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Name: Zach
Country: United States
State: Florida
Metro: Gainesville
Birthday: 10/22/1980
Gender: Male
Interests: Often (walking with/tripping on the walk with/being carried by) Jesus Christ - but continually being transformed, computers, raging against change to my own peril. And... ellipsises... yea... :)
Expertise: Anything computer related
(some of you take this a bit too seriously.)
Occupation: Computer related (Internet)
Industry: Engineering
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  zpulkin
Member Since:
10/18/2003
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| I think the tagline speaks for itself. I purchased hardware (very nice hardware!) and software (which I'm very happy to be typing on now) from the 'egg starting back in April. I took a deal on the interest for the purchase since I financed through my Newegg Preferred Account. Since the loan was interest free for a year, I planned it out to pay a certain amount every month so that it would be paid off before the term was up. Now back in November, I was eager beaver to pay my bills on planning out my budget, so I made my payment online on the 5th - coincidentally the day the billing cycle was ending.
Bad mistake on my part, yes. Worse mistake on Newegg's part for charging me a $35 late fee! Especially since I didn't find out until the December bill came. As you may guess, the 'egg has been busy this month. They must be sincerely understaffed in this horrid economy, because I've had zero success in getting any response from their support team. Worse than that - they sent me a notice after my last message that for security reasons, the messages must be sent through the secure online form - which I HAD USED to send both the original, and later a duplicate request for a refund! So what's up with that, Newegg? Must I burn your effigy too?
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| Update on my Flash class: I got an A! 100% (weighted?) and 95% point by point. Since I was pretty sure after turning in my final project that it would be so, I requested a permit to take Web Programming 2 (another of the EME6930 electives.) The class will cover some more advanced JavaScript along with Perl and ASP - should be fun stuff to complement my skill with PHP. I got permission from Dr. White (the instructor) to take his class after showing him some JavaScript and PHP that I'd written for a form I designed at work. Normally, the first class in the sequence (Web Programming 1) must be taken as a pre-requisite, so I am very grateful that Dr. White was willing to let me "prove my stance" (as it were) that I could handle the class.
In other news, Merry Christmas! On this first day of winter, my very generous employers (Bill and Sandra) took us all out to lunch today at La Tropicana De Havana off Cattleman & Fruitville in Sarasota. The Cuban sandwich I ordered was quite good - well pressed with soft Cuban bread for a flat, hot and delicious experience. I asked for an order of maduros plaintains to complement the sandwich, but it came with a plate of fries (by accident I'm sure.) Our server was delighted to bring a plate anyway, so I had a few fries with my sandwich on top of the maduros. It's a tad on the expensive side, but the food is quite good. Bill had already taken me (I worked a 16+ hour shift) on Saturday, and the mojo chicken sandwich was good as well. I noticed then that they also have a stage for live music which I'm sure they reserve for the evenings.
Tonight we finally got around to decorating our Christmas tree. We've had the tree for about two weeks, and I strung the lights for it last week, but we haven't all been home at the same time to put up the ornaments (a task my mom insisted we should wait and do as a family when everyone had a chance to participate.) Nothing like waiting until the last minute. ;)
In case I don't post again prior, have a very merry Christmas!
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| Things got tough after my last post, but it's finally over. I turned in my final project on Friday night, very shortly before the deadline. There was a bit of confusion on Saturday, when the instructor emailed me, telling me my project did not seem to be complete. Thankfully, it was only because I had accidentally left the published file's javascript path pointed to the folder I keep that file in on my "Flash Showcase." Look for a final update and the plan for what's next soon.
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| Hallelujah! Vista is no more. I'm happily using Windows 7 as I type. Thus far it has been trouble free and quite snappy. I'm hoping it stays this way after the flakiness of Vista on this system. 
Best... birthday... ever.
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| I got more grades. I grew back 5 points from a previous Final Project paper which was rolled into the new Design Paper we turned in just about two weeks ago now. No need to say, I'm enjoying it. The last time I was running on a 98 average was probably a class during my Junior year of high school. Speaking of that, this past weekend was the 10 year reunion. I missed out due to a trip to Howl 'O Scream with Nick and Elizabeth this past Friday night. I suppose that didn't stop me from making the picnic or cocktail party, but neither really seemed to appeal all that much, especially in light of the fact that with a few exceptions my circle of high school friends largely chose not to go. Of the friends that did, at least one reminded me of Ms. Meyer's (English) class in 11th grade. Never ever bring up what you watched on TV with your 7 year old sister in high school!
This week is another Final Project paper...the Development Paper this time. After that there's a long stretch and then a prototype presentation just before Thanksgiving. I'm praying for diligence to start the final project. Starting is the hardest part.
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