The Hive Minds Hosting project is near its completion. For the current variety of services offered and complexity needed, the web site has been finished. Any changes to the web site in the near future will be purely cosmetic. I might have to restructure the web site in the long term, to improve functionality and management, a result of the products and services that could be offered in the future. As it turns out, after spending couple of weeks researching and planing the future, there is a vast field of options to be considered. The choices vary greatly. I have compiled a huge list that needs to be organized into sections of types of service, cost to start and maintain, what is the possible success rate and return on the investment. Plenty of work, but I won’t have do it until down the road. Read the rest of this entry »

So, few days ago, I was playing my favorite ‘puter game - Natural Selection - and Amanda walked in the room and saw the game. Somehow she got intrigued and for the following couple of days wanted me to sit and play the game, so she can watch the action. Now, isn’t that awesome? How many guys can say that their girlfriend is asking them to play a ‘puter game so she can watch it? Anyways, on the third day she asked to play. It did not take her long to get used to is. She just had to get some practice with the movement/looking/aiming all at once.

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Last week I quit my job! So now I am looking for a new employer. I worked for a year at my last job. Pretty much since I moved to Chicago. I quit because the job had me traveling all over the North side of Chicago, and Chicago and its surrounding area are HUGE. Doing all that traveling is tiring and ever since my accident last August, when my car was totaled, I have not been too enthused to drive on the thruway.

So, here I am once again, looking for an employer. I have been living downtown for a while now so I want something close to home. There is plenty of opportunities, especially here, downtown Chicago. I really do not want to be doing a whole lot of traveling. I know i can find something more suitable for my experience and educational background.

I will be writing soon about my new job.

Oh, let me count the cells…

Tonight, Alex bought me an early birthday present, (My birthday is Feb. 27th), an awesome present. Let me give some background before I disclose what it is. When Alex and I first met, we had a few problems with going over minutes on our cellphones. I had T-mobile and he had Verizon. To alleviate this issue, Alex added me to his account and bought me a second cell phone. I didn’t like the phone too much but it was cool because I had TWO cell phones. Now, my parents are going to switch over to Verizon to talk to Alex and I for free so I’m getting rid of my very cool T-mobile phone (it has LED lights built in the sides and lights up!). However, my awesome future husband agreed to buy me a new phone. And what phone did he get me? A MOTOROLA RAZR!!!!! Oh, he is so jealous and I’m excited. We got it for a really great deal. It would normally cost $500 but it only cost us $100. To make him feel better, I told him to make it my early birthday present. Even though he agreed, I have a feeling he’s going to try to steal it when it comes in.

TOO BAD HONEY, IT’S MINE!!!!!

So, thank you to my amazing honeybunny for my new RAZR and agreeing not to steal it…too much!

Short but Sweet

Exactly one year ago I packed up my bags and moved from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL. Three weeks latter started a full time job, mostly on, but with plenty off, if that makes any sense. Three months later I met my then girlfriend and now fiance. Then came the move into a nice big apartment downtown Chicago, but not so good of a landlord. Then, some time in Agust, but most likely early September I began working on the idea of owning my own business. This was good, because unknown to me, soon I was going to be suffering under the plenty of off. Due to which we took few trips here and there, but mostly to NJ/NY.

Looking into 2006:

1. Start the new job.
2. Start the new company.
3. Get a nicer living space.
4. Few other things….

The last hosting incident lead me to something I did not think I would really ever do. What that might be you are asking? Something that guarantees me that my web sites will remain always up and free of charge. I started my own hosting company – HiveMindsHosting.com. At the moment I am still in the process of setting up hosting plans, then I have to decide on prices, followed by developing a nice and interactive web site. I still have to do few other things, like signing up for financial accounts and setting up an order processing system. I have been working on this on and off for the last few days. It is an involved project. Not as easy as one might think, but yet pleasing and rewarding in the end

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In the next lines I will tell you about the jobs I have held over the years. I will have the titles then I will have a short description of the job, followed by a story or few, if I have any to share. Few things to keep in mind:

• The layout will not be permanent. As I think of new ways to better organize the material the structure will change.
• As with any other work in progress, the information here is not everything nor it is complete. As time goes and I remember things about my jobs i will add them below. And of course, there will be many more jobs to come.

For now I think I will organize the jobs sequentially, i.e. as I have first worked them, regardless if i have gone back to the same job or not. If I have I will most likely mention it somewhere in the description or the stories.

With the above said, enjoy the reading.

Something I forgot to comment on when I wrote this entry and have been meaning to write but keep forgetting to. Both lodges were beautiful. The decorations in each of them were unique. For example the wall in the East of the Lackawanna building was drawn. It depicted King Solomon, Hiram Abif and [] as they were discussing the building plans of King Solomon’s Temple. The Lodge also had a full size pipe organ, although it was smaller than the ones I have seen in churches and cathedrals throughout Europe. It was good to hear it. The evening of the ceremony we had a visiting brother who played it for the ceremony. It was wonderful to attend a ceremony with music. I am saying that only because it is rare now-a-days to come to a lodge or ceremony where there is someone who knows how to play the pipe organ.
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