Author Archives: Robert

Finally an update!

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Robert

It’s been over a year since I last wrote on this blog. I’ve updated to the latest version of wordpress and changed themes. I’m hoping to have enough time to take an active interest in my blog, but life has … Continue reading →

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Success and Windows 7

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Robert

Well I passed the 220-602 exam with a 96%, so now I’m a Comptia A+ certified IT Technician. The next Comptia exam I take will depend on what Microsoft certifications I plan to go after, since if I take the … Continue reading →

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A+ IT (220-602) Exam

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Robert

After taking the first exam, I figured I should take the next one soon. I’m scheduled to take the exam this Wednesday at 10:30am. I believe I’ll do fine, but again to play it safe I’m studying for it.

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CompTIA A+ Essentials (2007) Results — 95%

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Robert

I was confident that I would pass, but I didn’t quite know what I’d score. I received a 95% on the exam, which isn’t bad at all. I have to decide now which secondary exam to take, though it’ll most … Continue reading →

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Comptia A+ Certification

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Robert

I just registered today to take the test on May 1st. I figure with a week of review I should be able to pass the test. Hopefully all goes well.

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Google App Engine

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Robert

It was great news to hear how google has adopted java servlets as the second platform for app engine. My account has it enable now and I look forward to tesing it out. The few restrictions that exist do not … Continue reading →

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jQuery and IE

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robert

I’ve had an interest in testing out jQuery for some time now and this weekend I finally dived right in with a simple ajax example quiz service. The backend was quickly designed as a servlet outputing JSON, leaving me with … Continue reading →

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Java Spring

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Robert

I’ve started working with Spring, and to me the Inversion of Control via Dependency Injection really stands out as a nice design methodology. Of course this is a concept one can use in any software when required, even without Spring. … Continue reading →

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WordPress

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Robert

For now I’ve decided to use wordpress for this site. With WP Super Cache plugin enabled, the site’s performance is very nice.

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Server change!

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Robert

I’ve been using this tiny 64MB vps for quite some time now, and with much tweaking was able to run the basic LAMP stack (apache, mysql, php) with mail on many domains, but there was no room for future growth. … Continue reading →

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