Broke and need some office software?

Do you need a word processor, spread sheet, or presentation software? Do you not have the money for the expensive Microsoft office? Maybe You don't even want another defective Microsoft product. Here are a few free productivity suites that are as good as if not better than Microsoft office:
Libre Office is multiplatform (Windows , OS X, Linux) and can be found at libreoffice.org. Another that is similar is Open Office at openoffice.org.

Still Alive

Hey there folks, I'm still here and kicking. I've been a little busy with school and such, so I haven't been very faithful to my blog as I should have. I made it through my first semester a Fresno State, and am going to start back in a couple of weeks. I'm finally getting to sleep in on days that aren't Saturday, well until it starts all over again. I feel like I should be posting something more so here's a picture that I took last year from a train museum called Railtown 1897.

Just Uploading Some Of The Pictures I have Taken Today

So, Can You Guess Where I am?

Hey, It's Monterey Jack!

Looking down onto the wax museum.

Sea lions are just lying around.

Cannery row

The new Intercontinental Hotel next to the aquarium (I didn't stay there by the way)

Looking out at the ocean.

I did a lot of looking out at the ocean.

Elvis!

A very nice bike.

Happy Graduation To You!

It's graduation season again. Congratulations to all of you out there who are graduating. A couple of people come to mind: Kenny, Logan, Shelby, and Andrew. Hope you find what you want in life and I wish you good luck in what ever you do next.

Evil Genius

She's a master of disguise
No one knows who she is inside
I think you'll be surprised
Because she's an evil genius

She can shrink Manhattan to fit in her pocket
And escape the law on her homemade rocket
That she can control from her locket
She's an evil genius

She'll have super heroes crying
Some might even be dying
Good luck to the ones that are flying
She's an evil genius

Guts, Glory, and Guitars

Another semester has come to an end and I'm one step closer to my goal of a bachelors degree. Next semester I get to transfer into Fresno State (Go Dogs). This semester ended on a really high note (pun intended) because I took a guitar class to add units to my schedule. At the end of the year they had Ram's Jam's II. Rams being the Fresno City College Mascot. Jams meaning a music. and II meaning this is the second one that they have done. It was basically, all of the guitar classes getting together and playing for and audience to raise money for the music program at City College. This is everything from the beginning classes (which I was in) to the advanced classes (that blew my mind). I played with 40 other guitarists in a song by Juan Serrano called Sevillanas. I also played the rhythm guitar part for a song with all of the participants and the special guest guitarist, Shea Welsh. There was about 100 guitars and the sound was so awesome it was almost unbelievable. The song we played called Sancho T. Panza was also written by Shea Welsh. A little known fact, it was named after his ex-girlfriend's dog who would get very excited and tinkle on the carpet. Sancho Tinkles Panza. True Story.Here's a picture of me before the show with my guitar for all of you who were curious about the guitar and how awesome it is. Well, that's all for now.

Cold Turkey?

Today I overheard someone talking about quitting something cold turkey? I thought to my self why would you stop cold turkey. Cold turkey is delicious. Especially a nice turkey sandwich.

Also I want to congratulate my friends, Jordan and Tiffany on getting engaged. You guys are awesome and I'm super happy for you.

I Got Tagged by Jen Connell in the Random book game

Here are the Rules that I grabbed off of her blog:

1. Pick up the closest book next to you.
2. Open it to page 50.
3. Go down to the second paragraph
4. Type in the first 4 lines.
5. Tag 5 people.

here's the book that was closest to me at the the time:
The American Nation: A History of the United States. Vol 1 to 1877

My History book, but you probably could have guessed that.

Page 50 is a list of supplementary reading. The second paragraph goes like this:
Accounts of the English background of colonization can be found in Nicholas Cannny, ed., The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Origins of Empire (1998). On French colonization see, William J Eccles, The French in North America.

yes so very exciting....

Here come the tags:
Kenny
Caitlyn
Kara
Kassie
Kate

New Post!

Hey everyone, it's been awhile since my last post. As of last month, I have been accepted into California State University, Fresno. So yeah, I'm excited about that.
In other news, On Course youth conference was last week. I didn't get to go until the Friday night service, but that night was still great. The service was awesome and afterward so was the fellowship. I got to meet some new people and talk to some that I already knew. So here's my new post.

