75 days after and the bike problem…
Night Chronicles: Day 01
This is my first day working at the night shift.
Everything has been going pretty well, there’s just one hour left and I feel really good.
Before I came in, me and my girlfriend went to Chapultepec street and I got this handcraft:
Tonight I’ve worked on my school project: An Apache+PHP server that needs to show the following:
- HDD Space
- CPU Usage
- Memory Usage
- Active Users
- Server’s Temperature
It’s almost done, I’m just missing the temperature and the CPU Usage. Here’s a screenshot:
Also, taking advantage that we are only 3 people, I set up my Macbook like this:
Cool, huh?
Night Chronicles
I’m starting night shift tomorrow, thats why I decided to start a series of posts called “The Night Chronicles”.
Let’s how this shift affects me.
Tonigth we had a couple of beers (yes! Just a couple… That’s not fair). I hope to get really drunk next week though.
Nachos
XKCD is a really funny webcomic. I’ve been reading it for almost two years.
Here’s the newest one:
P.S. XKCD’s main website was redesigned to commemorate the shutting down of Yahoo! GeoCities. It resembles the websites built at 90s with all those animated GIFs, backgrounds, images, etcetera.
Book: Extraordinary Narrations – Edgar Allan Poe
I started this book since March, and I just finished it the last week.
It contains the following short stories:
- Eleonora
- Metzengerstein
- The Imp of the Perverse
- The Black Cat
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- William Wilson
- The Purloined Letter
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
- The Gold-Bug
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- The Cask of Amontillado
If you ask me which one I liked the most, I’d say: The pit and the Pendulum.
Here we go Ubuntu!
I just finished the set up of a “server” running Ubuntu. The “server” is my old P4 1.3 ghz desktop PC.
It was on the closet getting dust, so I decided to set it up using Ubuntu. I’m planning to install XAMPP so I can get Apache, MySQL and PHP.
Why do I need all the stuff?
During my job hunt I realized that most of the job offers require knowledge in SQL so I thought that it would be good to learn a little bit more about it.
Here’s my configuration:
- Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop
- VNC (As I’m using my old PC, I didn’t want the old, big CRT monitor on my small, full of things, desk so I followed this guide. Likewise you’re gonna need a VNC Client; there are a lot of them but on my Macbook I use Chicken of the VNC.)
- Linksys running DD-WRT (my LAN)
To install XAMPP I will follow this guide. Also in this same page you can find a lot of practice examples; the author of the blog has called these posts “Operaciones con bases de datos ofimáticas y corporativas”.
Any recommendations?

Ubuntu
Knott’s Berry Farm: Silver Bullet
Here I am again.
Yesterday my family took me to Knott’s Berry Farm and it was awesome!
I had never been before on a crazy ride like that; the craziest thing I had been on, is the “Titan” in Selva Magica.
As you may imagine they sell the video of the ride, it was expensive though (~$15 USD), but I bought it because I wanted to have a memory besides of the pictures.
Here’s the video and please comment!
Freedom!
A long time has passed since I got free from that company, and now I feel happy!
My last day working was on July 3rd and that same day my vacations started.
It’s time to relax; one week before going back I will start looking for a job.

Corona
My Desktop

My Desktop, originally uploaded by Mr. Figgs.
Today I cleaned the computer’s room, so I decided to take a photo of it.
Here it is!
Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders

Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders
I just got a reminder email about my Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders competition.
But, What’s Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders?
In Cisco words: “Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders is a great opportunity to showcase your skills and gain visibility among talent recruiters in the growing ICT and networking field.”
I will go to bed right now because my competition starts in 10 hours.
Good night!
More info: http://www.cisco.com/web/LA/netacad/netriders/EN/index.html
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