Jason PercivalTechnology Enthusiast

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-31Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• I am finally getting to watch one of Janeens baseball games. #
• Thank you to @patrickgensel for the brightkite invite. #
• http://twitpic.com/1nsg – Butterfly or moth? It was late out at the game. #
• @patrickgensel Well we could both learn Ruby On Rails ourselves. I want to perfect my PHP skills first. #
• The game is over. Janeens team won 11 – 6. #
• Finally in my own home after a long 15 hour day of work (13) and baseball (2). #
• My Wii is glowing. I wonder what kind of goodness awaits me inside of it. #
• @hussywoman Possibly, I may have gotten a friend request or a Mario Kart invite. #
• I do believe it is time for some sleep. I’ve got to work in the morning, but what’s new! #
• @emgula I sent you a brightkite beta to your gmail. #
• Heading off to work. Hopefully the day will not be made of total sucktitude. #
• I’m at Exeter, PA, USA – http://bkite.com/00n6U #
• I’m at Dalton, PA, USA – http://bkite.com/00n94 #
• I’m at Scranton, PA, USA – http://bkite.com/00naS #
• The brightkite iPhone page is excellent. Its also a very interesting concept. #
• @twev1701 are we recording the podcast tonight? #
• @hussywoman One of the guys at work was telling me about that flick the other day. Sounds crazy. #
• @Twev1701 Jr. has a game 8 to 10 as long as it doesn’t go late I will be there. Not much to talk about on my side. Rev3 DDoS attack. #
• @Twev1701 Do you need my info as well. I won’t be able to play today but I’d be up for some Kart action in the future. #
• @patrickgensel We need to order up some good adagio teas for the office. #
• I’m at Moscow, PA, US (Moscow, PA, USA) – http://bkite.com/00nef #
• That was an easy service call. Corrupt registry hive. 5 minutes total time. I love the easy ones. #
• @hussywoman I agree. Its a really cool service. If you want an invite let me know. #
• @Twev1701 I will get my info for you later when I get home. #
• I’m at Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA (Wilkes Barre, PA, USA) – http://bkite.com/00ngW #
• Just ran into @squidpunch st Best Buy. Strange meeting a random twitter follower in real life. #
• @jerrwe Nah. He lives in Nanticoke and recognized me from my twitter avatar. #
• I scored two widescreen 17″ LCD TVs today at work for $75 a piece. Going to wall mount them in the kids rooms. #
• @Diana172 Very sweet. They were the old video game display ones. #
• I’m at Nanticoke, PA, USA – http://bkite.com/00nlO #
• @patrickgensel Sounds good to me. #
• @Squidpunch Not at all. It was cool meeting you. #
• @emgula Nah. They will be the kids “plasmas” #
• @patrickgensel Yeah. Between switching jobs. #
• Oh, shit. Green Streets bar is on fire in Nanticoke. I guess I won’t be getting wings from there anymore. #
• @patrickgensel There is a lot of PHP work to do for the Steamtown Showcase site. We need to get it finished up. #
• The wife is going to get Jone’s Potato Pancakes at Harvey’s Lake with her sister. I am going to take Jr. to his baseball game later. #
• I think it’s time to take a break from doing some research for work, and clean / re-arrange my desk. 3 LCDs and 5 Computers is a lil much. #
• @Twev1701 That sucks, but at least we should never have to do it again. Lunar pages seems like a pretty good host so far. #
• I think I may also move my Windows Home Server to it’s proper home in the basement wiring closet. It’s like spring cleaning. #
• A wicked storm is passing through Nanticoke. I guess Jr’s game may get cancelled after all. We shall see. #
• I’ve found something I don’t like about Digsby. I have 4 email accounts setup now, and it shows an icon for each in the notification area. #
• The rain is coming down pretty good now. And there is a nice cool breeze blowing through the house. Most excellent. #
• Strange I was just on a random website, and it poppd up a “twitter api” box asking for my credentials. I was like STFU! #
• Well the storm has passed over us, and no call yet from the coach. It looks like the game may still be on. #
• Jr’s baseball game has been canceled. The worst part is I missed out on the Potato Pancake goodness at Jone’s. #
• Just ordered two BNC to RG6 adapters for the new TVs. I should have priced the wall mounts at monoprice.com as well. Oh, well. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-30Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• http://twitpic.com/1mac – Great deliciousness lies within this building. #
• Netfirms called and left me a message. I called them back immedately and they left 3 hours ago! WTF? #
• @Twev1701 They owe me $120. I keep trying to get a hold of billing to get my money back. #
• @Twev1701 Yes it is. They billed me hosting for a domain hosted under my main account. Also billed $9.95 for the renewal which was correct. #
• Everybody has gotten their food and are halfway done. I still await my wings. The service here is always bad, but the wings are worth it. #
