toolbox… updates / whether you need them or not…
Hm. Much has happened since I’ve last updated this page. The toolbox project, that now will be pushed to its own page just for posterity’s sake, has been replaced by bbconf, the much-improved blackbox configurator. I’ve done more miscellaneous coding, some of which may actually be considered useful for people other than myself.
over / haul
Well alrighty then… A design overhaul. Much needed and all. I’d love to think that this space could eventually be used to communicate with anyone who cares… sort of like that new-fangled “blog” thingey. =:) But being that I actually know me–and know just how little time I have… well, we’ll see how it goes…. =:) Let’s just say I’m not optimistic that I’ll actually have the time to keep it up…
how does that song go again…
So not much has changed employment-wise in the last year+ that has gone by. =:\ I think that’s a good thing.
allow me to introduce myself
So. About me. I’m a Systems Engineer by trade. At heart, I’m an artist. A Renaissance man. I’ve always strived to be the absolute best that I could be. Not for anybody else, necessarily. Just because I enjoy seeing myself doing something that I can be proud of when it’s all said and done. I still remember my first “real” job. I worked in a library. I was the “book returner” guy. But, I quickly became valued as the quickest “fix-it-all” guy, the best and most knowledgeable computer guy, and the hardest worker. Well, maybe not the hardest worker, but you get the idea. =:) I was first given the title of “A True Renaissance Man” at that job. I guess it’s something I’ve always strived for–excellence at whatever I do. And the name has sort of stuck.
how you say, ‘filing cabinet’?
Well, I used to have a section here about a patch I contributed to gkrellm to allow it to comfortably rest inside blackbox’s “slit” (think dock/wharf), but since gkrellm 0.9.7, it’s been accepted into gkrellm’s source. I guess I won’t mention it after all… Er. Wait… =;)
the real skinny skinny
Allllllllrighty then!!! Here’s the thing. =:) This page has never really been much of any use. I mean, it’s previously held nothing whatsoever of any use to anyone. So we take the big wad of uselessness and throw it right in the trash…. But OH BAYBEE, all that is going to change now!!! =:) Well, that is to say, I certainly hope that things will start to look up….
when last we heard from our hero
So it’s a new year, a new decade, a new century, and a new millennium. Scary times, some might say. Yeah, yeah–I know, you’ve heard it all before and I’m not saying anything different. But I cannot begin to tell you the peace that comes in knowing that no matter what, God is in control. We’re living in the midst of a knowledge explosion right now, and it is absolutely amazing what man can do these days. But what really saddens and worries me is that in the midst of all of our “brilliance”, we’ve convinced ourselves that we’re all we need in this world. We can do so much more, so much faster, so much better, and so much more efficiently than all the generations that lived before us that we as a race have been blinded by our own success. And in the process, we’ve lost the whole focus that God created us with–to have the true peace and happiness that comes from a real relationship with the living Creator of this time-bound reality we exist in.
and in this corner…
Work, work, work…. I am currently employed by the Rite Aid Corporation (yes, the drug-store chain) as a Systems Engineer, as you can see by my resume. I don’t really feel like just duplicating the information on my resume here, so I’ll let you look at my resume and you can see all the glorious details…. =:) Oh yeah, did I mention… you can find my resume here. =:) Briefly then….