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08/19/2011
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Here is what Erin Sparling said on Twitter: Programmer George is the new... well, everything, really. What an amazing website: http://t.co/TDk8B2f
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08/13/2011
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I became a member of SkillPages.
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06/07/2011
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I acquired a Cisco Linksys E1000 wireless router for my home area network.
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04/10/2011
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I acquired an Apple iPhone 4 with 16GB of RAM.
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03/01/2011
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My websites at www.ProgrammerGeorge.com and www.InternetGeorge.com were completely redesigned. I use these to promote my computer skills.
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11/28/2010
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The back-end for my website at www.InternetGeorge.com was upgraded from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008.
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09/08/2010
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The back-end for my website at www.GeorgeRizov.com was upsized from Microsoft Access 2007 to SQL Server 2008.
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09/08/2010
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The back-end for my website at www.SuperGeorge.com was upsized from Microsoft Access 2007 to SQL Server 2008.
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09/05/2010
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The back-end for my website at www.ProgrammerGeorge.com was upgraded from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008.
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08/30/2010
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I signed up with WinHost.
This company now hosts all of my websites.
Even though my monthly web hosting bill is considerably less than previously, my websites now have better performance.
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03/12/2010
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I purchased an HP Scanjet G3110 flatbed photo scanner.
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12/01/2009
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I acquired an Acer Aspire One KAV60 Netbook computer. It has a 10.1-inch LED backlight panel with an WSVGA resolution of 1024 x 600, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB 5400RPM hard drive and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor.
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11/14/2009
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I signed up for a Comcast high-speed Internet connection. I can now surf the Internet with download speeds of up to 30 Mbps, which is really fast!
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08/19/2009
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I upgraded my Internet DSL connection from Covad's 3.0 Mbps to AT&T's 6.0 Mbps. Although in theory, this should be twice faster, it was actually less than half as fast!
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08/19/2009
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I acquired an Apple iPhone 3GS with 16GB of RAM.
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07/26/2009
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I became a member of Twitter.
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04/19/2009
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On this date, after nearly two months of development time, my completely redesigned talking website at www.ProgrammerGeorge.com is finally completed.
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02/10/2009
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I signed up with SitePal. I have been using their animated avatars and graphics to enhance several of my websites.
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02/04/2009
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I acquired an HP Compaq dc5800 KR707UT desktop computer with an Intel E4600 Core 2 Duo processor running at 2.40 GHz, 4.0GB of RAM and a 500 GB Hard Drive.
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09/12/2008
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I became a member of PhotoBucket.
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09/09/2008
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I became a member of Alumz.com.
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09/03/2008
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I became a member of LinkedIn.
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08/13/2008
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I became a member of Plaxo Pulse.
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07/20/2008
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I became a member of Flickr.
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05/29/2008
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I became a member of MySpace.
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05/15/2008
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Launch date for www.FastScienceRegistration.org. This website had a tight deadline and I was able to complete all the development for in record time: It took me only one month to get it up and running!
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05/02/2008
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I became a member of Metacafe.
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04/19/2008
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I became a member of Facebook.
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11/26/2007
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I started using a Dell Optiplex 755 desktop computer with a Pentium Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 running at 2.40 GHz, 4.00 GB of RAM and a 230 GB Hard Drive.
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11/02/2007
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I became a member of www.DailyMotion.com.
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06/18/2007
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I became a member of www.Airliners.net appropriately enough as George Jetson.
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05/14/2007
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I became a member of Sky Rock.
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08/24/2006
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I became a member of www.YouTube.com.
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06/12/2006
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Launch date for www.RegisterMySchool.com, a site that is used by the students of Broward schools to register for science fairs. I have worked on this ongoing project for 5 years.
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05/15/2006
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Launch date for www.GeorgeRizov.net, my 9th website. This is my portal site and it has links to all my other websites or sites pertaining to me.
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08/19/2005
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I acquired a Dell Dimension 5100C desktop computer with a Pentium 4 processor running at 3.2 GHz, 512 MB of RAM and a 160 GB Hard Drive.
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08/02/2005
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My sites at www.ProgrammerGeorge.com and www.InternetGeorge.com were both completely converted from ASP Classic to ASP.NET.
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06/30/2005
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I started using a Dell Optiplex GX280 desktop computer with a Pentium 4 processor running at 3.60 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM and a 160 GB Hard Drive.