• @Diana172 I think I’ve only had the white pizza there. It was pretty good. The wings are phenomonal though. #
• Finally home after a long day. I am now working on imaging over a 60GB drive to a new 250GB unit, and then repairing the OS. #
• Time for some sleep. I’ve got a 12 hour shift tomorrow. Hopefully it will go pretty fast. #
• Heading off to the office for a few hours of slinging code, then a few hours of fixing computers and the internets shall follow that. #
• Installed Firefox 3 RC1 on the Boot Camp install of the MacBook at the office. I’ve been having some weird problems with Firefox 2. #
• http://twitpic.com/1msu – Buddy Christ has come down to the office to keep me company. #
• @emgula Yeah, still there full time. Also doing web development fullish time. I work anywhere from 80 – 100 hours a week now. #
• @emgula How about you? I hear you are doing some SEO hotness! #
• @patrickgensel I was gonna bring in my Dwight Shrute bobblehead, but Sara already has hers. I wanted to be different. #
• Running over to the Water Front Banquet Facility to look at an internet connection speed problem. I’m kicking into IT mode now. #
• @Twev1701 5 days in a row. I envy you sir. I’ll get my day off come Sunday woo hoo. #
• @michellep Now I have to go and try the pizza. But it’s so hard for me not to order the wings when I’m there. #
• New desks for the office have been ordered. Woo Hoo. Now we wait for them to come in, and then put them all together. Boo #
• @Diana172 Doing construction in the hub? What are they doing? #
• @Diana172 Strange things are afoot. Hopefully they’ll do a lot of construction, and we will have cool new things in the store. #
• @TheOddLinguist Yes, we seem to squeak things out just in the nick of time. Maybe I can get @patrickgensel to assist in desk assembly. #
• @Diana172 We should all quit together. LOL If only. I can’t wait until I’m out of there. I figure another year or so. Wish it were sooner #
• Just ordered lunch with the office buds. Today we are getting Dantonio’s from Downtown Wilkes-Barre. #
• Waiting for 23 MB of data to upload to my test server. I can’t wait for our new server to come in, and we can test locally. #
• I need to find an iPod speaker dock that doesn’t suffer from iPhone interference for the office. I don’t want to use flight mode. #
• I could just use my earbuds so that I don’t offend, or bother anyone else in the office with my music. Plus that is cheaper. #
• @jerrwe Boom Blox for the Wii, if you have one. I’m thinking about picking it up myself. Looks like a lot of fun. #
• I’m in West Scranton so I will be picking up some Maroni’s Pizza for dinner tonight. #
• Getting done with work, going straight to Janeen’s baseball game. Hopefully it won’t last too long, then pizza, then bed. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-29Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• @patrickgensel That’s it? You’ve got some catching up to do. #
• @patrickgensel Sounds good to me. #
• Trying to figure out the plans for live Diggnation in Brooklyn, NY with @patrickgensel #
• Watching King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters via Netflix Watch Now. #
• Billy MItchell is an asshole. This is what I have learned from King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Now it’s bed time. #
• At the office getting ready for today’s staff meeting with @TheOddLinguist, @patrickgensel and the rest of the well ahh staff I suppose. LOL #
• Only 24 more days until I have a 2 week vacation. I can not wait. Although I’m sure I will work the web development job just not the other #
• I’ve been waiting to talk to someone at NetFirms for almost a half an hour now. This is really starting to suck. #
• I’m getting ready to move into my own office. I am breaking free of my PHP guru @TheOddLinguist and adding my own noob @patrickgensel. #
• I’m in my new office with a temporary desk, waiting to decide on desks to order and the new development computers to come in. #
• I have submitted my vote for new office furniture. http://tinyurl.com/6eslhe My main concern is enough space for dual 22″ LCDs #
• Lunch has been consumed. Back to PHP and MySQL I go. #
• Does anybody know where I can get a stlyish single gang wall plate that houses 2 keystone jacks? I only find beige, or white in my searches #
• @Diana172 We probably could, but I was looking for something that would match the decor of the room a little bit better. #
• @Twev1701 What did Globat screw up now? #
• @Twev1701 I don’t blame you there. They have gone downhill fairly quickly. #
• Picked up Janeen from practice. Now at Juniors baseball game and then off to dinner. Can’t wait for baseball to be over with. #
• Juniors team won the game 14 – 7. #
• Going to Tommys for some wings. A delicious feast this shall be. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-28Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• @TheOddLinguist That is true. Plus the nano is all fat and cute. #
• Just updated my text messaging plan to 1000 messages for a exta $5. #
