My computer, golubo, is now back online. Special thanks to my friends Jess & Ashley for lending me a motherboard for testing, and to SuperGoodDeal for providing me with a new power supply.

Apparently, I'm now a GNOME user… this seems to have snuck while the computer was offline. Presumably, the default window manager changed during an update; right before the power supply blew. I was planning on switching from WindowMaker to GNOME anyway… this is just an incentive.

My main PC (golubo) suffered a major hardware failure about a month ago… give or take a few weeks. (It's been so long!) I thought that it was a motherboard failure, but thanks to some borrowed hardware, I was able to determine that it was not the motherboard that had failed, but rather the power supply — just in a somewhat subtle way. The new power supply should arrive sometime this week.

I now have a profile on MySpace. Don't worry — I'm not abandoning the Home of AlexDW, just trying something new. I don't really have very many MySpace "friends" yet, but ideally that will change in the future.

The television database is finally starting to shape up. At this time, broadcast channels are listed for several local markets near northeast Indiana, as well as several local cable systems.

On the broadcast side, the Fort Wayne and South Bend markets should now be fully covered, and Lansing, Toledo and Lima should be coming along very quickly. The real attraction here is the cable listings. Aside from PPV, the channel listings are complete for Comcast in Fort Wayne, and a few small Longview and Galaxy systems in Steuben County. Angola's local system (Mediacom) is not fully in yet, but will be soon. Any information about tiers and pricing would be very helpful.

Good things are coming, so stick around!

First of all, I'd like to point out that my resume is now online, but currently only in Micro$oft Word format. PDF and HTML versions are forthcoming. Also, I'm currently working on a database of television and radio stations, and their owners.

The database right now is in the process of being filled, and the interface is being written. The administration interface is mostly complete (although you'll never see this). I have a preliminary interface that shows "providers" and their line-ups, although the information is not very detailed right now. (The info is in the database, it's just not visible right now.)

When this is finished, ownership, subscription information, and programming information for OTA and FTA stations will all be available. I plan to offer side-by-side comparisons of various multi-channel operations (ie. Local Cable vs. DBS). If you have an idea you'd like to see implemented, or would like to submit information to the database, write me at alextv@mgzi.net.

I just want to assure everyone that I am still alive. I have lots of exciting trip pictures from my trip to Arizona in January, as well as new case-mod stuff. I also plan to update the Linux Digital Camera List before it becomes completely useless. Oh yeah, and I noticed the "problem" with the forum. Nice going, heh… still pointless, since nobody used it anyway. (Adios to the forever-beta forum, I guess.)

Sorry I haven't updated my web site in quite a while. I have been… distracted by other matters. However, if you are anxious to see me at work, I have updated my employer's web site. I have updated the web site for Moyer Companies, which includes my employer — Moyer Process & Control. I've been working there for three years now, and I have only just now been given the opportunity to update it. (It has badly needed it for some time now.) I hope you all enjoy the layout and coding… you probably aren't particularly interested in springs.

I've upgraded this site to use the latest version of PolarBlog, version 1.5.2. It took a bit of work to re-patch in my modifications, but I think the result is well worth it. If you have any problems, leave a comment or use the Contact link on the right.

I've installed phpBB2 on this web site… with a few minor modifications, of course. Why would I do such a thing? Well, it gives me an excuse to put a few games on here. Visit the forum. (You have to register to get the games.)

Since email doesn't seem to be working today, let's look at our instant messenger options. I currently have the "big three" messenger clients available via Gaim: Yahoo!, AOL and MSN. If you need to contact me, use alexdw_mgzi for Yahoo! or alexdwmgzi for AOL. The MSN one is an email address (grr), which is alexmsn, at, mgzi, dot, net.