2006 Year in Review!

Time flies when your having fun; or are just that busy...

So here's what I did in 2006:

January 1st - March 31st(ish):
- Frame out the backend of EnviroTorque 2.0.
- Build a rules-based dynamic weather engine.

April 1st(ish) - June 15th:
- Began working on a new cloud-manager resource to completely replace the old cloud handler.
(And very nearly completed it...)

June 15th - July 1st:
- Accepted a job offer through an old college connection
- Flew down to SC. to checkout said offer
- Began packing

July1st - July 9th
- Moved (out of my parents house) from NJ, to the SC into my first real apt/condo!

July 10th - December 22nd
- Began new job working anywhere from 40-60 hours a week.
- Bought a surfboard
- Bought a bowflex
- Made (some) new friends
- Determined my Adaptec-RAID card only does software RAID, and was the source of 5-crashes in 10 months...

December 23rd - January 2nd
- Flew home for "Christmas Break"


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GG
So before June I was on GG nearly everyday. And then I very unceremoniously dropped off the face of the earth. Looking back, I know I let some people down and probably injured a few relationships. For that all I can say is I'm sorry - I guess I took on way more than I could handle at one time, and didn't want to admit it at the time...


New Job
So I got hired by [link=http://lcpaver.com]Lowcountry Paver[/link]. Their a small manufacturer of concrete pavers for driveways, walkways, and pool-deckds - conveniently located less than 30 miles from the beaches of Hilton Head Island, SC.

They needed a (mostly) full time IT. guy to do things like overhaul their web-site, build a new hardware-infrastructure and network etc. Hopefully in 2007 we will move away from Quickbooks to some full-fledged tier-2 ERP/MRP system to manage all aspects of the business and production cycle.

Since I was out of money, and this was the first-best full-time job offer, I took it and so far it has worked out pretty well. It's taken me quite a while to get settled, but then I've been living "on-the-go" for two or three years straight so I guess it takes time to get organized again.

In 2007 I'm hoping to finish my Cloud resource and Enviro-Torque. It will probably come just-in-time to have to port it to the shader engine, but what-can-you-do...


Real Estate
As a final note - I'm looking at my first possible real-estate-investment deal. I found a new plantation in Myrtle Beach that's opening up and I might try buying a lot this month so I can resell it in a year or so.


The End
So that's my update - I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and has a Happy New Year. I wish everyone all the best in 2007! Even if I'm not online, I think of you guys all the time.


Steven