Life of a Web Programmer

I’ve been back and forth on this subject since the start of this website. My intentions when starting out was to just life cast my day to day with some insight on web development, video juegos, and funny youtube videos. But as the site grows, I’ve consider the idea of adding some sense to my site…no pun intended.

So, I’ve come to a decision to keep this site pure from advertising and spammy looking ads for sake of the internets. Too many sites that start receiving some sort of traffic take a turn for the worse and essentially sell out their patrons. This site’s sole purpose is to relate with some of you, give advice to others, and entertain all. It’s official, no Google AdSense…no Yahoo! PN…no advertising of anything that I don’t have control over. Purity in its rarest form.

This weekend, Catherine and I plan on going camping to the Guadalupe River State Park, so I will be posting more photos this upcoming week. Thanks to all that have been coming to the site on a regular basis; feel free to comment on some of these posts, I won’t yell ‘atcha

Catherine and I had a great Sunday morning visiting the McKinney Falls State Park here in Austin, Texas. We were both surprised at how close it really was to my apartment; only 2 miles away.

At first glance, we were skeptical. Once out of the official Texas State Park truck, the Toyota Tundra, we started our adventure on the Onion Creek hike and bike trail. We saw primitive camping sites, lots of picnic areas, and the Jimmy Clay GC. But it wasn’t until we turned the corner on the southern part of the trail when we saw some really cool cacti and mulberry flowers. This was also our first time testing out Catherine’s trekking poles which really make a difference

Overall, I was impressed with the park and could see this as a quick Sunday morning bike or hike. With our park pass, it’s definitely worth it. And the views of the falls are really awesome, seeing the power of the waters crash down on the “moon surfaced” rocks. I recommend this park to anyone looking to take the family out for a quick stroll or for that last minute hike with a friend or significant other.

So I’ve been watching Battlestar Galactica for about a week now, and I have to say that I am quite impressed. Thanks to Netflix, I’ve been receiving two discs at a time, the perfect time span to really enjoy a TV show on DVD. With 4 episodes on one discs, I’ve viewed all but one episodes of season one.

I have to admit I was hooked when I started with The Miniseries. The universe that is Battlestar Galactica seems as though it would actually exist in our near future. I am addicted to the realistic camera angles, color shading of certain environments, and the human imperfections of each character. Commander Adama’s words of wisdom and “slams”, President Roslin’s quick, sharp responses to hard situations, and Dr. Baltar’s sleezy demeanors really capture my involvement in the storyline.

I will be waiting for disc five of season one and the start of season two this week.

Until then, watch out for those Cylons and their 12 models…

Catherine and I did some camping over the weekend at Pedernales State Park in Johnson City, TX. We both were very excited to get out their and “rough it” out with nature to test our “Marine skills”. When we arrived there, we were met with open arms by the park rangers, although it seemed like to the both of us park rangers favor primitive campers over “park n’ tent” campers by the way they greeted the gentleman waiting before us in line for registration.

So as we unpack the official Texas State Parks truck, 2010 Toyota Tundra, we came across a very friendly fellow and his two friends who seemed to be visited by “the spirits of the forest.” It was rather strange, and we both looked at each and said “Odd!”

We started our “2 mile” hike, stopping along the way to take photos and strategizing ways to cross low lying creeks. When we found the primitive camping site, we found the perfect spot, although we luckily came across it. We pitch our tent, set up our sleeping bags, and started the mini stove; it was time to eat

After setting up our campsite, we got cozy, ate our Easy Mac ‘N Cheese, and enjoyed a game of Scrabble right before our wolf scare. We calmed each other down by reading each other by reading potential state parks we’d like to visit later on this year. *Note to self: DO NOT bring beef jerky when camping.

We survived the night and woke up at the break of dawn, patrolling the perimeter for potential threats of wolves (must have been a Marine in a past life). We went on a quick morning hike of Wolf Mountain, oddly enough we did not find any wolves. Again we stopped along the way to take pictures of goofy signs and picturesque views. Our camping adventures came to a close after having no issues packing up our campsite, thank God, with a visit to the Pedernales Falls.

We had the best time of our lives and there is more to come for the both of us

Here’s another reason to stop playing and to start boycotting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the unlimited care package, sentry gun, emergency air drop glitch. Negative XP and now this, how fun can this be when there’s nothing but air support in the air and you’re the victim: AC130s, Harriers, Helicopters, and Chopper Gunners. This has been the last straw. Last night, I experienced one of these lobbies and I had to stop playing; I realized that this game needs some serious work.

Infinity Ward needs to refund the millions they’ve made on this game and give it back to those who actually are trying to play this game legitimately. @fourzerotwo, your game is broken and I’m not going to play it anymore, if anything I’ll be playing Borderlands…