The Darkest Evil

I just thought of a great type of post to write for my blog - an effective list of things to do to cars in your spot. Remember, however, to keep it legal. Your best bet in all instances is just to have the car that is parked there towed. You don’t have to pay anything to have it towed (the person who is getting the tow generally picks up the tab for a tow). Plus, they generally should not be parking in your spot in the first place. Here is what you would do first - remember to first consult a local towing company because they might know something that you might not about the legality of what you are thinking of doing. (more…)

Yesterday, I made a rant about how Jelsoft was violating not only defamation law but the rights of licence holders. But some people may ask “Well, Kyle, that’s all well and good but how SHOULD I run a business?” Well, businesses should be run in a manner which allows the people working in them to live a honest and clean life. In order to do this, there are some fundamental principles that you should consider when running your business and drafting your business plan. And this means admitting to doing wrong and making the effort to do the right thing. In the end, it’s worth it though. (more…)

I’ve set the pricing at which I will do work for people - and this includes custom work and all that stuff. At the root of it - I will charge US$25.00 a hour. Basically, this price is non-negotiable and is set for until January 1, 2008. The reason for this is because this year - I will have entered my ninth year as a web designer. And this year, I will have entered my fifth year as a web developer. And I will have spent my first year breaking my designs out of tables and putting them into CSS. I’ve spent many years tinkering with subjects like usability, standards, PHP, ASP, MySQL and other fun subjects. The pricing is fair for the level of experience I have. (more…)

Tomorrow, in recognition of the holiday, it will be a limited service day. This means several different things to many people. To my bigger clients, this means no telephone service and services will start at 11am and end at 3pm for existing projects. This also means that no new projects will be started today and all clients will be notified immediately. Plus, all clients will be notified immediately so they will know what is happening to their projects. All minor clients and their projects will be frozen until full service is resumed on Thursday. Thank you for your understanding and I sincerely hope you have a wonderful day.

Okay, so I got burned by another girl. Yeah, this was NOT cool. But the cool thing was that she was a little less rotten than other girls that I have talked to online. I am just so tired of this and I would just like to find someone that I can hold and embrace. Someone that I can walk life’s path with. Someone that will accept and appreciate me for everything that I am. Someone that will love me with an agape love that I will love them with. You see, I have never been loved by another human being. Not my family, no girlfriends and no reliable friends in this world. I am not very popular because I refuse to conform to other people’s standards.

I am not in the mood to talk to many people. And if you do wish to talk to me, you had better be able to withstand many minutes, if not hours, of ranting about how hard it is to find someone of the opposite sex that will love you. About how everyone with a loving family or close, reliable friends is blessed. I am not in a mood to pretend to be happy. Forgive me if I refuse to respond to your private messages or what not, I would not be in a good mood anyways. I am also writing a whole number of posts for four days (8 posts) so I don’t have to respond to comments. It’s evil, I know, but I am not in the mood to play comment police.

To my faithful clients: You will receive everything you ordered. Plus, I will remember this when you want another project so you will very likely save money on your next project. However, when life continuously shits on you, it does not allow you to focus on your work. It’s only two days more in many cases and I apologise for the additional time required. I just need time to centre myself.

Looking back at 2006, here are my biggest successes and failures. No matter whether they are successes or failures, I have learned immensely from them and I am grateful for the wisdom that I was granted from these experiences.

Biggest Successes

1. Entry into Canada - On August 31st, 2006, I have successfully achieved my dream of gaining more permanent status in this country as a student, rather than on a TRV. Granted, it expires on July 31st, 2007, but at least I have the most valuable thing in this world that will help my immigration. I have time.
2. Obtainment of employment - I have successfully obtained employment at a non-profit organization. This makes obtaining a work permit and permanent residence much easier, due to the lack of a labour market opinion. A labour market opinion is the last thing I want due to the time it takes to acquire one and my possible ineligibility. Fortunately, the Province has a great nomination programme.
3. Moved away from my family - I have moved so far away from my biological family. In fact, this makes me exceedingly happy, considering my family is full of assholes and I could not stand being near them anymore.

