Break's Over!

Well, I can't honestly say I took that much of one.  In fact, I kept working the night that I posted my last entry until about 5am the following morning.  I spent the next day helping my mom move into her classroom for the upcoming year (her kiddies show up on Monday, oh how excited she must be...ha!).  Things ended up taking longer than we anticipated, so I called off of work for the evening.  We finished up the bigger things, and mom went off to work at the YMCA (where she is a personal trainer).  Zac and I usually visit the Y 4 days a week before work, but with the car troubles he's been having, this week has been a dead one on that front.  As a result, I threw on my running shoes and headed in after mom.  A few hours later, I limped home sweaty but satisfied.  There's just nothing better than a good workout sometimes.

I'm back now, and the bosses (Chris and Matt) have me working on some code updates to an old site.  I won't show it off just yet, but once the updates are done I'll reveal it here and on the main Zibings.com site.  Till next time!

 

- Andy

A Short Break

For the next day or so, I'm going to do NO programming whatsoever.  Why you ask?  Well in case somehow you haven't read the post below, I've done quite a bit of programming in the past 5 days.  I won't take too long of a break though, as we're just SO close to bringing everything together on the ZTC site.  Very exciting for me and the rest of the gang considering how long we've waited.

 

- Andy

Quite A Few Updates

Alright, so its been -quite- a long time since we've last spoken.  I won't apologize for it as the reason I've been so flaky with this blog is due to my excessive amounts of work towards adding features for little old you.

ZibTech Computers
A ton of work has gone into the ZTC web site, there's more details on that if you go to my news post.  What it comes down to, is that we've finally finished the inventory system and its in testing phases.  Once it leaves that, we'll be putting together things like our product listing and configuration.  Very exciting stuff!

Zibings Network
The Zibings Network updates really come in the form of two things.  First and foremost, we've sorted out a ton of bugs in the connection code and are now testing it on the ZTC site.  So far, its been running almost flawlessly, so we're happy.  Secondly, we've begun recoding ZibNetBot, which you all know and love.  He'll be redone in PHP and run as a Windows Service on our dedicated server, and from what we've done so far I can honestly say I'm looking forward to getting it done and seeing him in action.

Zibings Technologies
With the addition of someone to the Zibings Incorporated team, some new life has been breathed into Zibings Technologies, or as it was once named...Zibings.com Web Services.  I won't go into too much detail, as that would be giving away juicy secrets, but I will say that we're working on something useful for ourselves and for the company.  All of it is aimed at bringing something to life that should've been alive for years.

Epoch Gaming
Ahh, Epoch Gaming, my favorite little thing to forget about, how I do love thee!  For once, Epoch has taken a large step forward on a few fronts.  The web site has been resurrected and is being tweaked to work with the current version of ZSF.  Also, we're preparing to plug in the ZibNet connection code so that it works properly with the network.  Add onto that the fact that we've begun having development meetings for Forgotten War...for once I can gladly say that we haven't forgotten about good old Epoch.

Zibings Incorporated
We've recently added a new Director of Marketing.  Though his name is also Andrew, it is not the same person as me, which means the world to me.  He's already proving to be a very effective and motivated addition, so I think I speak for everyone when I say that his joining us is a welcome event.

 

That's about it for now.  I'm still out campaigning of sorts for Ron Paul, but its been hard to get much done with all the work being done on Zibings.  I'll make another entry when I can, and maybe someday I'll be caught up enough that I can fulfill my dream of blogging on a daily basis.  Until then...take it easy!

 

Andy

Ron Paul...Enough Said

Those of you who are close to me have probably noticed as of late that I've been becoming increasingly upset/disgruntled with our government and even to an extent my religion. All of the specifics aside, Zibings' new Director of Marketing (who is a Democrat) pointed me towards a seemingly little-known Republican candidate for the presidency in 2008. His name is Ron Paul, and I must say that this man has quickly and completely sealed my vote for the 2008 Presidential election. I respect people who are willing to put their neck on the line to stand up for what is right, and never before have I seen a politician do just that. I could go on and on about my respect for this man and the words he speaks, the ideas he has...but for now I've decided to let a video give you some excerpts of what it is he stands for. Oh how I'd love to be proud of my country again...





- Andy