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Author Archives: Ian
Week Wrap-up: April 30th 2018 – May 13th 2018
It’s been two weeks! Oh no! :O Things have been busy, brain has been stormy, but the world keeps chuggin’ along. And while that’s been happening: Passed the first technical interview as I chug along through Big Tech Company’s interview … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Technology, Video Games, Writing
Tagged collaboration, drawing, fallout4, jobhunt, linux, mastodon, organization, sick, social media, twitter
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Week Wrap-up: 23 April 2018 – 29 April 2018
It’s been a week of bad sleep and general busy-ness. But other stuff happened, too. I finally started cleaning up my space in the apartment and it feels good. I now have a huge pile of papers I need to … Continue reading
Posted in Game Development, Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged check in, depression, fallout4, gamedesign, games, gradschool, jobhunt, mental_health, modding, sleep, videogames, writing
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Computers Hate Us Now, Because Capitalism
So, computers kind of hate us these days. Well, hate is too strong a word. And it’s not actually the computer’s fault. So, I guess– “Ian you’re doing that thing where you ramble instead of actually starting to talk about … Continue reading
Week Wrap-up: 16 April 2018 – 22 April 2018
Posted a little late! This last week was pretty good! I mean, I didn’t sleep enough, at all, but other than that… Started volunteering at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library and had a good time my first two … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged beer, dating, fallout4, videogames, volunteering, weekwrapup, work, writing
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Working Out is Hard, Walking is Not
I started going for walks in the morning as part of working out. I lift weights, but I wanted something to do on my off days. I’m not feeling up for the running grind right now, and I kept ducking … Continue reading
So Bad It’s Practically A Crhyme
I really needed to write a blog, But, tired, my brain filled with fog, So I took the easy way out, Come on, don’t pout, A bad limerick’s better than some rambling monologue!
First Day Volunteering at WTBBL
I started volunteering again for the first time in years and years today. I’ve picked up a couple of hours a week at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library, which I figure is a good opportunity for me to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Technology
Tagged exploitativecompanies, librarianship, libraries, opensource, technology, volunteering, wtbbl
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Falling Back Into Fallout 4
I’ve been playing Fallout 4 again, as I mentioned yesterday. It’s my second crack at the game. The first time, I got frustrated with a combination of the keyboard controls, the main character being both a defined person and bland, … Continue reading
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Week Wrap-up: 09 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
This week was a week of ups and downs and a lot of cruising on depression autopilot. So that was fun. I finished recovering from my cold, yay! I missed every single workout slot, so that sucks. I didn’t sleep … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Learning, Writing
Tagged blogging, depression, fallout4, gradschool, java, jobhunt, longweek, modding, pacificrim, programming, rain, weekwrapup, writing
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Computer Learnin’s: April 2018
I’ve fallen behind on tracking my computer learning! But we’re back and better than ever, mostly in a dash to absorb as much knowledge as I can before an upcoming technical interview. Because of that, some of the infosec stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Infosec, Learning
Tagged accountability, computers, ianlearnsinfosec, infosec, learning, technology
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