• @Twev1701 MySpace code sucks. What kind of changes are you implementing? #
• The game is going into the top of the fifth. This has been a long game. #
• Its now top of the 6th and its tied up. Hopefully we can get a another out and then a run and end this game. #
• Game is over. Ended in a tie. Can’t start a new inning after 10:00 #
• I have a wicked headache, and this PHP script is getting along with me. Henceforth I am going to bed. Will be in the office early tomorrow #
• Working at the office with @patrickgensel #
• The boss just arrived with cases of soda, and water. Keeping the developers caffeinated and more productive. Hey wait a minute. #
• Anybody out there have a couple spare betas for brightkite? I want to check it out. #
• @jerrwe Yeah, it’s a nice day out and I’m slaving at the office. I’m trying to debug a major project. Fun times. #
• @patrickgensel Sucks to be you. It could be worse, it could be your funeral procession. #
• Sara just popped in from her office, and is heading to Abes. This works out perfectly for me. Abes Hot Dogs for the win. #
• Thinking about ditching this PHP script, and going another route. There just seems to be no support behind it. #
• OSX (10.5.3) has just finished downloading. Now we start the install process. #
• OSX (10.5.3) updated has been successfully installed. #
• @Twev1701 What type of cables do you need? I may have some that you can have. #
• @Diana172 I guess I missed the festivities. #
• @Twev1701 No problem. I just figured if I had them, I’d be more then happy to pass them along. Plus it helps declutter all my crap. #
• @Diana172 Hilarious You warehouse people have too much fun at work. LOL #
• Cooking some sweet italian sausage so that I may add it to some homemade spaghetti sauce to put over our rigatoni for dinner. #
• @Diana172 You guys will have to come over for dinner and Wii one day. I also don’t really think I have culinary skills. Enough to survive. #
• Watching the newest internet superstar. http://revision3.com/internetsuperstar/feud/ #
• @Diana172 I actually don’t have too many games. I never have time to play the sadly. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-27Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• Thinking about making some soft pretzels, and trying the new cinnamon sugar topping that I got for them. #
• I really need to start moving everything out of the computer room, and getting it ready for Jr. to move into. Babies are so much work. #
• The pretzels are in the oven. Maybe we will watch a movie in a while. Or maybe I will work, or sleep. Oh too many options. #
• Watching Deadliest Catch. #
• Heading off to bed. Another long work day ahead of me tomorrow. #
• Working on a review database for music, movies, books just about anything really. #
• Very odd. Pocket tweets is displaying everyones real names instead of twitter user names. For a second I thought everybody changed names. #
• @patrickgensel You should come down here and start on some projects in your spare time. #
• @patrickgensel No problem, I’m sure we’ve got a lot of work for you to help out with. #
• My review database is complete thanks to some help from @theoddlinguist and his mad PHP debugging skills. #
• Another hour until my meeting with a client. I’m starting to get nervous. I don’t like meeting with people. #
• Home from work. The meeting went well. The site seems like it may be a lot of fun to work on. We shall see how it goes. #
• @TheOddLinguist Why didn’t you just use your iPhone? You can get a nice armband for it and everything. #
• Dropping Junior off at his baseball game. #
• Trying to get the details together for next week’s Live DiggNation in Brooklyn, NY. #
• @emgula I’m about 90% going so far. I’m trying to get all the details in order, and make sure I can swing it. #
• @emgula For sure. As long as I can switch my paygo iPhone number over to a plan. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-26Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• Just finished up working on the scoreboard database again. I keep getting requests to add more teams. That part is pretty easy. #
• @TheOddLinguist I think it lost the battle with PHP, and was banished to the trash. #
• Taking a break from coding. Maybe I should make something to eat. Working on a holiday isn’t all that bad when you can do it from home. #
• @patrickgensel Are you working today? Give me a text or call whenever you can! #
• At work, and it’s slow as can be. We did have a cook out at the store, so free food is always good. #
• @Diana17 Those are some nice flowers. Have fun with your cookouts. #
• @Diana172 Christophers grand mother sounds like an awesome person. #
• I’m really happy I bought the armband for my iPhone. I strapped it around my arm and took a walk to the in laws for the end of their cookout #
• Heading home from the in-laws. Need to get the kids cleaned up and ready for school tomorrow. #
• It’s nice to be home after working all day and getting to enjoy 30 minutes of a cookout that was basically over. #

