I've decided to go back to school! 9:03 AM

So after dropping out of USU back in 2007 because of medical reasons (aspergers), I've finally decided to get back into school. I dunno, Bridgerland may be a technology college, but I don't like how the classes are just sit there and read a book. So yesterday I actually went up to USU, and spoke with the Academic Advisor for Computer Science, and she helped me figure out quite a bit. We actually have an older couple in our ward who are both Computer Science Professors there; and I was originally gonna go speak to them, but they weren't there...

Anyways, she showed me my transcript, and when I dropped out back in `07, it showed all the classes as an F for a grade? Ya I was confused why that was there, since I dropped out, I thought that it shouldn't be showing that. But since I left on medical reasons, we might just be able to get all that cleaned up! Which I'm hoping, because I was actually suspended from USU, but after speaking with the Academic Advisor about the situation, she said that she would support me to get back into USU.

So I had to re-register as a Student, and then just leave a comment that my Academic Advisor approves for me to apply late. So I've got to study for this Math Placement Exam, because if I can test out of 1010, I can get right into Math 1050, and then start taking Programming! And the lady in my ward said that I should just take those 2 classes for the semester to see if I actually like it.

So ya, that's what's been going on these days! I've been playing my Playstation 3 a lot more these days, since i was banned (again...) from Xbox Live, but I knew it was gonna happen.

Anyways, there's an update for ya!

Haven't posted forever... 9:06 AM

And I don't know what to say about why I haven't been posting. Things have been a living hell for me these days. I mean, I really don't know what I want to do in life, and it's always annoying me! All I do these days is sit at home, and mostly sleep. I'm always lonely... I mean even when Mom and Dad are home, I still feel lonely. Seriously though, I don't know how much of this I can take?! How can you just get up and continue your daily routine without going insane? I wake up in the morning, and think of what I can do today, and all that comes to mind is to download something on campus (cause of their fast connection), or to just talk with my buddies that work at the game store. I can't find a job here in Cache Valley, but when I do, I can never get the job. I've got like a job coach now, and they are supposed to help me find and get a job, but after a month, it's not working so well either. I've even had mom put out business cards for my computer repair business, and I haven't gotten any calls, or emails? I think it's because of the name, because I don't think people think of computer repair when they hear "Powered by G3RM".

Anyways, I'm up at 9:13 AM, because I had a terrible night. I felt so nauseous and just too afraid to go to sleep. I finally fell asleep at about 3 or 4, and now I'm up, but I still fell pretty crappy. But hopefully one of these days something can come up, because I don't know how much longer I can take it.

My Flyer 7:17 PM

So I just did this in my free time, and wanted to know what you all thought about it. It's the flyer that I was planning on posting around town. This is what it looks like:

I guess I've kept myself busy... 8:38 PM

It's been a while since I've posted... Things I guess have been going good, and I've been keeping myself busy with things. So the Powered by G3RM company is coming along slowly. I have one customer who is in Hyrum, and I've been helping them quite a bit. I'm ordering a part for one of their computers so that I can install that for them, and then I will finally be done helping them. I might have to put fliers through town, cause when u post on Craigslist, you just get a lot of spam.

I'm also back at Bridgerland. I've been going there for some time now; now taking a Microsoft Certification class, that is do at your own pace (which I don't really prefer, cause then I never get it done). But today I did register for an acutal class that starts on Monday. It's Networking, and will help prepare me to take the Network+ Exam. It will be Mon-Thurs 6pm-9pm, and I'm glad it's an actual lecture class then the do at your own pace ones. So I'm excited for that.

So when Michael Jackson passed away, I went to the local gamestore that sells older video games, and was able to find a game called "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker". It was only for the Sega Genesis, and the store had it for $20. I bought it, and ended up selling it on eBay for $102. Horray for me! Still waiting on the payment, so hopefully they will send it soon.

So I was at D.I. a couple weeks ago, and bought 2 old computers for only $8 for both. One is a Pentium II, which was back in the mid 90's, and the other is actually from around 2001. I'm trying to make the Pentium II one into a Seedbox. What a seedbox is, is it's a server that stores all my downloads, and makes downloading faster, and also increases the uploading speed. I've been having some issues with Linux and trying to get it to work. Since it's an older machine, it can't handle regular Linux Distros, so I need to use smaller versions. So far I've tried: Fluxbuntu, Arch Linux, DSL (Damn Small Linux), and Debian, but they are all just being a pain to install. So I actually downloaded some other ones that I'm going to be trying in just a bit. Those ones are: U-Lite (Ubuntu Lite), Slack Linux, freeBSD, and Knoppix.

So that's what's been going on these days.

Log of NESMp3 Player 4:15 AM

So I decided that I wanted to make a log for all the progress of the NESMp3 player, so we will start off with the guts of the mp3 player, and show a test of a tactile switch soldered to the Play/Pause button.

Moving On! 7:38 PM

So today was the day I had to take the final for my class "Intro to Information Technology". I wasn't really looking forward to it, just cause I don't do well with tests, and was afraid I would have to take the class again. But I got a 75%, which is good for me, and my Professor said that that is a passing grade. See at BATC, the professor's all have different expectations, and some require higher scores. But I'm glad that I'm officially done with "Intro to I.T."! Now I'm moving on to other certifications. I got a chart online that shows what's required for Security Administrators, so basically I need to take the following just for computer technicians:

• CompTIA A+ (I'm already certified)
• CompTIA Network+
  
• CompTIA Server+
• CompTIA Linux+
• CompTIA PDI+ (Printing & Document Imaging)

So that's what regular Computer Technicians should have for certifications, and then to move onto Security, I need to take the following:

• CompTIA Security+
• CWNA (Certified Wireless Network Administrator)
• MCSA: Security (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator)
• MCSE: Security (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer)
• EC-Council Security5 (Security5: Firewalls, Anti-Virus, IDS, Networking & Web Security)
• EC-Council CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
• EC-Council CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator)
• EC-Council ECSA/LPT (Certified Security Analyst/Licensed Penetration Tester)
  

So ya, that's what's going to be happening now! I'm just glad I'm done with the Intro to I.T. class, cause it was basically just a refresh of everything I already knew!

Website finally up and running! 9:54 AM

So after months of working on it, I think I've gotten everything figured out, and the website is up and running! Now it's just to advertise it so people can get to it, and ask for assistance with there computer problems. For those that have forgot, this is the website:

http://www.poweredbyg3rm.com

Finally figured out the issue with the contact page, and got an icon for the website, so when you are in tabs on firefox, it actually has an icon. Thanks to the people that helped me get it working. You know who you are!