TechSmoke

I would like to learn Japanese. I have a zillion other things I have to do currently, but maybe if I can dedicate a bit of time here and there I can get to the level of a 3 year old

I’ve found japanese-online which looks promising. It is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. It’s free, has the written language, and wav files of the converstation, so you can here it as well.

I really like japanese cinema (ok ok “kung fu” movies ;)) and love anime. I would like to be able to watch stuff like this in japanese instead of reading the transaltor interpretation I must say I like fansubs of anime better than “pro subs” or even english dubs. It seems alot of the time it is dumbed down for americans. (Especially with english dubs) So when I get to a computer with sound. I’m going to give it a try.

We’ll it’s a good thing thing no one but the spam bots read my blog so far

I have 2 new jobs at the moment.

The first is a Java Dev programming position. Only part time, and not a for sure life time endevour. Even though it is Java, the position is enjoyable. I have found out one thing, my coding skills suck. I got an A in both Java classes I took in college, and yet I feel like I just looked at the language for the first time sometimes when I sit down at my laptop. Luckily I have a mentor/senior coder/guru (what ever you want to call him) named Kevin. He’s very understanding, and knows his stuff. It’s nice because if I have any questions, doing something stupid, or going about things the wrong way, he’s there to help, and point me in the right direction. To be perfectly honest, I’m surprised he’s kept me around as long as he has. (Thanks man :))

My second position is a Junior System Administrator with a large webhosting company. I’ve wanted to be a sysadmin for about 5 years now. I like it a lot. I’m totally remote, so I don’t get to play with the hardware, be it shiny and new, or old and dusty. They have some tools (scripts and what not) set up to make things easier to do, while other things can be a pain in the butt. I’ve been there a couple months now, and while I’m still a JSAI I have gotten promotions. I’ve learned quite a bit, and there are some very knowledgeable people I get to work with. I hope to get promoted again soon so I can make a little more scratch.

I don’t know what else to say, so I’ll leave it at that. I hope to be able to write more often, and maybe longer posts sometime soon.

Till the next post (will be soon, I got some shiny new hardware for a new box )I bid you ado.