Lots of news since last time I posted. I found out Monday that my job laid me off, permanently. Alicia was also fired from her job about a month ago because she had to have a limited availability because of child care. So now my family has no source of income so we are trying [...]
Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category
9 Feb
New Pictures
Just letting you all know that I got a new camera and have posted a ton of new pictures and should be posting even more soon.
9 Sep
One year later
One year ago today I embarked on a little experiment. I thought I’d mess around with Blogger, just try it out for a while. Little did I know that one year later I’d be writing this post using a WordPress install hosted by Weblogs.us. Little did I know how many friends I’d make, how much [...]
24 Aug
I’m back
Nurse: Doctor, we’ve lost him.
Doctor: NO! [Slams fists on patient's chest]
[Beep...Beep...Beep]
Nurse: Wait, he’s alive!
Doctor: Thank God.
Nurse: But, Doctor, he’s still…crazy.
Doctor: But there’s good news…
Nurse: What?
Doctor: I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Gecko.
Nurse: Don’t you mean Geico?
Doctor: No, Geico is an insurance company, I mean that I’m now [...]
10 Aug
digitalSURGERY
Alright, I’m not posting anything new really, but I am giving you some more stuff to read.
JErm and Extreemlee have created a new site called digitalSURGERY.net that is aimed at bloggers and website owners. It helps you get the scoop, in plain simple english.
Check it out when you get the time (and you should have [...]
2 Jul
Back again
I’ve been grounded since Monday and haven’t been able to get online, but I’m back now.
I got 22 new emails, 12 spam mails, and lot of things to sort out. But I’m glad to be back.
19 Jun
Learning robots
Sony researchers have created several Aibo robot dogs that are capable of curiosity and learning. Using somthing called a metabrain the researchers gave the robots a curiosity about their surrondings, and an awareness of the value of learning.
The researchers placed the dogs in rooms with several small balls and, over the course of four to [...]
14 Jun
EFF legal guide for bloggers
The Electronic Frontier Froundation (EFF) has published a legal guide for bloggers who aren’t sure how the law applies to them.
Obviously a necessary bookmark for any blogger.
Link.
15 Feb
Domain
I bought the domain jmweirick.com yesterday. I pointed it to this blog for now, but hopefully sometime in the future (when I get a job) I’ll find a webhost and start expanding the site. I’m going to put up some forums and make it into a comunity site, kinda like what JErm has.
9 Sep
Ah, nothing like a fresh new blog
This is my personal blog, it’s nothing more than a place for me to come and vent about my life. It’s mostly because I have a bad memory and forcing myself to write down what happens during the day, I might be able to remember it better. So let the blog begin!
