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I don’t know what there is to say. I’m older. I got some awesome stuff. I went on a treasure hunt. Enjoy some pictures from the event . I’ll have more info on a few of these items when I get a chance.

Kerry got me a huge BBQ, this thing rocks like you wouldn’t believe!

The sign reads “Beware: Poker Players and Loose Women Are Known to Frequent This establishment” (From Keith)

USB Controlled Missle Launcher. Hell Yes. (From Meghan).

My parents got me a new desk chair, but sent me on a treasure hunt to find it first.

I’ve canceled many services in my life. By far the worst experience I’ve ever had was with AOL, but Rhapsody came in a close second. I despise companies that force you to call them to cancel something, and I particularly despise having to tell an operator that I do not want the service over and over before they finally cancel anything.

Recently (IE, yesterday), I wanted to cancel Amazon Prime membership, for two reasons. One, I’m out of a job and two, I didn’t use it enough after Christmas to make it cost-effective. So i log into my account on Amazon, find the link that says “Amazon Prime” and expect to find a phone number or something. Instead, there is a button/link that says “Cancel my subscription”. Its not even hidden!

I go through two steps, click “Cancel My subscription”, and then click “yes, I’m sure”. I get a thank you screen and I’m done. Whew, that was easy!

So today I’m going through my emails, and I see two from Amazon. The first (date wise) has a subject of “Amazon Prime Membership Cancellation Notice”, this is good. The second says “Your Amazon Inquiry”. The first thought that popped into my head was “Fuck, I knew it was to easy”. Low and behold though, this was what the email said:

Hello from Amazon.com.

Your Amazon Prime membership has been cancelled, per your request.

Our records indicate that you haven’t used your Amazon Prime membership benefits, so I’ve requested a full refund of $79 for the membership fee. The refund should be processed within the next 2-3 business days and will appear as a credit on your next credit card billing statement.

Please know that we value your business, and we hope to see you again soon at Amazon.com.

Amazon… you just made my day.

It saddens me greatly to write this. I was told yesterday that due to some financial trouble, this is my last week as an employee of Electrical Design Consultants. Its a somewhat unexpected end to almost 7 years of full, and part time employment in the only job I’ve ever had.

Charlie Linkhart hired me out of high school in 2001 with the intention of bringing me up as an electrical engineer but through a need internally, I ended up the IT manager. I’ve learned a lot through the years, about both electrical engineering and information technology in a business setting. I made some great friendships with my colleges, enjoyed the perks of good years, and the downs of bad days. All of it will be dearly missed. I’ve watched both Joanne, and Charlie move on to other things. Now its my time.

My new day. I plan on making every effort to jump-start Klaus Computer Consulting into a full-time business. Its scary, but I think I can do it. I’m working on getting the web page up now, something I’ve put off for to long. I’ve had the domain for probably 6 months. John (president of EDC) is helping me to pickup a large number of new clients now that I have the time available to service them. And I’ll still be stopping by EDC on contract to manage the computers.

Anyway, if you visit my blog often your probably one of the first to know. I’ve obviously talked to Kerry about it, and my roommates. But I have yet to tell my family. I also haven’t told any of my co-workers, a task that I am not looking forward to.

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Why, because it do be talk like a pirate day! And ye may notice that me posts do be in pirate-speak fer the day. So take a time away from yer wench or desk and browse through the blog, and have some grog on the house.

How to Earn a Six Figure Income from Blogging in Two Easy Steps it is as easy as that.

I just noticed that good friend Dave’s blog is back after a hiatus (due to domain name holding) for a year or more. I’m looking forward to reading the quips of the warrior again. Its somewhat Vanilla now, but I’m sure that will change.

The New DaveBlog
The Old DaveBlog (on archive.org)
The Antequated DaveBlog (on archive.org)

I’ll actually be at Sierra this semester, finishing some two part classes that I started before Sac State, as well as taking a Spanish class with Keith. Since finishing the two-parters (all programming classes) and Spanish is 13 units, there is no Sac State for me this semester.

Most of the classes are online. Unfortunately though the only time my Java class is offered is smack dab in the middle of the day on Tuesdays (Yup, that’s today). The Spanish class is a night class on Tuesdays & Thursdays.

So I’ll be in the office Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and half day Friday for a grand total of 35 hours a week (7am – 6pm M,W,Th; 7am – 12pm F). I wont be here Tuesdays (starting today).

As always you can give me calls on my cell phone when I’m not in the office, If I’m in class or the library or something like that I’ll have to call you back, but leave me a message and I’ll get back to you ASAP. Also, you can text or email me and I might be able to answer questions faster.

A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on…

Photography can make or break a website – got a great site with lame pictures, then you’ve got a lame website. Today we’re going to take a look at the ones that got it right…