I'm still putting out bids on Upwork. Most of the listings require that I take tests in Upwork. So I've been doing the tests. Takes so much time. JavaScript, HTML5, and WordPress so far. I'm going to pop over to the testing system and do Ruby/Ruby on Rails and a few more things.

So far I haven't heard back on any bids. I have a lot of them out there. I also emailed a few people looking for work too. Might get something this week. Hope to get something this week.

I'm going to start working on some projects for myself too. Just want to get a few books read first.

I think I'm going to start my WordPress killing CMS. Just to have something to do. I don't know if it will actually kill WordPress but it will definitely kill it on my hosting platform. That's all I really want anyway. Something better than WordPress. The ideas I have for it should make it super easy for my customers to do their own web sites pretty easy.

I also found some very interesting projects on Upwork that I might just build real quick. Even if they don't go anywhere at least I can have something for my portfolio. A lot of potential employers are requesting portfolio's. I don't have anything to show because pretty much all the apps I've ever built are gone now.

Anyway, back to reading Confident Ruby.

Found an awesome article on G+ the other day about from John Washam who wanted to get a job at Google. He studied for eight months full-time and recorded all his study material on Github. It’s very inspiring and I want to do the same thing.

I started this course work today. Going to skip some of it so I don’t have to spend eight months learning as he recommends. Hope to finish in a month or two while doing it full-time. There is already a lot of things that I didn’t know about but wanted to know and never learned. A lot of things my friend Dave would always hint to me about learning. I’m going to do this.

Cheers to becoming a better programmer!

Today I bid on a dozen jobs on the Upwork site. Hope I get a few of them. I also sent my resume over to a startup in the bay area looking for a RoR developer. If I get the job I will be set. It's a long-term, maybe permanent job position.

It's will be nice working again. Making some cash. Getting myself reset.

I'm finally free from debt and I only have a small cost of living now. I should have done this earlier this year but I wasn't in the right mind space to do it.

I am able to build out applications and launch them very cheaply. I'm looking for ideas now. Brainstorming and talking to people about what they would like to have. I have basically all the time in the world now without having to worry about bills and food.

So comment on this post whatever ideas you have that you would like to see made into reality. I'm mainly looking to build software as that's what I'm good at.

I'm also scouring Reddit's Idea subs and a few bounty sites for programmers. Just signed up with Upwork too.

Ordered a new laptop. It’s a fully loaded Dell Precision Workstation 5510.

Got the upgraded Xeon processor and 32GB of RAM on it too. It’s pretty sweet. So fast!

It’s a lot bigger than my old XPS 13. I didn’t want to go bigger in size but to get something with 32GB of RAM meant that I had to get this form factor. I do like the larger screen though. Wish it had more pixels. I didn’t get the touch screen so I’m stuck with just 1080 HD, but it’s fine for what I’m doing with it. Just writing code and surfing the internet.

First thing I did was install Fedora 24 on it. Dumped the Ubuntu because it sucks. I’ve really come to like Fedora Linux. Haven’t had a single break since I went to this distro. Also, the software is very up to date. Their default desktop is Gnome Shell and that’s what I prefer to use anyway.

I’ll chime in later in the year and let you know how it’s going.

Traded Tony my Sportster for this Big Twin. Lots more power but a slightly different look. I have it all done for this year. Next year I’m going to tear it all apart and “finish” it.

Rode to Born Free and met up with Tony at his booth. It was pretty awesome. Love hanging with Tony. Doing it again in 2017.

Alien Run 2016 was a total blast. Love this run. Rode with all the Douche guys and had a great time. We stayed in the Clown Motel on the way. Trippy place.

Had a great time with Nikki Sin on the Ride To The Pines. Can’t wait for the next one.