http://ben.myfalk.com Code, Linux, Running, Nutrition, etc... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:55:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I LIVE!  I haven't posted in almost three months and things have been drifting for me during these winter months.  I lost my focus on most of my activities and need to get back on track.  With the economy as it is, I am being laid off the week after ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20090222/ The remaining of my normal week has been filled with a mixed bag.  On Thursday I was told I can not have anymore overtime, which I think is due to the economic slowdown we are going through... at any rate it is good and bad.  It's good in the part ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/20081213/ Today was one of my better days in awhile =) .  I finished the first edition of my web based kiosk system at work today!!  It was an amazing feeling to finally see my work come to life and work like it was intended to.  To top it off, not ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081209/ I am slipping away from my habit structure... It is time to institute martial law on myself.  I haven't ran in a week, read my C++ book, or even finished my CodeIgniter user library yet.  I spent the better part of the weekend playing DOTA, a Warcraft Three map style.  ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081207/ The last two days have gone by pretty fast.  I never got a chance to post for Wednesday for a couple reasons.  Nothing overly exciting happened that day and I was incredibly tired from the last several days.  When I left work on Wednesday I ate at Pizza Hut with ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081204/ Another busy day.  I tried to do some load balancing of my tasks at work and got some of that tasks that had overflowed from no room on my board... I can honestly say for my part I have spent next to no time in any way wasting time at ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081202/ Today was not good for me.  I have been staying up to late and it caught up with me Monday morning =( .  To compound things worse I haven't been to work in five days.  I spent most of my day trying to stay focused and get my kiosk project ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081201/ I am not dead!  I know I have missed three days in what now must seem like a religious posting schedule I maintain in posting... but rest assured I was busy having fun =) .  To recap what has been happening the last couple of days I'll give a quick ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081130/ A wasted day...  Maybe not 100% wasted, but it feels like it.  I have been struggling with getting everything working on these kiosk boxes all day, on my day off no less.  I slept in until almost 10am this morning after staying up way to late working on this project.  ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081126/ Made more headway with the small kiosk boxes I've been working on.  While it may sound strange, I am having the best time I have ever had getting these ultra light-weight boards loaded up with Linux and getting them ready to be simple display machines =) .  I messed up ... http://ben.myfalk.com/captains-log/earthdate-20081125/