My First (well second really) Post!

Evan Winslow — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:30:00 GMT

Ok. This is going to be my second time writing this because the first time I clicked on post and it said I wasnt logged in and sent me to a blank post page upon successful login.

A little bit about me

Hello. I am an 18 year old college student at Cook College, which is a part of the New Brunswick / Piscataway campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. I am majoring in biochemistry, with the outlook of going to medical school. I love to help people, and I therefore became a volunteer EMT. Since I was little I have always been one to be constantly inolved in math, problem solving, and fixing other peoples problems. I was always the one to ask questions and want to learn more about technology espeically. When I was little I would always try to take old broken electronics and either fix them or combine them to make something better. I was successful many times. I now fix computers and play with all aspects of tech as a hobby.

In 1992, when I started Catholic school, the first computer I ever saw was the early Mac Classic II (with a 16MHz processor!!!). In 1994, I moved and started public school where they had spent a lot of money buying the early IBM PC's running DOS, which had probably the worst graphics ever. I remember learning to type with a sheet over our hands on the keyboard with Mavis Beacon. At home I had bought a Commodore for rather cheap and used it to play around with. When I was in like 4th grade, which would have been approx 1996, the school bought many new computers from Gateway, running Windows95 vB. I remember thinking it was the greatest thing ever. I got my first real computer which was a Compaq Armada 1550DT laptop or something like that which turned out to be the biggest nightmare of my life. I did my first reformat and install of windows 98 in 1998. I crashed that laptop so many times, becuase in an effort to teach myself and try things by going “Hmm whats this do?”. I did however become very good at system restorations. I upgraded to Windows 98SE in 1999. Moving into middle school, they made us use Windows NT 4.0 for Workstations. Getting into highschool, they then made us use Windows 2000 Professional for Workstations. Eventually the school upgraded to Windows XP Pro which is where they were at when I left. When I was going into high school or around there, my mom bought a Gateway Select Digital 1000 with the then almight 1.0Ghz processor. (what a difference from the 16MHz) The only problem with this computer was that it came with Windows ME. Eww. Once Windows XP came out I got rid of that. Lets see what else. I built my own desktop tower PC because I was tired of sharing with my mom because between the two of us (more so her because by this time i had a decent knowledge of computers workings) that thing would die like once a month. I now still have my computer which I use as a test box. I now have a HP zd8000 notebook which I use for school. Ever since I can remember I have been reading and trying things to learn, which is how I primarily taught myself everything I know. Now all my friends ask me to fix their computers for them when they break, so that they dont have to pay the repair shop on campus. I took a Inro JAVA class in high school, and am now teaching myself C+ +. I am always eager to learn more where I can. If I could afford an MSDN subscription I would get one, but unfortunately a full time college student with a part time job's salary doest quite cover the almost $3000 price tage. So, I do my best and try to get new software when I can to play with it. Shhh.... but now and then I also use pirated beta's (like the Windows Longhorn/Vista series)... and then if I like it when the full product comes out i will save and buy it. I always only use these for my own personal educational usage. My hopes are to someday write my own operating system and I am trying to gather the knowledge to start it. So far I am trying to learn the basics and then work my way up. I always keep an open mind to suggestions, and am always eager to learn something new. I teach myself what I can, and if people choose to help me along the way, I always say thank you and take their offering with pride. I like to test products and “play” with them and I write my experiences in forums. Now I have a blog to write up the bugs, fixes, and cool new features that I explore and come across. That is pretty much as much history as I can think of, so I wont write any more crap for you to have to read.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to email me and I will most certainly answer back. If I can help anyone, also email me. I am always willing to help to the best of my ability.

About Me

My First (well second really) Post!