josh's blog

I've been very busy with work and school this month. In the past three weeks, I've compiled 2 and a half websites for Safe America, Quake$mart and WorldSafe Network.

Quake$mart.net & WorldSafeNetwork.org

12 hours worth of classes this summer semester. It's pretty tough, but I like it.

I'm loving this ThinkPad, it's just totally awesome.

I've also been working with two clients via V2interactive... Check it out on the website.

Labels: safe america, v2, work

The Boston Celtics are up 3 - 1 over the Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals.

Game 4 was played in LA and was nothing less than amazing. In the first half, the Lakers were up by 21. In the second half, up 24 points... Now, in the 4th quarter with 5 minutes left, the Celtics managed to take away the win, killin' it by 5.

Game 5 will be played in LA. My take on the Finals? Boston loses game 5 at LA by 10ish points. Now, we're at game 6 (being played at Boston) and you're looking at a close out. Boston wins the 08' Finals at home in an amazing game 6 rally.


All losing bets please send the amount owed via paypal to josh@joshz.net

Thanks.

Labels: basketball

Boy, does our economy suck right now. There are predictions of gas hitting $250/b by 2009. Yeah, right. But in reality, I blame the media for the high prices and mass hysteria.

I really don't have much to say about that, it's rather depressing to think about. It's not the prices that really gets me, it's the fact that we (regular Joe's and Jill's) cannot do anything about it. Nor, do our opinions and needs, for that matter.

We finally got our blog up and running here at work. WordPress is a pretty interesting piece of software/coding. It's almost too easy to use... However, there are still a lot of options and preferences I'd wish they would add/remove.

We're also playing around with a GUI interface called Joomla!. It's pretty much a step-by-step application that will create a dynamic website with a mammoth amount of options.

I'm considering changing the website content manager over to Joomla something this week... But, we'll see.

I'll upload some screen shots when I get home from work... Actually, mark that, after I play some ball after work!

How did the Lakers win last night??? KG = Finals MVP... Kobe is a fake Jordan...

Labels: basketball, work

Wait, so is this a joke....

Labels: funny, random

So, it's been a pretty good day. I bought a laptop, an IBM ThinkPad T30, upgraded 512ddr ram, p4 M 1.8ghz, upgraded dvd/cdrw combo drive, upgraded 120gb hdd, wifi pcmcia card and a decent ATI gpu... All together, I paid $300. I paid 250 for the notebook initially but then got a couple parts rendering the sum a little over 300 bucks. Not too bad if you ask me, this thing is pretty nice and solid. Check it out below:

http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/notebooks/0,1000000333,10001624,00.htm

The NBA Finals are amazing. The Celtics are playing their hearts out, shutting down the Lakers. I hope that Boston wins the championship. Don't even get me started on Kobe...

As I type, the Celtics are up by 20 points and there's 15 seconds left in the 3rd. If Boston holds out and wins it, they would be up 2!

GOT EM'

http://www.nba.com/games/20080608/LALBOS/gameinfo.html?nav=scoreboardhome

Make it up 22...

KG and Rondo all day.

Labels: basketball, computers, ibm

It's been really busy the past couple of weeks. Finals, overtime at SAF, busy with two clients and trying to get this v2interactive launched on it's due date. (which it did, on June 1st)

All is well there, though. It's really keeping me busy, that's for sure. Now that it's all done-ish, I can sit back for a few and have some time to get back to playing basketball.

Speaking of which, the finals should be very interesting. I'm so good, my predictions were right. Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers. You want a spoiler? Celtics in game 6 will take it. I've got twenty on it, who's game? Game 1 is on the 5th, that should tell a lot about how this series will unfold.

Alright, back to work. Later.

Edit

Check out the website at v2interactive.net, and e-mail me at josh@v2interactive.net with any errors or problems. Thanks.

Labels: basketball, life, updates, v2

Testing.

Hey everybody, has it really been a month since the last update? My bad.

It's been a real hectic time. I'm just finished up my spring semester at school, getting all A's and one B. That's the first time I've had such high grades since elementary school! Next semester should be fine, but fall of 08' is really going to kick my butt. That's when all the advanced programming classes come into play. I can't wait to learn about network admin'ing.

V2interactive is still getting work done. We've acquired two clients and a possible third. The website is still in design... Well, let me take that back. The design is perfect and complete, it's just the content that's really kicking my rear-end.

1. Our first client is a automotive club in need of flyers and business cards.
2. The second client is a small business owner, right down the street who needs help designing a mass mailing.
3. Finally, the third possible client is a local man, who needs one-on-one training on how to update and maintain their company website.

Over all, we're looking at a 100+ hours of work. Not bad for not even (officially) being in business.

Another 150 billion dollars are being dumped into this 8 year "war"... And we wonder why our economy is so crappy? Let's dig in Alaska, use half of it (enough to supply the whole US for 15 years!) and save the other half in reserves, while we find alternative energy forms.

I'm getting pretty sick and tired of these tree huggers who think there is going to be so much harm and wrongful doing if we dig for oil in Alaska. If all these people love the area so much, then go take a 10 minute stay there, and check it out. There is NOTHING to see. Meanwhile, Iraq is laughing at us, as they're paying 15 cents a gallon for their gas. Ironic, isn't it? But no, let's question and accuse our main source of oil for ripping is off. There ya' go, let's burn every bridge we have.

Watching Hillary and Barack on T.V. is just like watching Dumb & Dumber. You can pick who is who... One complains about racism, the other sexism, meanwhile old man river is laughing all the way to the bank. It's horrible to say, but sometimes I think Fidel Castro had it all right.

On that note, I'm going to get back to my chickfila. I'll post someting later... I'll probably tell ya'll how I got to take my Honda around the Atlanta Motor Speedway @ 120mph, ha!

Labels: adventures, life, updates, v2, work

Click here to go to V2interactive.net

• V2interactive acquired 2 additional clients
• JP is now on board, as Public Relation/Marketing
• We're working on an affiliate with TigerDirect.com (computer reseller)

• The layout for our website is complete
• New employee hired for PR/HR
• Content under construction
• Everything going as planned for our June 1st opening day

April 12th, 2008:

April 4th, 2008:

• Company name registered and copyright
• Business plan complete
• Possible affiliate pending

Additional notes:

• We are currently hiring in several different departments. If you're a graphic designer, web designer, have knowledge in Flash or studying/majored in marketing or public relation please e-mail jobs@joshz.net

Labels: business, company, updates, v2

Payroll was due today. From April 1st, projected until April 15th I will have worked 91.5 hours.

On top of that I'm taking 12 hours of classes at school.

Drained? You don't know the half of it.

I'll probably end up going in tomorrow anyways to fix Deborah's computer. (There's always something funny going on with that machine)

It's still a blast and a great place to work for.

GE went down almost 5 points today. I've been trying to keep an eye out for some companies. GE, along with CitiGroup (symbol "C") and Apple. Earlier in March CitiGroup was down to just 19 points, then five weeks later bounced back to 28 points. I still kick myself in the rear end for not acting on my instinct. I swore the next time it hits under 20 I'll put in a few shares. Apple, on the other hand will be more of a long term investment. No time soon, but ya' know... it can't hurt to dream.

I'm also in the process of starting up my own business. Mainly specializing in design and marketing. From web development to wedding photography. It's still really up in the air, but it's a realistic goal I have set for myself. I love working, however, it would be amazing to have some side cash flow to keep the creditors at bay.

I guess that's pretty much it. Until next time, take care.

Labels: business, company, lifes, updates, v2