Biggest Failures

1. Alberta Bible College - I am just going to write off the entire experience as a failure. Too many assholes, both in the student body and faculty. I am happy to be out of there but I am sad that they screwed me out of $400 for the chore requirement.
2. My trust fund is completely depleted - To make it THIS far, I had to deplete the trust fund that my grandmother left me when she died. This was not the greatest option but I do not regret it, seeing as I could not have gotten this far without depleting it. Plus, I can always go to U of C when I get my immigration details all sorted out for permanent residence.
3. Moved the blog around - I have moved around the blog way too much, breaking many permalinks and ruining my great page rank.
4. I got wrongly canned at Valero - Okay, this bolstered my reasoning why I should immigrate to Canada, because oil companies have too much power. So much even to violate the laws that regulate labour.

I hate the idea that people make resolutions that they have no intention of keeping only when the earth’s odometre rolls over. It seems that it is enough to make people believe that they have a new lease on life. Personally, I believe the route of change should happen throughout the new year, especially when one realizes it is needed the most. However, I have reviewed what I want out of life and this is what I have come up with:

1. Gain a bit more notoriety on the web/in my new home - I would like to be as big as Bryan Veloso, Mr. Fab or Shaun Inman. My weblog has been getting a bit more activity since I have been writing more often and using traffic services like BlogMad, but that is not enough. I need to do more to get my name out there. I would also like to be recognized in Calgary for my blog so I am also going to write replying to more local news.
2. Finish up Blackthorne - Blackthorne (for the uninitiated) is a themeset that I have been working on for the past month. I am confident that I can get it done and coded before February 14th, especially since I cannot afford the bus pass for this month so my mobility is going to be dramatically hindered. Doesn’t mean that I can’t go to crowfoot and cash in my bottles to buy bus fare to get to the college to return some books. I should probably do that on Wednesday though, it will save time and money in the long run.
3. Get into a serious relationship - I would like to get into a serious relationship. Need I say more?
4. Fully convert to Buddhism - I would like to convert to Buddhism and seek a path of reason and truth. Right now, I could still be considered a Christian that just doesn’t go to church. I would like to be so much more than that and I would love to convert to Buddhism so I can clean my mind of my past practises and strive toward a brighter future.
5. Get my work permit - Nicholi, if you are reading this, please submit your company to Alberta Registries. Now.

Those are my five new years resolutions. This is what is truly important to me right now and I would personally like to thank you for reading through my sappy drivel but hey, it was enough to spice up my life.

My image and name are copyrighted/trademarked for certain security reasons and personally. This is mainly to protect me if I try to apply for a job and a person Googles my name. I allow free usage of it under the following licence:

1. It is used alongside content that is not libellous, harmful, obscene, harassing, threatening or infringes on the property rights of others.
2. It is used with attribution to thedarkestevil.com
3. All other purposes must be preapproved by Kyle Korleski.

The reasoning behind this? Well, the reason is that I am new in Canada and I cannot have people soiling my record when my employer Googles my name. Now, Nicholi is a very gracious person but I can’t take any chances if people are going to abuse my image like this. Besides, what of Citizenship and Immigration Canada? What if a CIC visa officer abroad or in Canada came across libellous content that I did not write and assumed that I was somehow associated with it? That would probably raise a few questions to the visa officer and I would probably be asked to attend an interview at a consulate abroad.

Therefore, I decided to file for a trademark at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and I hold a copyright to my own name. I would highly recommend that any expatriate that is being harassed like I am to do the same. I am not liable for content that I do not write myself.

You know, I found a couple of good job offers in Victoria, British Columbia so in order to get on the road to permanent residence, I am probably going to have to move to British Columbia.

Rexanni and The Coldwood Studios may not launch until I get my PR Card ^_^. (more…)

Looking for a job in the Edmonton area. If you know of anything, tell me! I sure would appreciate it!

Okay, not as great of a blog post as I thought but it’s SOMETHING, right?