Opening page rant
I thought it was time for a new cleaner look for my
website. Something that loads fast and looks simple. You're looking at
the result of that thought. I searched the net, found a design I liked
and modified it a bit ;) You might have also noticed that I switched
servers. I spent about a week (of very part time work) doing the
switchover. So does this mean that I will continue to post news again
like I used to??? No!
What's the point of this site?
I like to get my mind off of work sometimes and this site seems to be a
good pass time. It also gives me something to look back on a few years
down the road. Anyone interested in knowing more of who I am, can get an
idea here as well (That is if people other then my girlfriend Shannon read my
site). As I get time (which is a
scarce resource for me), I'll TRY to post projects, articles and other
miscellaneous rants. If you need to get a-hold of me, you can
email me at brianb@vwsolutions.com.
If you'd like my home phone number, cell phone number, MSN contact, ICQ number,
home address, social insurance number, birthday, or any other piece of
information that helps identify me, then please email me and ask. If
you're looking for content, then you came to the WRONG place. Most of the
content of this site will be directly injected from my old website.
For best viewing experience, please use a Mozilla based browser. If you
don't already have it, and by it I mean Mozilla Firefox, then go download
it. You can find the link on the top right of this page. Mozilla Firefox
is an internet browser that blows the evil Internet Explorer out of the water.
You can read more about Mozilla here. If you
know me, then you probably already have Mozilla Firefox. And... Ok I'll
stop there... Yes, I know... I am obsessed.
My old website worked internally a lot different then this one. In
the old website, all I had to do was type in what I wanted to appear in the
site in files like: news.txt, projects.txt, articles.txt, ... and aboutme.txt,
then I'd simply run a c++ program that I made. The entire site would
generate and upload to the web server. It would also create a zip file of
the entire website in case anyone wanted to download it. I even had a
little program that would generate my webpage in Braille (well images of
Braille, not useful to the blind but it was a pretty cool mini project).
It ran on a Solaris server. Now, I'm using C# and ASP .NET. It's a
lot simpler and allows more dynamic content but is alot slower then my old
site. Overall I like this site alot better though.
So where's the news?
Just because this section is called news, doesn't mean I'll put news on
it. If you'd like news just go straight to the sources
google news and slashdot.
That's the only news that matters (to me anyway). In my last site I
continuously tried to post news that I found interesting to me. This did
give me something cool to look back on, but again I just don't have the time
anymore. I have better things to do then to
rehash news :) Sorry if that sounded stuck-up. I
didn't meant to.
Be warned that if you don't like or know a lot about programming, then most of
this site will be very boring to you. I don't post that much code
anymore, simply because most of the development I do now is for my (and 2 of my
friend's Ben/Rob) company. Apparently we're not an open source company,
even after I supported the idea for my whole life (I still do though, just not
for me at this point :)). Sorry.
Since this page has no structure whatsoever, I'm going to throw in my new
favorite passage from the book "Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People" by
Stephen R. Covey :
Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw
down a tree.
"What are you doing?" you ask.
"Can't you see?" comes the impatient reply. "I'm sawing down this tree."
"You look exhausted!" you exclaim. "How long have you been at it?"
"Over five hours," he returns, "and I'm beat! This is hard work."
"Well why don't you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?" you
inquire. "I'm sure it would go a lot faster."
"I don't have time to sharpen the saw," the man says emphatically. "I'm too
busy sawing!"
... Wow :)
By now I'm sure you're sick of reading, and I'm sick of typing. So with
that I hope you have a great day and thanks for 'shopping' at brianbondy.com