Shawn D. King

Wow, where does the time go? I’m still around. Been busy with a variety of other activities, but I’ve spent the last couple of days tweaking the site. Hopefully more later, as I have several improvements in mind.

My resume has been updated to reflect both my current and previous job. I’ve installed a couple of plugins, one to prevent WP from “fixing” my HTML and another to hide pages–I will want to hide my contact page, and even when it is presented, I will need to find ways to keep spammers and recruiters at bay. Still working on that one.

My mouth is sore. Went to the dentist today for the prep work for a crown. Did I mention my mouth is sore?

Let’s see, where to begin…

I start my government civil-service job at 0001 tonight! Employment, yay! Took a while, but quite quickly by government standards. A couple of hiccups (which always happens), but I’m looking forward to starting my new position.

We’re going to Sunday brunch at the Double Eagle restaurant in Las Cruces tomorrow to celebrate the start of my new position. Food (that I don’t have to cook). Yay! XD

Tami is doing better–hurt her back a few weeks ago on a pilates ball (anybody want one?). So I’ve been busy taking her to the doctor and trying to keep her from doing too much. She’s doing better, but not perfect.

Tami was looking at my website in via the bedroom computer and asked me why she couldn’t see my picture. Turns out, I the code for the URL to the picture was wrong. Works fine on the development box, but then, that’s were the original setup was developed. I just forgot to change the image URL. Ugh. So for several months people have been seeing a red ‘x’ instead of me. How unflattering.

Laters,
~Shawn

Well, I suppose I should add another post. Almost a month since my last one. Someday I hope to have a full-time job (or return to school) so that I will have more time to devote to the site (and IT, and s/w design, and tinkering with electronics, and so on). I opt for the job, as that would help fund the computer habit.

Not too much else in the way of excitement. Just working the data collector summer job. Long hours and it’s very boring (I have a difficult time seeing the importance of what we’re doing–so do the other people who’d rather we not be around), but the pay is decent. More money for cat stuff, I suppose.

Ugh. I keep finding new ways of tweaking this thing. I have the development box more or less setup the way I want, now I just have to remember everything so I can get the live site setup the same way.

Haven’t had much time for web development. I’ve been busy doing in-processing for my summer job. Long hours doesn’t allow much time for playing on compy, either. Meh, pays some bills. I would say that spending all day in the middle of the desert keeps me from spending any money I make… but since I’ve acquired the Blackberry, all bets are off. lol

Okay, so I have something other than just a generic picture and resume in place. Still having issues with this thing, so it may take a while to establish.