1. I stopped taking French in 1999. It’s 2007, and I’ve forgotten most of it. I still like the language, but yeah, dead sticks, and all the words they say about them.
2. My initials fit into the title perfectly (JLH, that is).
3. Sometimes, I act like my blog’s name up there. Just like a human, that is.

It’s been an interesting half-decade here, with Eau Salée Lunaire as my blog’s name, but this is more of a “get back to the roots” movement for me.
The content’s not going much of anywhere, and hopefully, neither will I.

Happy Birthday to me, and welcome to my weblog.

On Monday, we will be moved out onto the phone system once and for proper, in our endeavor to assist the members of America Online^W^W AOL with their AOL Software issues.

I expect to get a lot of people who don’t quite understand that AOL isn’t responsible for things such as their cat being lost, or Windows managing to issue them a Blue Screen of Deathâ„¢ because they moved their mouse, or their beloved World of Warcraft account having all of its stuff looted by a skr1pt k1dd13 (lolol!!!!!1!!1!1).
I expect to be able to direct these members to the appropriate forms of assistance (Local Animal Services, Local Computer Technician, Microsoft, Blizzard, whatever it may be).

As for the ones who have actual issues with AOL, I expect to be able to help them to the best of my ability.

I’m actually ever so slightly nervous about this.

In the email, they mentioned that they received a really nice deal:
CA Anti-Virus 2007 with 2GB USB Flash Drive, free after rebate.
I was jaw-dropped when I saw that, because it’s just that nice of a deal.
Spend $50 to get the software and stick, then get that $50 back in rebates.

There are some limitations that apply (Sales Tax is charged if you’re in Florida, Illinois, or North Carolina), and shipping for the item by itself is a relatively modest amount. The offer ends on March 31st, so don’t let this slide past you.

The only problem is, for me to call Canada on my cellphone, I’d pay 35 cents per minute if I dialed him directly! This is where the guys at Pingo enter the picture.
They offer low calling rates all over the world (including cheap phone calling cards for Vietnam and other countries in Asia, which is important for a lot of people I’ve met recently) with an easy to use service. In fact, Canada’s only 1.8 cents per minute.

Right now, it only costs me my regular airtime to call Canada, thanks to my Pingo calling card.
That’s a huge savings for me!
Now, if only I could time it better to actually stay on the phone with my friend for more than a couple of minutes…

[tags]Pingo, International Calling Card[/tags]

You may find me on Twitter as Xial.
I’m trying to find a working mobile client that I can actually run on my phone, and can actually log in to tweet from.

That would improve my perception of Twitter immensely.

I’ve tried TinyTwitter, and unfortunately, I can’t get the client to accept my credentials, no matter what I do.

The best part about Twitter is, it gives me an appropriate place to fire off my random, short content (140 characters or less — one text message).

Check it out.

http://twitter.com/Xial

I’m going to have to wait a little, to see my paycheck, because I would rather know what it will be, so I can make offers, but I know I also want to get into a place that gives me a smooth curve to work with.

$500 a month wouldn’t be bad to pay at all, if it includes utilities. I suspect that not only can I afford that once I start getting paid regularly, but I can also get myself back onto my feet fairly quickly.

Just wish me a little more luck, and let’s see what happens.

1. Zookoda support. — You are now able to subscribe to my weblog by email, and receive a once-weekly update each Saturday morning of what has been posted here.
2. New theme! — I am trying out a new theme for now, which looks fine, but I do need to give it a weather eye about HTML validation (which I will do next week, once I’m done setting things up the way I want it, so I can verify whether it’s the plugin, or the theme at fault, in one swell foop).
3. Yearly Archives! — Don’t go back and read those old things. The LJ entries, I’ve discovered, weren’t imported quite the way I’d expect them to be, so they look like poop (heh heh heh).
4. Gallery2 update! — I finally got with the times, and updated that to the latest stable version. I just need to get in and svnSlim it down, since svn (and CVS, I understand) adds a lot of bloat to any given software package, due to the nature of how svn works.
5. Araiya Light! — Betcha didn’t know I have an oekaki (though it’s pretty much dead at the moment). I’ll see about getting that up to date sometime in the coming week, since I’m sure there must be a new version of the software or the applets involved.

I’ve been surprisingly productive on my own website, despite the fact that I don’t have a permanent connection to the internet. I guess it’s because I know I only get so much time (I’m racing a clock of two minutes right now, for example) to get things done, and get back to the Salvation Army in time, so I work harder and faster, to do things better, and it makes me stronger.

Anyhow, explore around, and feel free to email me if something happens to be wrong on this site. See the About the Author page for contact data.

That is going to be one sorely depressing Sunday, man. April 1st just HAD to fall on a Sunday, right?
What makes that so bad is, on Sundays, we must take all of our stuff out of the Salvation Army, with us.

I just really need to get my butt into Transitional Housing as quickly as possible, right?

Dear World.
I am sleepy, bored to death with the training (because I’m not learning from it as much as I’m learning from actually seeing the work done, and being given a chance to try it), and just want a soft bed to lay on for a day.
My energy is depleted severely, and I’m starting to get a little testy with people.
I am barely managing six hours of sleep now, and it’s taking a toll on me. I can’t seem to compensate for it, with my awkward hours and needs for now. In fact, I’ll have to go donate blood plasma to have the cash I need for riding the bus in the morning.

All of this stuff is just truly frustrating me. I just want to make money, so I can have a home to call my own again, and a good internet connection.

I found an extension called Split Pannel [sic], which basically lets me open something in a frame of its own, side by side with what I’ve got going right now.

So, my browser says it’s at FurAffinity.net at the moment, and I’ve got ESL sitting here in a split panel, posting about my experience with it.

Likely, I can probably get away with Meebo that much easier as a result, since I can now squeeze it down into that bit of space.

There’s a small issue with this extension, in the sense that it’s not quite so intuitive, but it’s still worth it.

Also on my list of interesting extensions would be Locationbar².
It makes the location bar much easier to read by adding in clear delimiters for the URL, as well as changing the colors appropriately: For example, the domain is green. Each folder (subdirectory) underneath it is black. Anything that is a query string (think: google.com/?search=The+Internets as an example) is in grey, adding to just how easy it is to distinguish things in the address bar.

What would you consider as an interesting extension for Firefox?