Today I'm enjoying an Oregon-style heat wave in a home with no air conditioning and sweating the blues away. I'm barely eeking by with an abused Dell T700r and at times I wonder how. I need to rinse myself of the nasty Windows funk once and for all. Don't get me wrong- Microsoft puts out some nice goodies- Office (I write in Word), Xbox 360, Project Natal, to name a few. It's a shame that Windows isn't one of them, unless you're talking XP (what wasn't broke didn't need fixed). They need to get serious and have some confidence in the quality and stability of their operating systems, and as I type this Vista, like Windows ME or 2000, is about as serious as a pair of clown shoes. What is my justification in saying so? How long had Vista been out before Seven was announced as Vista's replacement? How long has Apple's OS X been out with its many iterations and where is it going? Enough said. While my PC woes continue, I continue to search for reliable employment in a place where job security is a seldom heard word. I hope to find something soon because I'm practically starving for good work. As is just about everyone else these days, and I hate being at the mercy of a withering economy. I love being self-employed but there is at present a harsh caveat- as businesses tighten their belts, they cut goods and services. Since I provide services -I used to be a professional janitor under my company AML cleaning- when the belt tightens, I get cut. Such is life but man it's down right hard. That of course, doesn't mean I'm giving up. I'm also pondering whether there is any relevance left in my presence on MySpace, as well as the maintenance I perform on the page from time to time. I attract other artists, old friends, and lots of junk in between. And there's no telling if that page even generates traffic to my Google site. Lastly, I wonder what I can do about monetizing my site and if there is any good to come of doing so. |