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http://darkmercury.net/Joomla I don't know why, but I like web design and tinkering around with websites. Could never do it as a job though.. Some of you know the project I have been working on since the week before finals week (known as week of hell). To distract myself from doing my real work, I started work on the KSU Precision Flight Team website. I used Joomla for this, which is pretty much just Mambo. I made the KSUAnime Site with Mambo in early 2004, and can't say much has changed. Joomla is the same thing as Mambo but open source I guess. I thought Mambo was open source, but since I am a proponent of open source software and I'm curious by nature, I tried Joomla. I'm definately a lot better at the Joomla/Mambo system then I was when I designed KSUAnime. Looking back, I don't even like the anime site. I think a new skin in the near future is in order for that site. But back to the Flight Team site. I spent a lot of time on the skin of it, trying to make it look like the flight team jacket and had to fight a lot of CSS to achieve it, but it looks good now. Now I'm trying to add the endless amount of content and information. I know that once I move it to the KSU server all hell is going to break loose. The only problem I have with Joomla is that it has to systemize everything. I can't just add a random page, it has to be a member of a category or something. And I don't like the publishing system. Everything content-wise is added by a user, who by default has no access to "publish" anything, and so everything he writes stays hidden until an admin comes by and says "ok" and publishes it, so it appears on the site. Not a bad feature if that's what you're looking for. However, I am a very lazy admin, and so everyone's posts will go by unpublished forever. Would be fine if I could change the default access level, but no. Best I can do is make everyone an admin, and then all hell breaks loose again. For what I needed, which is pretty much contact info, team info, and most of all - the events calendar schedule, it's okay. I think the site has really come together and I'm pround of it.
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January Went to Washington DC with Alison Went to Ohayocon with yash Break wrist at Brandywine Very busy Spring 05 Semester starts
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Normally I post LAN stuff on the DGS site, but I thought it would get more exposure here. Normally my LANs are plagued by the lack of chairs and tables and space. Well, I bought the huge table that is in my computer room, and a set of four metal generic chairs. This should help a little bit. If there are too many people for the computer room, we can move to the living room and someone can bring a spare table or something. I want to make an interactive sign-up thing. Maybe that will be the next website project I will take up. I only make progress on those when I have some sort of paper due in school. I'm rambling on now...so in conclusion...LAN Jan 1st - 1pm - got enough chairs now! kthxbye!
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Commercial Checkride tomorrow (Monday). Passing it means I can be paid to fly, which is indeed my original goal of getting my private license all the way back in Feb of 2004. The day starts out at 7:30am with a quick flight to finish up my required hours and then the checkride starts at 10:30am. Probably a good 2-3 hours of oral exam followed by an hour and a half flight. Long day, but I think I can handle it. If all goes well, I should be free for the rest of break with nothing to do except a few trips (maybe Ohayocon, going to DC somewhere in there) but the rest is free for LAN parties and stuff. Will update after the ride tomorrow!Update:I did the oral exam today and got a 93%. Even though that's an A, I still feel like I didn't know that much. I hate sitting there looking stupid becuase I don't know anything. He asked me a lot of little things that I wasn't prepared for. Anyways, we didn't fly because the clouds were too low for some of the manuevers that I have to do, so the flight has been rescheduled to Wednesday at 10:30am. I like splitting it up anyways. Will post more upon completion.Update 2:I've spent the last few days sitting around the airport trying to get good enough weather to fly, but it never came. The airport is closed for christmas right now, but I will get another chance on Dec. 30th.Update 3:December 30th was a very cloudy day and not good for flying. My next chance is Jan. 3rd in the morning. By this time I'll be so out of practice that I'm sure to fail.
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For the last year or so I have been wrestling with my KSU cumulative GPA to get it over 3.0. It's a stubborn little number, currently paused at 2.957, and with my internship coming up, I need it defeated. Internships require a minimum GPA of 3.0, and although there are exceptions, I want to be accepted without any exceptions, under my own power. Well I had the last of my finals yesterday, so except for flying I'm done for the semester. I'm thinking that I got 3 A's in all of my classes this semester, which should hopefully do the job, but only time will tell in the coming week or two...
VICTOLY! 3.020
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