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its only 14 freaking days
Yeah, yet again I kept thinking to myself this week “do it, post that, get it out of your head” … but instead I put things off, forget and this thing get ignored. Im still posting at least a weekly post on eatlog.co.uk but I’m thinking of letting a few domains expire, and more than likely shoving all my sites into one domain, so I can post some of the things I want to …. I also wana make it easier to post stuff I like, rather than wondering if repeating from tumblr twitter friendfeed etc etc is a bit excessive
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Best laid plans….
So, for anyone who scoots past anything I post on, you will have noticed my few and far between posts. I’d like to give a decent reason other than either being busy or out of the house … but I have none!
I think Im going to update my site soon [finally] and put more relevant stuff on. Things I see and like, music i’m making with Mark, random covers with other people, things I’m working on and most importantly just sharing in general.
Theres a few people who I think lighten up the day via twitter, and I’d love to start listing here, but I’d rather post it on a new site thats always noticable… supersimbo gives me the idea for that - and to be fair he’d probably be up near the top of the list.
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Iphonenessnessness
Just a short update, to test posting from my iPhone. I’ve failed to post often over the past few months… I hope to change this, as currently I have no vent for my random findings… And I also haven’t vented on feelings and music. Trust me, there’s many things to vent on!
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whoop ass?
damien:Random historical picture of the day!
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lateness
I’ll post in a week he says, been busy he says….
Yeah well, been working loads and decided I could natter on about my trip forever - i’ll upload all my photos to flickr and choose some to summarize the trip instead!
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brb gone to the moon
well, im in south africa and realised its been agessince I posted - ill post some stuffs either sunday night or early next week - tiredness depending…
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That’s not what I ordered…
drew:
…Can I send it back?
That’s exactly what I wanted to say. I had about 10 really smartass things to say back. But I couldn’t. I was frozen. Speechless.
Zip back a few weeks. I had parted ways with Strands, and got the most amazing opportunity with GOGII in LA as Director of Community. Dream job.
A move to LA was imminent. But first, a trip home to Philly to visit the folks and friends on the east coast. I hadn’t gotten to see them much.
I noticed a lump on my neck. Not huge, but being that I’m in lots of pictures and perhaps may look at myself in the mirror a bit, it was noticeable. I talked to my mom about, she’s a nurse. She suggested it could be anything. An infection, etc. etc.
On my trip home to Philly I decided to stop in to see my family Dr. Hadn’t seen him in a while, plus I wanted to get rid of whatever I had.
He ordered a CTscan and bloodwork immediately. Again, could be anything. Plus I had no symptoms, no sore throat, aches, nothing. Good stuff.
The CTscan showed a mass in my neck and chest. He passed me on to a wonderful Oncologist. He ordered a lymph node removal and biopsy.
Less than a week later, I got a diagnosis.
I said nothing as the Dr. told me. I was prepared for anything or nothing, but mostly the worst case scenario, since I’m a bit of a hypochondriac.
Tests were ordered to “stage” the Hodgkins. A week went by with a few tests…heart scan, lung test, PETscan, bone marrow biopsy (ow. for reals).
Stage 3, the Oncologist told me before I got my first chemo treatment yesterday. One of 12 over 6 months. Every 2 weeks.
I have Cancer.
Before I was staged, I spoke with a friend of mine about it and shared an idea I had for a site called BlameDrewsCancer. See, I am trying to stay lighthearted and optimistic that since studies show that Hodgkins Lymphoma is 90% curable…I should do SOMETHING.
I’ve been blaming my cancer for everything. Lost keys, wallet, Phillies losing. Sixers picking a bad coach. Twitter going down and/or being slow.
Surely cancer can’t withstand that type of beatdown. But why do it alone? I wanted to welcome ANYONE to blame ANYTHING on MY cancer. I’ll find a nice company or a few who will match each unique person on Twitter who blames something on my cancer using the hashtag #BlameDrewsCancer, with a dollar that will go to the American Cancer Society and Make a Wish Foundation.
My life is changed forever.
I have cancer, but cancer doesn’t have me.
I also have the best family, friends, colleagues, and co-workers any person could ever wish for.
I will win. And I will dedicate all I have in me to help others who are far worse off than I am, and I will do what I do…educate.
Cancer discussion upsets some people, makes them uncomfortable. It is nothing to run away from. Medicine is amazing these days. Technology is amazing.
I will share my experiences here on my blog.
And if my blog ever goes down….then I’m just going to #BlameDrewsCancer
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Server building
Realised I hadn’t given an update on the home server situation. Well after getting the new case etc I found the board to be broken … didnt matter what OS I tried, the network wouldnt work, some sort of IRQ problem. After sending the board back it was confirmed broken and replaced within 6 days, not the fastest but the customer service was seemless to be fair.
Now, I’ve decided not to run virtual machines on it (yet) as I like the fact its silent, not getting under strain for long periods of time and doesnt need a load of case fans to keep the air flowing! But I have set up a few things on there ready to get going on a few projects!
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i dont have an iphone but this rocks
drew:“A new iPhone app called Email ‘N Walk replaces the plain white background of the e-mail application with a live view of the camera. Why? So you can write an e-mail while walking — and watch where you’re going through the iPhone’s camera lens. Good thing they didn’t call it “Email ‘N Drive”!” (via The Raw Feed: iPhone App shows camera view during e-mail)
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server build
So, my development server has hanged a few times over the past few months, then a few days ago it hanged, and refused to come back. Considering the age of the machine, unavailability of replacement parts and it looking like a motherboard problem, I opted for a new one!
I purchased myself a mini itx system with onboard 1.2ghz processor (fanless) and a gig of low profile ram. This server never runs anything major, and when it does I have no problems with waiting. The aim here is to have a system with enough grunt to run my day-to-day development work while remaining quiet and unnoticed for the most part.
I did run into one snag almost immediatly tho, my old case was designed for the system in it, it had custom power connections and a very old connection for the front power and led’s. So I splashed for a new case and a corsair power supply.
Even tho i’ve yet to slam an OS on it, I did run damn small linux from a cd to backup my data and the thing is next to silent…