Microblogging is taking over.Filed Under: Uncategorized

I have never been one much to constantly update my blog.  There were always months that would go by and I wouldn’t post a thing.  Hell I still do it now, but I do find myself making micro blog posts constantly via twitter, it is much easier to post a quick blurb about what I am doing.  Plus I don’t really have all that much time to write full blog posts.

Speaking of time, I started a new part time job about a month and a half ago doing web development.  It’s a nice job, and the hours are great.  I also get to do a lot of work from home which allows me to see the family more often.  My PHP is not as strong as I’d like it to be, but it is a work in progress.  The last time I did PHP work was many years ago when Trevor and I did the webcomic.

We also have a baby on the way, Sara is 21 weeks along and the baby is doing very well.  We have gone for a few ultrasounds and the baby is very active.  One of these days I am going to get the video digitized and posted to the interwebz for everybody in the family to see.

That’s all I’ve got for now.

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-25Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• All of the company has left. We are now chilling on the couch, and watching Myth Busters. #
• Junior didn’t do all that bad of a job doing the grass. He’s just got to learn how to steer, and how to stay in straight lines. #
• Finally checked out the new Weezer video, and it is pretty internet fantastic. http://tinyurl.com/5qnukg #
• Time to head to bed. Congrats to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins whom are advancing to the Calder Cup. #
• Taking the kids out to see Iron Man. #
• @edweidow Nice. We are going with my brother in law and his son. I also can not wait for Hellboy II. #
• The cops are everywhere today. We have already seen 2 people get pulled over on our way to Cinemark. #
• Over Becky & Jim’s having some burgers on the grill. #
• @Twev1701 Sounds like a good night. #
• @Diana172 Why are you putting yourself through that? #
• @Twev1701 Ahh very nice. Good luck on your quest. #
• @patrickgensel Work sucks. Hear anything from Fox yet? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-24Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• @jerrwe Stop at Ground Round I am here fixing a networking / POS problem. #
• I guess being at a bar and gettiing paid for it isn’t the worst thing in the world. #
• Its after midnight and I’m still at the nightmare emergency service call. #
• One POS terminal has been revived. One to go. #
• Just finished up at the ground round. POS terminals are all functional. #
• Finally home from work. When you ask someone if they’ve changed anything, they should fucking tell you they have. I hate people. #
• http://twitpic.com/1fyq – Teaching Junior how to mow the yard. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-23Filed Under: Twitter Posts

• @Twev1701 What kind of upgrade are we doing? #
• Dinner just got here. We had to order out, since we had nothing that we could cook fast. These baseball games are ridiculous. #
• @jerrwe Long weekend? What is this magic you speak of? lol #
• @jerrwe But they’ve taken my first born and second born and I will only get Sunday off. I got the bum deal. #
• @hussywoman Not too shabby. I will have those hours some day when I got full time with the web development. Right now I do 60 – 80 a week. #
• @hussywoman Yeah, it’s not that bad for now. I figure another year of it, and then hopefully I can go full time at the other job. #
• @patrickgensel That bad heh? Sorry to hear. Told you to just call off, and finish up the cabling with me. #
• Well it’s time for bed. Long day tomorrow. Not sure if I’m going to make it to physical therapy. My body is very stiff right now. #
• At the office. I forgot to grab zip tie to tidy up the cables. I suck at life. Need to figure out how to extract an outlook PW from reg. #
• Fixed my Outlook problem. Well I believe I did. I will find out when I go try it out at 10:00 for a client. #
• I have to go run a single network cable for the whopping price of $318. #