Edric -
Getting into business has been a few months of research and planning, and lots of frustrating issues. I won't bore with details, but we have a business license coming this week, and we're waiting to hear from the landlord on our storefront. I'm just the investor really, but I'm helping my friend with a lot of it. It's a completely new experience, and it's quite the learning curve. My wife is due with our first child only a few days before we plan on opening in July, so I have a busy few months ahead of me. If anyone is south of Seattle ever, please let me know, and the beer is on me!
I appreciate you opening up and letting us get to know you. I'm glad you have chosen to not quit life. I was near that point at one time. My mother tried to end her life a few times, and was thankfully unsuccessful. We're happy you're here with us! Keep your head up, and keep working hard. We've all been through some tough setbacks, and you can persevere.
I have a few computer parts I'd like to send you as a gift to give you a little boost. I have 3 7950's, one which has a dead fan that should easily be replaced. They conservatively hash about 630 khash each. Send me a PM with your address, and they're yours free and clear. Do with them what you'd like.
Cheers
Hey congrats on the baby! The first kid is always the scariest, but I'm gonna tell you a little secret about being a daddy... Find a magic solution to keep them a baby forever, they're easier to deal with and cuter that way. I have kids myself, my boys are 11 and 12. The long term goal is to get a place of my own again because they want to live with me. They love their mom but dad's cooler (and hacker dad gets free video games, lol). When my oldest was a baby, I'd lay him on my chest and play Tony Hawk Pro Skater all night long! Fun times.
It's kinda hard to tell some details about my life, I think the main reason is I like to maintain a somewhat professional appearance, if that's possible for me, lol. I'm just an ordinary guy, involved in some extraordinary stuff! These last few years have been a rollercoaster of nonstop crap, all starting when I met my latest atrocity of an ex. I had it made, more or less, had my own place, manager of a restaurant, my kids living with me, everyone had their own gaming rig, I had lots of mining gear and a sweet home theater with the whole Nvidia 3D vision package.. I jumped on Bitcoin like a madman the first time I saw it, when it was still possible to solomine. I had mined a great deal and the plan was to hang on to it all, but of course it got sold (50c-$1-ish). The ex and her problems ruined everything and I just kinda let it happen. But I guess it's happened for a reason, because I wouldn't be writing this right now and wouldn't be on this adventure we're all having together.
I really appreciate the offer of those GPUs, you have no idea how much that'd help me right now.. My system is in terrible shape, one of the last arguments the ex and I were in, after I left to cool off, she used my pc for soccer practice, and it's still in the exact same shape since that day. The big Zalman heatsink is crushed on one side, the case is deformed and duct taped. I had 2 radeon 4350's in there, one was totaled, the other one is still hanging on (10k/h lol). Gotta replace that heatsink soon, it runs too warm for comfort. I ordered one off Amazon but it just couldn't keep up with the Phenom II. It's got a 750w PSU and dual PCIE slots so shouldn't have trouble with the GPU's, though I may need to hunt down some power cables at the flea market.
Good luck with the beer business. One of god's greatest gifts and a destroyer of men in one bottle, I prefer the former though. Will you be dealing with microbrew/local beers?
Also I was reading what frameLAlife was talking about earlier, the bitcoin consultant thing. That sounds interesting and I may actually try something like that where I live. Definitely need more people to adopt cryptocoins. Could possibly talk some local businesses into adopting 888, who knows? From time to time I post stuff on Facebook then get messages asking what cryptocoins are. I used to run ads on Craigslist all the time advertising computer and electronics repair, but seems like everyone is apparently a technician these days so there's many such ads, all the way down to $10 for a complete system overhaul, new pirated copy of windows, maybe even a keylogger! Protip: don't be like my sister and leave naughty stuff on your computer for the techs to see, lol.
Anyway, I think I'm about to hit it for the night.. My computer isn't cooperating, think one of the drives is about to eat it, and I'm not in the mood to move my VMs around tonight. Been nonstop compiling stuff for people, graphical changes here, removing coingen crap there, doing my best to help people out. If anyone needs anything from me, just let me know, I'll do whatever I can to help. I'll send you a pm in a sec shellbunner. Thanks again!
Good night guys!