Summer is here?

So, Summer has arrived, school is out and I have all the free time in the world.....actually, I really don't. I thought that by this time I would have tons of time on my hands, I was wrong.

So, as a final goal before I graduate, I've decided to build my own desktop computer. I've already bought the case (which costed me 105$ + tax) and a power supply (95$ + tax). Next thing I'll be keeping an eye out for will be the motherboard. The case itself is pretty nice, it's the black "Hush" by NZXT.

This summer, my main goals will be learning PHP, Perl, continuing along with C++ and to complete the Perm Program mission on HTS that requires me to create a 'simple' IRC bot (which I'll probably create in Perl).

I was planning on going to UVic or University of Waterloo for a Bachelors in Computer Science, but I might head off to the Center for Arts and Technology as a Network Security Specialist...still haven't decided what to do but I'm keeping my mind open for any other areas (preferably in Canada) that deals with IT/Computer/Network Security....My plan is to join a Security Auditing company that deals with Penetration testing. Any suggestions on a path to achieve that goal?

Backtrack

Definitely been awhile since I posted back here, and quite a few exciting things, two of which are very exciting. First of all, last week I bought a new notebook HP Pavilion dv6355ca Entertainment notebook; 2GB of RAM, Nvidia GeForce 6150 Graphics card (not the greatest), AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2 CPUs), ~2.0Gz.

Quite a nice little package. The best part of having the laptop is now I'm not always restricted by Dial-up. At home I'll still have to work with Dial-up, however whenever I'm in town I can usually find a useable signal around the mall or work. Perrrrfect.

Next important thing would be the Linux Distro I managed to find. Backtrack 2 is definitely worth looking into if you're interested in Offensive Security or Security Auditing (Not recommended for new Linux users). Their website can be found at Http://remote-exploit.org and Backtrack's Wiki can be found at
http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Interpals.net has been updated and the bugs I have found, and reported, have been fixed. The bugs were: Unfiltered HTML/script tags in Forum posts and PMs. I was even able to create a cookie stealer to "borrow" users phpBB session cookies and log in as them. Forums were updated to phpBB2 with new features added.
I have also been made a moderator and work with the Administrator to report and fix any bugs I find.

Things to do this weekend:
--Partition my Hard Drive with G-Parted (Getting an error->Invalid Partition Table)
--Install Backtrack, if not I'll simply use the LiveCD
--Guide Time
--Homework->Short Story Analysy (purposely spelled like that), 3000 Word Short Story, Physics

First Blog

So here I am, making my first blog and eating Sour Skittles.

The reason I'm making the blog is a secret! *Gasp*, or maybe I just can't think of a reason just yet ;-) but there is a reason why I chose "A Forest Path" as the name, which just might be part of the reason why I'm making the blog.

So, today I've done almost nothing (surprise surprise). Last night I got aLinux setup on my computer which makes a total of two Operating Systems on my Hard Drive now (aLinux and Window$ XP). As I stumble around in the dark trying to set things up, I learn different things here and there about the new OS on my system. My goal for the day was originally to get my Internet Connection working on aLinux, but it doesn't look bright. At least I managed to set up the Sound correctly...which took longer than I had expected. aLinux is a nice change from Windows and it's fun to find the differences between them, though, setting up a Dial Up connection using Windows is a lot easier (so far) than installing it on aLinux (using the KDE Desktop)...Mainly just one thing that has been obstructing my path; Whenever I try to set up the Modem location, it will say "Modem Ready" and then the program freezes, after closing it I try it again and it says "Looking for Modem" in which case it will freeze after that, everytime it freezes I have to change the location of where the Modem is supposed to be to the next folder in the drop down menu...Don't quite understand it yet, but I'm sure I'll get it eventually.

Earlier this morning work had called in to say it was really slow so they didn't need any extra hands, so I got them to schedule me for tomorrow instead, which gave me some more time to set things up here.

As for tonight, I'll be hanging out with some friends (like most Saturdays) so maybe I'll work on Jobapolitan (A game in Visual Basic I'm making for some friends, it's pretty much just for laughs) for an hour or two...though I think I'll try to set up my Internet Connection for a bit longer before I work on Jobapolitan