Jun
7
Where I Went
Filed Under Music, Non-technical, Ranting, djlizard
EDIT: Some stuff is up on my Last.fm page!
Hi all. I've been away for a very long time because I've... switched careers! I am no longer fixing computers for a living. Alas, I have left Digital Doctors (who are fucking awesome) and have begun settling in to the field of financial and investment management. Yep, I will learn everything I can about managing money. My work ethic and style forces me to be the best at everything I do, so eventually, I should be as good with investing and money management as I am at fixing Windows issues.
Yes, this is kind of an odd change, and quite abrupt at that, but it is for the best. I am totally done with computers. I was becoming sick of the thanklessness.
My wiki is being taken over by Lunarsoft.net, where it will finally get updated, but I'm not sure what to do with Dial-a-fix just yet. If I find the time and desire, I might update it, but that's not likely to happen very soon (if at all). I work about 60 hours a week now. Hopefully I can find some trustworthy developers to pass on the "legacy" of Dial-a-fix.
I may update this site a bit (for instance, the theme) and maybe put up some of my old music (and some of my unreleased stuff nobody's ever heard) just so I can at least have some content again. :)
EDIT: Some stuff is up on my Last.fm page!
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13 Responses to “Where I Went”
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I had to double check the calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st.
I just couldn't believe my eyes.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
Know that there are a ton of techs out there that will miss your insights and knowledge.
Jason
What the hell? I just went to the website your name links... and it was designed by Andreas Viklund! I know that name from old XM mods that I used to get from traxinspace...
(All the stuff on my last.fm page are mods made in Impulse Tracker.)
Oh yeah, I'm not gone for good - I'll still be around from time to time.
Dang that just sucks =( I will miss your amazing program. It has been the trick to many of my technical fixes for my customers in the shops Ive worked at for a long time. Its done things to fix windows, where others would just soon as reinstall windows from scratch. I wish you luck in your new career and will miss updates to DAF for sure =(.
Peace and God Bless!
Hi DJ,
Good luck with the change of career; I know what you mean about the thanklessness of the task sometimes.
Please do pass DAF on to someone who will care for it.
I would be tempted to learn more about programming myself so I can keep it updated
If all else fails please make it Open Source under the GPL licence or similar so someone will take it on and maintain it.
Kind Regards
Simon Zerafa
Simon's PC Services
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A couple of comments about Dial-a-Fix. This may sound pessimistic, (it's really not) but don't hold your breath for a "new and improved" version of DaF. As far as Windows XP is concerned, DaF is already pretty damned robust and there's not all THAT much more that DJL could stuff into it without making it bloated and cumbersome to use. In regard to Vista, as most of you here know, there are so many things that are fundamentally different from XP that in order for DaF to be truly viable, it would require a ground-up revision of a lot of the major tools. I have had the opportunity to see the guts of DaF under the wise tutelage of the oh-so-modest Lizard and I gotta say it would be one hell of a task for someone to try to create a Vista version without at least semi-constant input from das Lizard, who I know for a fact cannot spare the time nor the synapses right now. What I am personally (and perhaps a bit disloyally) hoping is that DJL is using Vista enough in his new endeavors that it will piss him off to the point that he will FIND time for a DaF-Vista build. =)
I just lost the game
Hi,
A lot of people are going to miss you (and a lot of computers too...)
Thank you for the best tool around, and good luck !
Are you going to make dial-a-fix vista supportable? I'm still kind of waiting on you since the microsoft team is hopeless. X-X but anyway, good luck in your future endeavors as well. :)
I personally will not be able to, however, I will be attempting to assemble a team to take over Dial-a-fix. The process from this to another release is an arduous one, so in the meantime you will need to continue pestering Microsoft to fix their piece of... operating system.
I'm still in shock about this. :-o
Good luck with the new career - though I fear you will find thanklessness whatever you do. Some people are just that way...
Just a note of support. I applaud your drive and initiative in making such a drastic change to your life. Go for it with gusto! I changed careers late in life and haven't regretted it.
Thanks for all your hard work with DAF - it's still one of the best apps around!
:( i just can't believe you are going, you will be missed :(
Good luck on your career change. I really enjoyed reading your postings...You've nailed many computer issues right on the head. Thanks for your time, effort, sweat, and talent.
Cheers,
Dan