Shivan Jaikaran’s Blog

After reading Shivonne Du Barry’s article, I realise that it was not only me who feel that way. So what have you been up to Shivan? (Ha, I also just realise there is another Shiv that cant answer that question!) Well, from what angle do you want an answer? From the outside: nothing much, bumming around, going here and there, finding excuses to wear a tie now and again. No biggie.

Now from the inside: So what have I really been up too? Well the other day I “un-hacked” one of my websites. Yes, a website of mine was actually hacked. I thought that was pretty cool, btw. This is what you get when you use outdated and cheap software to run websites (no not Drupal). Oh oh, yesterday I spent 4 hours buried into Nelly (my laptop) debugging my code only to realise I was missing an equal sign in one of my “if” statements. This culprit equal sign literally foo-barred my entire site! So what else? ummm…..there must me more, wait a min let me think.

I bought some domain names because I felt like it….lame lame lame.

Oh yeah, last week I attended an interview at a company. Hey, i wore a tie! Oh last month I attended another interview (wore a tie again) and I was commented on for wearing my earring. How sexist! In this day and age, people still do that?? So I guess it’s ok for females to accessorize (hair color, necklace, earrings, nose rings and rings that go anywhere the human anatomy can take a hole) but males..we get shot down for *one* earring. So that interview didn’t go to well. Let me put it this way, earring or not, it does not affect my ability to perform. So leave it alone. For my next interview, I will be walking in with a mohawk…that should give somebody something to comment on. haha.

So what have I REALLY been up too? Well I wish I could tell but it’ a grand secret for a grand secret project that I’ve been working on. (hence the missing equal sign). Right now, I have pages of notes and scribbles staring at me., two monitors facing my direction, magnetic rocks majestically dangling on my desk and trance music blasting in the background. But hey, this is how I function ok.

I’d rather share a sea-saw with Bula than change what I do. Work in what you like and you wont have to go to work another day. Well in most cases…

So as Shivonne wondered, “Does a cat count?”, I’ll wonder “does a very warm computer chair/floor/bed/couch count?”

Shivan was last seen launching websites from his bedroom.
rebel of my youth, war of yesterday, this is the anthem for the domain that got away…booyah