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New Locations

Just wanted to let everyone know that you can now find me at my new website, kworthy.com. It’s still a work in progress, so don’t expect too much. Also, I also have some newer content posted over on a Blogspot account, called Barney’s New Place. The only problem is, China’s Great Firewall prevents me from doing anything except posting info there (which is weird, right, I can post but not view). So, if you want to see what I’m up to, go check those out.

P.S. Microsoft sucks.  I had to get on my work PC just to make this post.

New Blog

Hey everyone,

 

Just wanted to let you know that right now I’m giving a place called bloggers a try for my new posts.  I’ll be leaving this one open, mainly because I don’t want to spend the time transferring everything from here to the new one.

 

The link is barneytheblueheeler.blogspot.com.

 

So far, it’s pretty barren over there, no music yet.  But, I’m working on it and still finding everything that I can add to it.  I’ve also got another one I’m working on, but I don’t really like the format it has.  I’m thinking about popping about $75 and getting my own server (like my friend Rick – www.pandapassport.com) and loading my own software and doing pretty much anything I want with it.  Still just thinking though.

 

Anyway, I’m going to watch some smallville and eat a little.

Why I don’t like Microsoft

Recently, I made the switch from Microsoft Windows to Ubuntu Linux.  Some of you may ask why, well, it’s not Microsoft.

 

Over the past few months, I have noticed that Microsoft websites are becoming increasingly incompatible with internet browsers other than Internet Explorer.  This does not make sense to me.  When I go to MSN.com and try to watch a video and it tells me that I’m using an incompatible browser, I don’t close my current browser and try in Internet Explorer, I go to www.bbc.co.uk or www.cnn.com and look for the same/similar video.

 

At first, I thought it was something that would be quickly corrected, an oversight.  But, after a couple of months went by and the issue did not improve, it actually got worse on some MSN pages – I can no longer make a post here, my Windows Live space, without errors unless I use Microsoft’s internet browser and Windows.  So, I will keep posting here, for the time being, but I am going to be looking for a different website to continue this.  So, keep your eyes open, I’ll send out a group email and make one final post here before I move for good.

 

If this really is Microsoft’s strategy, it is really backwards.  It would be like Ford saying you could only drive their cars within the state of Michigan, no one would go to Michigan just to drive a ford, and I’m not going to use Microsoft Internet Explorer just to visit MSN.com, use Hotmail, or post more blogs here.

 

Anyway, I have added a couple of links to my websites section, down and to the left of this post (or, that’s where it is now).  One link is for Adobe Photoshop Express, pretty cool online photo editor.  Not only does it give you 2 Gigabytes of online photo storage, it also allows you to embed your photos in websites or email links to your friends.

 

The second website is for my online pictures with TwitPic (www.TwitPic.com).  With this website, I can post pictures from anywhere, including my phone, by email.  Right now, I’ve only got 5 ot 6 photos posted, but I will be adding more.

 

I’ll keep everyone that follows this updated as to where I’ll be moving my online stuff to.

Update

Hey everyone, (especially Mom and Dad)

Skype account’s bone dry right now so it’s going to be a while before I’m able to make another phone call.  The new OS is working great.  It’s really cool not having to pay for any software  (99.9% of all Linux software is free) and being able to do everything that expensive software for the other OS’s. 

My best friend at work (Rick), is resigning soon.  Actually, he’s already gave notice, he’s just waiting for the paperwork to go through.  He got sick of all the B.S. that goes on at my job and told the boss that with the current metrics, he could not compete without sacrificing customer service.  Which is true.  Right now, your patted on the back and given all kinds of rewards for taking the most calls and providing questionable service, whereas you’re not given squat for taking half as many very high quality calls.  Really sucks.  It’s going to be hard to work every night without him there to keep things interesting.

Anyway, every thing’s the same here.  I’m not going to leave my job right yet.  I, for some reason, still feel I can make a difference there and with all of the training I’m doing, I can.  Only problem is, I encourage one thing in training, quality, and when they hit the floor, the first thing they realize is quality isn’t nearly as important as quantity (they’re young, not stupid).

I’m off to bed now so I can get up and get my triple pay tonight (oh yah, May 1st is a holiday in China… I have no idea which one, but it’s a holiday).

P.S.  There’s a new social network out there (fairly new) called Twitter (www.twitter.com).  It’s a pretty good way to make some really good contacts as far as the job market and things like that go.  If anyone decides to sign up, you can find me at www.twitter.com/warped0ne (that’s a zero, not an ‘o’) or you can send me a message by typing @warped0ne (again, that’s a zero, not an ‘o’) followed by your message.

Later.

New OS Update

Well,

 

I have an online, working version of Ubuntu for over a week now, and despite a couple of problems, it’s still much better than WinXP or Vista.  The one problem I’m coming across right now is Adobe Flash.  Whenever I go to a website with Flash, Firefox closes.  I’ve tried Firefox 2, 3, Konqueror, and a couple of other no names browsers and all have had the same result.  Anyway, I’ll keep working on it.

 

Again, hope everyone’s enjoying their spring.

 

Later