New Year

Hey Everyone,
Happy New Year!!! A new year means a new calendar. Here's a picture of my calendar for this year.




Pearls Before Swine. A good laugh always helps through out the year.

Some of my Photography

The semester is finally over. Hooray for that. I had a biology class that had a crazy assignment that was worth a test grade. The Prof. wanted us to go out into the Sierra Nevada mountains and identify and take pictures of different biotic communities. I finally have a chance to actually post them now that the semester is over with. Here's some of my pictures in all of their 3.2 megapixel glory.

Classes start again

Today classes start again at Fresno City College. This semester I'm still taking a full load of classes even though I have my associates degree, I want to work towards my bachelors degree by transferring to Fresno State but now that the state is out of money, that might not be a possibility. I'm going to try to transfer in so please help me pray that I get accepted.

Happy 4th of July

Today is the day we celebrate our independence from the British by blowing up stuff in a lot of different colors. Enjoy.

On a serious note: Happy Birthday USA. Live long and prosper.

School is out, children everywhere rejoice, parents cry

I want to congratulate all of the 2009 graduates. You've accomplished something and didn't drop out or quit and you should be commended for all of your hard work. I especially want to congratulate the six graduates from my high school alma matter, Truth Tabernacle Christian School. It's funny that ever sense I graduated and don't have to be in the commencement ceremony any more I have had to usher that graduation wednesday.

that's all I got for now.

peace out

What's been going on

Well this last week has been eventful, It started out with a lab final on the monday the 11th in my Cisco class. I had to hook up three routers with three computers, making a local area network. This consists of wiring, setting up the protocols, sub netting, and adding ip addresses to all interfaces. I got through it with a nice A.

Also last week was the annual church picnic for my church, Truth Tabernacle, and our branch works. It was a good day of eating, baseball, and fellowship.

Well I have some more finals this week so I had better get studying for those.

Kev J. out

Mother's Day

I would like to take this opportunity to give a shout out to mothers everywhere, but especially two mothers in particular: my mother, of course, and sis. Juli Kimbley. Thanks for everything.

I have the answer

I was thinking today about the answer to a huge question that has plagued mankind for ages: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

To answer this question I did some research.

This is a picture of a woodchuck, also know as the groundhog. They can measure up to 26 inches long and weigh up to 9 pounds. So to answer this question: A woodchuck can not chuck very much wood if it could chuck wood. If a woodchuck weighs up to only 9 pounds it probably can't lift and/or throw a piece of wood that weighs more than it's body weight.

The Dentist

Hey world,

This morning at 10 I have an appointment for a check up and cleaning at the dentist. Going to the dentist always makes me nervous because I never know when I have a cavity. Then when I do it's always a terrible surprise. When I don't, I breath a huge sigh of relief. It's not that I dislike my dentist, because he's pretty cool and good at what he does, but I dislike the whole experience. People probing around my mouth is not my idea of a good time.

Semester's End

Hey everyone,

I took a look at my calender today and noticed, aside from the guard duck from Pearls Before Swine, that there is only two more weeks of school until finals week. This is kinda freaking me out because I have all my classes and units to get my Associates degree in Computer Networking. If I don't mess up on the finals for all my classes I will be a community college graduate. Of course I have to take a couple of more classes to be eligible for transfer to Fresno State, so I'll be taking Biology and Philosophy next semester.

Also this summer starts my big leap into the work force. I have been putting some time in volunteer work at Fresno City College, where I'm currently enrolled, but not getting payed can be a big drag. Not that it's been a bad experience. I have really learned a lot from the guys at the Technology Support Services, and have learned a lot just being able to try to fix stuff on my own. So this summer I have to send my resume to pretty much everyone with a tech department and see if anyone is hiring.

Well that's all for now,

Kev J out.

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Terribly out of date so say hello to Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock

Recently I ran across a new product on Thinkgeek.com. Although I like pretty much everything on their site and wish I had enough money to buy everything, this was really interesting. It's a shirt with the instructions on how to play this classic game with a twist. Just as it says in the title the two new elements: Lizard and Spock.

Here Is how the game is played:

Scissors cuts Paper

Paper covers Rock

Rock crushes Lizard

Lizard poisons Spock

Spock smashes Scissors

Scissors decapitates Lizard

Lizard eats Paper

Paper disproves Spock

Spock vaporizes Rock

and as always, Rock crushes Scissors