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04/29/2005
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I became a member of eBay.
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03/16/2005
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Launch date for www.GeorgeRizov.com, my 8th website.
This site is my online autobiography.
It currently has over 1,300 photos of me, my friends and my family.
Each picture has sound effects or music in the background.
The text includes lyrics of songs and/or interesting stories about my many adventures.
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00/00/2005
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I received three bonuses for all my hard work in 2005 and was told that I was the only person to receive more than one bonus in one year during the entire history of the company!
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07/08/2004
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Launch date for www.MiamiGeorge.com, my 7th website. This was another fun website about me. I eventually dropped this domain name because this site was redundant as it had a lot of the same content as two of my other personal websites and maintaining that many sites required too much work
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05/25/2004
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I became a member of Reunion.com, which is now known as www.MyLife.com.
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04/01/2004
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My MIDI Gig sequencing music software is used for the first time.
I developed this program with Visaul Basic 6.0.
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03/31/2004
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I acquired a Dell Inspiron 9100 notebook computer with a Pentium 4 processor running at 3.2 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, a 60 GB Hard Drive and a 15.4-inch WXGA display.
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01/19/2004
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Launch date for www.InternetGeorge.com, my 6th website. This site describes my Internet and programming skills in detail. It also includes my biography and résumé.
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01/25/2001
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I completely redesigned the website for Offshore Business News and Research at www.OffshoreAlert.com and it was featured on television and aired on the CBS program 48 Hours, which averages approximately 11 million viewers per show.
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01/16/2001
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Launch date for www.ProgrammerGeorge.com, my 5th website. This site describes my computer programming career in detail. It also includes my biography and résumé.
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12/15/2000
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On this date, I received a 20% pay increase at ST&R for all my hard work and this was after having been with this company for only half a year!
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11/16/2000
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Launch date for www.MusicGeorge.com, my fourth website. This site describes my music career in detail. It now has at least 124 photos, most of which have music or sound effects in the background.
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07/17/2000
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I created an Intranet website for the law firm of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg completely from scratch. It was called ST@RLink and consisted of hundreds of web pages with useful information that was available to all the professionals and staff of this company. This is by far one of my biggest achievements during my career as a webmaster.
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06/12/2000
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I started a full-time job at the law firm of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg in Miami as a Computer Programmer/Analyst and Webmaster. I worked there for a total of 8½ years and was highly admired by the management and by my colleagues.
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02/17/2000
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Launch date for www.JetPictures.com, my third website. This aviation website currently has almost 300 fully documented aircraft pictures.
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02/07/2000
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Launch date for www.SuperGeorge.com, my second website.
This is a fun site about me and my super friends.
It currently has over 1,200 photos of me and my friends.
Each picture has sound effects or music in the background.
The text includes lyrics of songs and/or interesting stories about my many adventures.
This site also has animated graphics on each web page.
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01/13/2000
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Launch date for www.GalaxyOrchestras.com, my first website ever.
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11/01/1999
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I started a full-time job at Financial Data Planning (FDP), now known as Sungard Insurance Systems.
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09/14/1998
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I started a full-time job at Data Net Corporation and acquired some very valuable database experience there.
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02/08/1997
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My CyberGig MIDI sequencing music software is used for the first time. I developed this program with GFA-Basic.
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12/13/1996
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My Live MIDI sequencing music software is used for the first time.
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08/24/1995
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I purchased a copy of Windows 95 on the same day it was first released by Microsoft.
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04/30/1995
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I became a member of America Online (AOL).
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03/21/1995
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I used my MusicStar music software for the first time to notate and print music. I developed this music notation program with GFA-Basic.
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03/21/1991
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My Star Track MIDI sequencing music software is used for the first time.
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06/23/1987
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I purchased my first IBM-compatible PC, a Victor Champion with an Intel 8086 microprocessor running at 4.77 megahertz.
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03/01/1986
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I purchased a brand new Commodore Amiga 1000 computer.
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07/10/1985
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I started my job at Columbia Pictures Publications.
I did both music and computer-related work there.
This company later became known as CPP/Belwin.
After it was acquired by Time Warner, it was renamed Warner Bros. Publications and became the the world’s premier print music publisher
On June 1, 2005, this company was acquired by Alfred Publishing.
I worked in the music publishing business for a total of 13 years.
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