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changes taken place. new photo program used to catalog images. it’s called coppermine and it uses a database as well as php for photos. it is very much faster than the old setup, and also provides a quick snapshot of new images posted. click on the photos link to login to the new photo. [janella.com] page. you only need to login one time. don’t login to the board yet. i’m not sure if i’ll be requiring that login. but please, make comments if you’d like to on photos or provide votes! tell me what you think also by writing in.

saying of the weekend: you smell like milkduds

i am working on optimizing the photos for faster loading of both pages and photos. i’m working on limiting size to 640 x whatever, and a max size of 100KB for an image. i’ve read that 30KB is ideal for loading (even on a 28.8 modem connection). this project will take time as i’d like to optimize the images from the source images, for the best picture. to help with the current load time i will be taking some photo galleries off line starting today. i’ll post updates on which photo galleries have been optimized.

currently the only gallery optimized is Yosemite 2003 under New Additions.

it’s good to have friends, isn’t?

i was pretty down the other day. not a mid-age crisis, but just one of those thinking funks, you know getting caught in a loop of thinking of things you can’t change? but it seems that friends always can pull you out of it. i appreciate the talks and emails. they helped me a lot. i think that’s part of what i miss now, from say three or four years ago. but times always seem better in hindsight.

as you can see, design and color scheme seems to have changed. call it being bored. i hope the color isn’t too drabby. right now it’s a reflection of my mood.

i’m down a little right now. i think i’ve been down for a couple of days now. don’t know why. i think part of it is the job, part of it is the weather, and part of it is the passing of another birthday. yeah, i forgot to write about or even on my birthday. it’s something i try not to miss, but for some reason i did this year. i guess i’ll have to take the time and write about it.

today wasn’t exactly a good day. work was very busy as things broke left and right. and the phone calls!?!? there were more than usual and from people who didn’t know right from left. i got one call from a customer who never heard of microsoft! i’m like, uh your on the internet right, that’s why you called me?????

i suppose good things happened in the world today. saddam’s statue was toppled in baghdad today, and more importantly the giants won 15 to 11. wow, that’s a football score. i don’t know if baghdad, iraq or even the world is a better place than it was three weeks ago but things are changing.

what’s my stand on the war? never liked the aspect of war, especially a war half-a-world-away. i know our troops had no choice in the matter of going, and when you’re put in that position you have to go full bore as people around you, as well as yourself, count on it. but death isn’t something to be taken lightly. it just seems as if this war is a stepping stone into other conflicts in the middle east. what next? syria? then iran? oh, let’s not forget about north korea. you would think things would have changed from century to century. right now it’s looking like 21st century colonization.

now that we’ve won the war - if you want to use those words - people are saying it was the right thing to do. people are saying, see GW was right! i don’t know about that. i don’t know if it was. only time will tell if that is the case.

well, enough rambling for now.

SARS comes to SJO! at least that’s what the news is blurbing this lunch hour. i was hoping it was a april fool’s joke, and i still am hoping. it’s a scary world we live in right now. it probably always has been, it’s just that the news makes bad news more accessible war. disease. famine. is there nothing good going on in this world?

i’m sure there is but it doesn’t necessary make the half hour news coverage. my advice? turn off the television or watch a movie instead. forget about the world-at-large for a while and concentrate on the here and now. the world will continue to turn when you get back to wanting to know all that is happening. of course if you watch a movie watch something far removed from what is happening.

i went to go see ‘tears of the sun’ last monday. seeing that movie was a mistake, not because it was a mediocre movie but the content was pretty rough. war in africa as done by hollywood. they went for the nice gruesome reality.

but for now take a break. i know i have.

this is really the beginning of my web journal. i know i’ve made entries using blogger before, but i wanted to get a little more personal. it seems the world today, with what is going on out there and in my head, dictate some thoughts be put down. i’m not good at putting thoughts down on paper any longer. i can’t stand the sight of my own handwriting. so i’m going to type this sucker out, baring some of my soul. if you find it interesting then i’d be surprised. this is more for my benefit than any one else.

where to start? well my thoughts are of the future right now. this has most likely been brought on due to my birthday, the 35th to be exact. i have been thinking about where i’ve been, what i’ve done and what i still want to do. it can get depressing thinking of all that, especially if you start thinking about regrets. but i try not to have too many. i tend to think about those possible ‘turning points’ in life, you know those paths not taken. i’m don’t think it qualifies as a regret. it tends to lean toward the unknown, like a bad star trek episode.

here are the latest photo album additions. all are located under the ‘newest additions’ album.

• Yosemite 2003
• Rex's Birthday 2003
• A Day Together in the City
• AJ Mugging for the Camera

check them out and comment when you get a chance.

i’m sitting here on a thursday night, contemplating life with a cold bottle of sake. otokoyama to be specific. a nice brand (and bottle) provided by doug and saori for christmas. i guess i hope it helps in stirring some thoughts that have been creeping for some time. this year has had its ups and downs already, and it’s only the 23rd day!

one of the things on my mind, at least that i can write about now, is my job situation. yahoo! in its wisdom offered me the position they promised back in october. its nice to see a company can keep a promise. but i guess what is still bugging me about the position is its place in the company. i mean i was doing the same thing about seven years ago. but as i’ve told others with this economy, especially the Valley’s economy, its tough to fnd something. so i should be very happy for what i have now. and i am.

i was supposed to have a meeting with my supervisor today, a one-o-one but it fell through. can’t blame the guy as he is tremendously busy. but i just want to get started on my career path again. i’m going to have to pin him down next week to have the talk.