the P.Pole

Did you know that this place, the P.Pole, has been around since 2005? Did you also know that this year I, Carl K. Awesome H. Wong will be turning twenty years young? Yes, my friends, I will be at my quarter-life crisis in about three to four months from now.

Speaking of quarters, I have exactly one left over from paying for a bottle of Coke at work today. I thought I’d treat myself and drink to the Five-Year Anniversary (a “Fiversary” if you will, but you, like me, probably won’t) of the P.Pole. Effectively, I’ve been writing and posting for a quarter of my life with my lovely P.Pole.

I still remember the olden days when I first started out with her on Blogger which was, back then, a completely different beast and not the polished (and rather good-looking) face you’ll see today. I remember spending an entire day figuring out a great name for my own little slice of the Internet, and finally settled on the P.Pole (for some obvious and some clandestine reasons).

Somewhere along the line, I decided to try out Wordpress, as hosted on their servers (with limited functionality without payment). I tested an “Import from Blogger” feature and a month later, I had my own hosting and domain by Dreamhost, running a Wordpress install. I’ve since moved once more, to HostGator, and made a few tweaks to the P.Pole’s face (less than this woman though).

And here we are today, five years later, still posting and updating happily. Here’s to many more! *sips addictive caffeine enriched Coke*

Since my interview the other day, I’ve been quite into the band Rush’s song, “Tom Sawyer”. It’s an old-school song from and old-school band, and it’s in Rock Band.

You see, apparently my interviewer used to also print tee shirts in his pre-university days. He printed a design for the band Rush that the band members actually liked so much that they offered him the chance to go on tour with them, selling the shirts (AWESOME). That was one of the most interesting/awesome interviews I’ve ever had. I really hope I get that job.

Anyway, the song’s lyrics are after the jump, and have a listen. It’s probably not for everyone, but it’s a pretty badass song for those who like this kind of stuff.

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Ever since last summer where I went to Hong Kong, my Google Reader’s feed has been backed up to at least 1000+ unread items every time I’ve gone to do some reading. While I was on vacation, obviously I didn’t spend much time reading through blog feeds for the two or so months I was gone. Well, I am pleased to announce today that I’ve finally cleared off all my feed items just a few minutes ago. Sort of a sad day for all of us, but at the same time, I will now proceed to do something more productive involving Emily my bass and some electricity.

Just two things today:

First off, my new monitor is due to arrive later today and I’m excited to bust it out and take it for a spin, so to speak. It was a steal at the price I got it for. The deal is still going on at Newegg for $20 off of the normal price of the monitor (Hanns-G 22″ HI-221DPB @ $179.99) but only until tomorrow. You’ll also need a promotional code (people on the mailing list will have this) for an additional $10 off–i.e. free shipping.

The second thing is that I only just read this comic by xkcd and it is so true that I just had to share it with you guys.