Going Yahoo! American

After like ten or so years (wow, probably more than that), I have decided that it's time to get a Yahoo! account in the US. I have, for the longest time, had a email@yahoo.co.uk address and it's getting to where there are restrictions on things I can do on the site given that I want to use American services, yet are forced to use UK ones.

It was a good run with my old email address on Yahoo! but it's barely usable as I cannot use the US version of the site and I've also been banned from using various services (I have no idea why, I emailed Yahoo about it and no response.)

With an American email address I get a fresh start and I also get to use the services I know and love (but haven't really gotten to use.)

Goodbye, old persona.

On a side note, I will only be using the services (as you have to be logged in to do some fun things), I will not be using the search engine. ---- I openly protest as it's now owned by Microsoft. Which is ironic because Yahoo was like the last of the "old" Internet... to me at least. Keep it classy, MS.

Crap, I just realized that I have the same initials as MicroSoft.


Signed,
-MS

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Formatted to Ubuntu

My sister has given my parents this old laptop and they don't use it. Since MY laptop is now impractical to use, I decided to go ahead and format the older laptop and go ahead and use it.
Debian was my first choice as Ubuntu is using this whole Unity thing which I do not particularly care for. Since I didn't have a Debian disk and also that it was four in the morning, I decided to just go with Ubuntu for now (to just get rid of the pestilence that is Windows Vista.)

I would also like to add that I have recently updated the goodies section to reflect the addition of MongoDB and Mongoid to my repetoire.

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Yay! I ordered some Ruby books!

I am so happy! I finally ordered some Ruby books! I got two books, both of which YOU can purchase in the CodeGirl Store.

I got The Well-Grounded Rubyist and Programming Ruby (Pickaxe.) They both are 1.9 books. I am so excited for them to get here. That's all the programming news I have, but at least today you have TWO blog posts to read instead of just one.

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Teh Codefront

I heart programming, for real. For rill rill.. I haven't been able to program in a while as I have been busy with some article writing (boring) and an upcoming family reunion. To top it off, I  am working toward opening my own company (8-bit-ftw.) Makes me supah' bizzy'.

If you're bored because I haven't yet released my super awesome SERP checking code or just generally bored, check out my latest article, "How to Install Ubuntu on VirtualBox" or see the huge update I made to "39 Places to Get Backlinks".

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VirtualBox and Ruby

I just published my 100th hub on HubPages, "How to Install VirtualBox." The hub just talks about how to install it. I have one in the works that shows how to install Ubuntu on Virtual Box.

As for programming, I've been up to a lot of random stuff lately. I've been trying to put together a program that does the MBTI quiz. While I've already completed this piece of software months ago, it was given my skill set back then. I want to redo it using what I have at my disposal now.

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