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LBNL 2008, Day 4 and some random updates Posted on June 30, 2008 at 4:18 pm by Flak Post Categories: Life • Site News Tagged: lbnl 2008 • michaelpruess.com • promises • summer • tired ramblings about a busy life • work Comments: 0

I began working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory last Wednesday. I’m in the same place as last year, down to the same cubicle. It still had my name on it. The computer, an extremely dusty G5, still had my application preferences saved in my account. Orientation was still devastatingly snore-inducing.

My work this summer so far has revolved around WordPress… which is awesome. It seems like this time around I’m actually going to make something usable for the Communications Department in the way of a Content Management System, and two serious possibilities being explored right now are Drupal and WordPress. Erik, the main web guy here, is figuring out what he can and can’t do with Drupal; I’m figuring out what I can and can’t do with WordPress. It’s very fun because I love working with WordPress and I don’t feel like a complete idiot because I know a lot about the software. And I’m still learning stuff as I go! Woot.

Ultimately, my task will be to turn this mess into a CMS that will allow non-tech savvy Communications folks to push content themselves.

So yeah. That’ll keep me busy for a while, at least.

In the meantime, I’m looking for time to devote to writing, drawing, and my own web business. I’m pretty pooped at the end of a day so it’s a bit tricky. I’m going to try to get back to a 2xweek Night Switch schedule, starting this Friday. I also want to get the ball rolling on HC again… hopefully I can finish up book one before the year’s over.

I’ll try to keep the site updated somehow!

Oh, and in the meantime, you guys can check out the changes on michaelpruess.com. It’s been improved a bit, I think.

LBNL 2008 - THE CONCLUSION! Posted on June 25, 2008 at 6:12 pm by Alar Post Categories: Life • Site News Tagged: lbnl 2008 Comments: 0

“Flak’s work started today and it’s just nine hours of useless training for the first couple days. He’ll be online at work on Friday, hopefully, and then he’ll be more coherently active again.”

A Hectic Pre-summer of Nothing Posted on June 20, 2008 at 12:33 pm by Flak Post Categories: Site News Tagged: tired ramblings about a busy life Comments: 2

As stated before, I’ve not had reliable internet access. As such, I’ve missed out on a bunch of things since June 7th… web serials, blogs, tech news, etc. I’ve not been able to do what I wanted with the days between graduation and starting my job due to a lack of computers with internet access and proper power. Not enough web work, close to no writing, one drawing, very very little anime.

Continue reading A Hectic Pre-summer of Nothing…

“Flak has no reliable Internet access” Posted on June 9, 2008 at 5:34 pm by Alar Post Categories: Life • Site News Tagged: computer gremlins Comments: 1

Yes, it’s finally happened. Flak no longer has the use of either of his computers, and is forced to share with friends, family, or possibly some other establishment! He doesn’t know how long it’ll take until he’s back online, but I’m sure we can all assume that he still loves us all.

Yucky, yucky projects Posted on May 28, 2008 at 5:44 pm by Flak Post Categories: Site News Tagged: excuses Comments: 0

Soooo, after a week it has become obvious that AP Exams were not my worst enemy. I’m putting everything on hold again for the next two weeks as I clean up high school once and for all. I’ll be back in a bit, and please be patient with Night Switch! It will rock once more, I pwomise.