I’ve made the big jump! I am now using Ubuntu to do all of my computer related tasks. How does this affect the output of my work? It doesn’t! At least, not as a hindrance. If anything, using Ubuntu will now speed things up for me. That is, once I get familiar with using a Linux OS. And I like Ubuntu more every day I use it.

But for now, I am still learning and getting comfortable using Ubuntu. I like the layout and the way things are done. It has a nice crisp design and I can do anything (and more, perhaps?) that MS can do. However, because it isn’t MS, there are some drawbacks. For example, Adobe Shockwave Player doesn’t support Ubuntu. But Ubuntu does have an application that can run MS based programs that do use Adobe Shockwave. That’s the beauty of it. Oh, I forgot to mention that whereas MS can cost $200 and up, Ubuntu (and virtually every Linux OS carries a price tag of $0, aka FREE! So definitely worth checking out.

Woohoo! I now have personal business cards.

N.B. - The hard copies look waaaay better.

Obviously, if you are reading this, you will have noticed that I have moved the “recent posts” to its own section. The reason behind this: I wanted to have a static main page. This blog will most likely become a photoblog, but I have not completely decided yet.

Just returned from a week away in New Brunswick. My wife and I enjoyed a leisurely (and somewhat brief) walk through the Cherry Brook Zoo and Vanished Kingdom Park in Saint John. This is where I was attacked by an [extinct] Elephant bird. I can’t believe these things actually existed, up until the 1700s.

Well, after some tinkering, updating WP, screwing up WP, losing all information on my server, re-uploading all my files, and starting over with a clean install of WP, I have finally had some time to work on the contact form on the Contact page. Unlike the rest of this website, the form wasn’t handcoded. It’s actually a neat little plug-in for WP called FormBuilder. My only complaint is that it doesn’t seem to comply with the XHTML Strict doctype.

Major, yet subtle, update. I have converted roboticdreams.net to be powered by WordPress. It doesn’t look like much was changed… but then again, that’s the whole idea :D.

Next update: the Contact Form