The new system that I am working on with a few friends is well under way. It should be ready for release in January. I will update this site once I get more information on that.

Gaming is at a stand still as of late. I am just working on getting Christmas out of the way, then I will most likely pick up the joy stick again.

Well, until After Christmas, I am signing out.

The site will be set up in a few sections. There will be a Bin for Code where people will be able to share their code and others will be able to work with it on the site. There will be a location for the admin team to blog their ideas on all subjects. There will be a RSS Aggregator that will pull feeds of top security sites and bring them into one central location. There will be a White Page Publication section where admins will be able to publish their white papers for the world to read in PDF format. That is all I have in mind right now, but please stay tuned for further updates.

Today, just now I made public the changes to the family business' web site (www.westlakeind.com) and hope it is a huge success.
Another note is that Westlake Industries Inc. has hit the Profit Magazine Hot Profit 50 list for 2009. Placing in a nice 12th overall, we are very happy with this news. Check the site to see the news bulletin on this.

Redesign of iSecForce is underway now. I have been playing around in Content Management Systems for the new updated site and have the following to say about a handful of the ones I have tested.

The first system I tested was Typo3. At first glance it seems good and all, however, it is very cumbersome and hard to figure out all the administration navigation. My opinion on this system is that it is an administrators nightmare, but that is just me. I would give this software a rank of 3/10.
The next one I worked with was SilverStripe. This system is great, but again, difficult to figure out all the administration package. I could not figure out how to add Forums, Blogs, or anything other than pages. Even after reading through their entire help system I could not figure out why nothing was working. I could not even get the title of the system changed without hacking the database. Not to mention the fact that you need 64M of Memory Cache for the system to run properly. I would say this software ranked a 4/10.
Following SilverStripe, I attempted miaCMS. I found this a very nice system to work with, some of the navigation could be better, but again, I am a nut for documentation. After playing with it for a little bit I dropped it and moved on to another system. I would have to give this software a 6/10.
Next, I did a system I have worked with in the past. Drupal. I find this software simple to use, and the ability to add modules and themes on the fly is great. It has awesome documentation for both ends of the system too. I think this will be the temporary system for iSecForce once I get all the guys on board. This software leaves me a little warm and fuzzy feeling so I would rank it 9/10.

If you disagree with any of my comments here, please let me know, I would love to hear your opinions on this.

Signing off for the time,

The cottage was awesome...spent the days relaxing and more! Took everyone out tubing a few times, boat rides, ATV rides, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, playing on the beach and a couple of day trips.

The pies are to die for, and the trip to the French River Trading Post was the best day out! We also went to Santa's Village for one day, the kids loved it. My Facebook page has the pictures from the trip.

Well back to the grind now, I will check in when I have time.

My Daughters Soccer went well...the Final game they won 3-0 so I am happy about that. She even nearly got a goal. She was happy that it just missed the post. I was amazed by her progress this year. Her skill with the ball is awesome. Once she gets everything in order she will be a killer player next year!
She starts Piano in September too...6 days a week of tinkling the ivory for her She will be a master in no time
She makes me very proud of her all the time. She teaches herself songs on our piano, and is starting to transfer her recorder numbers to the ivory as well.

Now lets speak of the youngest one
She is bustling like there is no tomorrow. She is a handful that is for sure. She is smart as a whip as well! Talking up a storm and running all over the place. She even knows the words to a few songs and sings with them! She is a spitting image of me when I was a kid as well...She is going to be trouble just like her sister when she gets older

Gaming, has been at a stand still as of late, I started playing Final Fantasy VII because I missed it. I played Legend of Mana then it crashed on my PS3 so I stopped with that game. I should get back to playing Devil May Cry 4 and I will eventually too. All my UOWoW characters are level 80 so I am good on that front, now I just need more gold to buy them all the gear they need

The dog has been gone for some time now too. We miss him greatly, and with this coming vacation week we will miss him even more, as he will not be joining us at the cottage But, life goes on and so must we!

Next week will be filled with a few minor things, the best of which will be NO WORK! lol
I will be lounging at the cottage for eight days and relaxing. Fishing, Boating, Drinking, Day Trips, Lots of food...What else can one ask for? The trek starts tomorrow where we will be heading up with two cars and hope that the weather and traffic is not too bad for us.

Anyways, Signing off for now I will say that some of my other sites are being worked on and I hope to have them all operational before 2010. Bye for now all...

The wind was not cooperating with us the last few days so I could not cast a line well, but it was a great get away. I am now eagerly awaiting my week up there!

Looking forward to the weekend as well. I will be relaxing, and that is basically it. Perhaps I will get a few good hardcore hours of WoW or DMC4 in! I am so looking forward to the relaxation of this weekend.

Bleach this week was a snooze. I hate Filler! The Chapter that was released was amazing though! Naruto as well. I have to hand it to them, they are great books!
Currently I have the series from book 1 to 13. I am looking forward to getting the rest up to 28, which is all they have in English Currently.

My J.R.R Tolkien Collection is growing nicely! I now have the following Tolkien books:
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
The Silmarillion
The Children of Hurin
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
Tales from the Perilous Realm
J.R.R. Tolkien is awsome!

Why not post your thoughts on anything people? Anyways, The weekend is so near I can taste the Rockstar with Vodka and Smirnoff Ice! I am signing out for this week. I will try to get this updated every so often.

Dog passed away (god bless him) due to the 6 weeks with no progress after the surgery. We miss him dearly. Looking to bury the urn sometime soon. I hope he is feeling better where he is now.

Playing UOWoW as well. It is a fun game. What can I say, I love gaming

Jasmine bought me some games for my B-Day (yay games!!) and I have been playing them as well. Golden Axe is a great game on PS3, it is tricky too! The one I am lusting over right now though is Devil May Cry 4! All I can say is W00t!!! The game rules, I am on Stage 6 in Normal mode right now, but I can see that I will be playing this game for months! Golden axe is next...then I will pick back up on Folk Lore and Beat that one! God I have too many games to beat

The list is like this:
Devil May Cry 4
Golden Axe: Beast Rider
Folk Lore
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Heavenly Sword (At Final Boss but he is tricky!!)
Dragon Quest VIII

Then back to the Classics:
Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IX
Dragon Warrior VII
Legend of Mana
Sword of Mana

Now on to Soccer!!!
My Eldest Daughter is playing soccer this season. Her team is doing quite well. She is starting to get into it a lot more too. Trying to build her confidence and stamina aside from the actual practices. She loves it!

This is all I can think of off the top of my head. So I will leave it at that.

I will try to keep this up to date.