to kick myself on at the end of the year.

What happens with things like this, is that once I have that settled, the yearnings for code will come back to haunt me. The rumblings have already begun...

--Missing the code, cleo

It's snowing. I haven't been feeling especially geeky lately (except for browsing information on "security" sites). Mostly because I'm lost on my goals and feeling without purpose.

I need some 'Dew. 'Dew is handy. It's an energizer, a geek think tool and I hear it cleans engines pretty well too.

Dude, it's 'Dew. Do the 'Dew. Phew! Okay, it's time to go get a life now.

--c

I realized just how much I haven't/am not getting done right now. (sigh). That's all. --c

Got the email to work. Now I have an email cleo ( at ) cleopatoria ( dot ) com. Soon I will post it my page so that people can send me mail at that address if they wish, however, I have to image (turn it into a .gif) it so that the spambots can't pick it up. I'm thinking that I'm not sure whether I will use a mailto on it. I'm going to ask around first to see how much spam my friends pick up who advertise their mail address.

I'm really paranoid about getting a lot of spam so I am willing to take precautions up front.

Come to think of it, I should unsubscribe to a bunch of mailing lists that I'm on that I consider "voluntary spam".

Working on lots to accomplish prior to end of year. I should do a write up on how to set up domain specific mail accounts in Outlook so other's don't have to go thru the same frustration of trying to figure it out.

--cleo

Still workin on the email issue, although learning lots about it in the process.

Saw this regarding FBI countermeasures on a post:

"The FBI has a new way of tracking terrorists.

They are now able to see every click they make on the internet. Privacy advocates say this is bad, but the FBI says you will never even notice, and it won't affect the common man at all.

being watched? http://users.chartertn.net/tonytemplin/FBI_eyes "

just a little bit of geek humor for you.

--cleo

Spent much of the day preparing for tomorrow and trying to setup email accounts in Outlook with various domains. They "should" all be POP3, but...somehow it is not working the way it is supposed to.

Got emails into everyone about that. I realized that I've been really depressive lately. Hmm... That must change. Another goal to work on...

It's 6 o'clock and I have gotten far too little done. 2busywatching 2fast2furious. You call it watching movies. I call it research. All a matter of perspective.

--Back to learning, figuring, etc so I'll have something to write here tomorrow, cleo.