X111.com

maak plaats maak plaats maak plaats, we hebben ongelofelijke haast.

*dramatic pause*
IT’S THE FUCKING END OF JANUARY ALREADY!
So… what’s new? Well, I’ve been rather down with the flu which was fun (lost some weight in all the right places, mwaha), and had my first course for Novell Linux Certified Professional last week.
It was cool, and boring.
Cool because I learned a few nifty tricks, boring because I already knew most of the stuff. Which is good I suppose because it’s nice to see your knowledge validated in a group of peers. Next month the second course, and then the month after that the third. After which I hope to pass the exam, and which will also mark the end of my 6 month contract… interesting times.
Work’s interesting, still learning new stuff each day. Some people need a major attitude adjustment though. Barking at me to fix something they b0rked in the first place is _not_ the best way to get me to move my butt.
What else… well, a lot, or not much, depending on your point of view.
On the surface not much, but…
I’m testing a CVS (pre-alpha) release of the new phpBB3, codename Olympus, which is remarkably stable and which has enough features and novelties to make any site admin go ‘Sjwwwwwing’.
First beta is expected for March, don’t hold your breath though, their milestones have been slipping and sliding all over the calendar. Still, kudos for them saying fuck it and continueing work despite all the whinos and for sticking to their high level of excellence.
Any and all potential new features for X111.com are on hold until that version gets here, so that’s leaving me with a site I feel is getting a little stale at times.
Once upon a long time ago this started as my personal php experiment which I (and Corvo) fiddled on, but these days I can’t just do that anymore because a lot of people come here, have their blogs and forum here and I want to make sure all of that is available at any time.
So I’m probably going to start a little subcorner for myself around here somewhere soon just so I can scratch my itch whenever I feel like experimenting with gfx/php a bit.
Semi-random topic switch: it’s time for summer. I’ve had it with winter. It’s not enough to be broke and have no time or anything, nooooo, the weather’s gotta suck as well. Well damn it, enough. I want sun and a few nights off with a couple of mates sipping cool ones or cruisin’.
Hmmm, time to poke everyone else perhaps.

And I want a Mac, so if anyone has a spare one… Mehehe, right. Ah well, I had to try.