Super Bowl 43 Ads – Watch Them on Hulu

By Nick Armstrong | Published: February 1, 2009

Check out the Ads for the Superbowl at http://www.hulu.com/superbowl/!  You know that’s the part you really care about anyway.

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Nick – 2.0

By Nick Armstrong | Published: February 1, 2009

Okay, version 2.0 of my website is up…

I went with the Vigilance theme for now – it seemed to do everything I wanted it to without me having to do too much tweaking.  I wanted a site that was comparable to Life of Leo… or Amber MacArthur’s site… as far as I know they both use WordPress (though Amber Mac may use TypePad or something similar).

Typically I would roll my own using Freshy or Dkret3 and just modify the crap out of it, but since this theme has the simplicity I was aiming for down… I think I can skip it for now and move on to my other projects!

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My Day: January 25, 2009

By Nick Armstrong | Published: January 25, 2009

Stitch BusyI’m just a little swamped.

Here’s an idea of what’s on my plate so far (in order of priority):

  • Personal Projects (for this weekend):
    • Update my resume, post to Dice, Monster, etc… to keep current
    • Post resume to this website in PDF form
    • Finish helping Tim with resume
    • Finish helping Cole with questions
    • Test WireTap Studio
    • Explore ComicLife
  • WTF Marketing (ongoing, 25%) – My future career… hopefully
    • Many people are learning the value of this, but few are willing to pay for it
    • Currently 3 pro-bono projects…
    • Goal: Finish web design by Jan 25, 2009
    • Goal: Find paying client by Feb 15, 2009
    • Goal: Business cards by Feb 1, 2009
    • Goal: Book by July 15, 2009
  • Psychotic Resumes (ongoing) – Professional Blog/Podcast
    • 3 blog posts + 1 podcast a week (under normal conditions)
    • Possible speaking engagements…
    • Goal: review and revise all static content pages by Jan 25, 2009
    • Goal: create 2-week post backlog for slow days by Jan 25, 2009
    • Goal: create 4-week podcast backlog for slow weeks by Jan 25, 2009
    • Goal: business cards by Feb 1, 2009
    • Goal: Book by July 15, 2009
  • The Trek Project (ongoing) – Personal Blog
    • 2 blog posts a week (under normal conditions)
    • Bi-weekly podcast planned…
    • Goal: commit to writing 1 hour each week starting Feb 1, 2009
    • Use as a tie-in to Star Trek: Dimensions episodes :-)
  • The Giant Gnome website (90%) – My audio drama/podcasting group
    • Goal: Finish web design, pass off to Waldo by Jan 25, 2009
  • GitNitRight website (50%) – Another group I work with, a pro-bono project to get them started
    • Organize Web Marketing Plan by Feb 1, 2009
    • Goal: Finish better web design by Feb 1, 2009
  • Sci-Fi Sound Off (ongoing) – Just For Fun Blog/Podcast
    • Publish at least 1 story a week starting Jan 25, 2009
  • Star Trek: Dimensions (ongoing, 10% – stalled) – Writing project/Podcast (Audio Drama)
    • Goal: Make blog more pretty by Feb 1, 2009
  • I Am Nick Armstrong (ongoing, minimal) – Personal Blog
  • MM – A pro-bono project for WTF Marketing

    • Goal: Complete Web Marketing Plan by Feb 1, 2009
  • Miscellaneous writing/podcast projects
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My Day: January 20, 2009

By Nick Armstrong | Published: January 20, 2009

Life:

  • Yay Inauguration!
  • Getting Sick! :(
  • Trip to Best Buy to try and get Alexandra’s computer fixed after it bluescreened while trying to re-install XP on a fresh format
    • Discovered they sold her $120 worth of “install and optimization packages” on top of the $300 “protection plan”
    • Unsuccessfully argued they should return her money
    • Successfully argued that they should do better than telling her “it’s not a hardware problem, we can’t fix it.”
      • Best Buy agreed to provide a free hard-drive and software install if we could find the restore discs
  • Decided we didn’t need the restore discs and slipstreamed SP2 onto my existing XP disc, used that to re-install Windows

Projects:
- Good start on WTF Marketing web design
- Continuing GGM Web Design
- Put Together WTF Marketing Packages and Pricing

Work:
- Database Diagrams
- Database Documentation
- Meeting with the DBA Consultants
- PayPal planning
- Head First C# (to get more of the .Net 2008 code down)

Food:
- 3 Shot Venti White Mocha (holy buzz batman!)
- Pineapple, Watermelon, Cantelope and Blueberries with Yogurt for Breakfast
- Starbucks DoubleShot
- PB+J + 2 Bananas

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