I knew it was coming for about two months now, but it's official: I no longer have a job. I can't afford to renew my certification, and I just don't have the time to keep up with the technology.

Since the release of Vista (and against any advice many of us gave) a lot of our regulars gave in to temptation and upgraded. I haven't had the time to work with Vista, and the ugly truth is, I'm far too busy with school to make the time.

I'm dealt out of the short term, true; however, this was in the cards when I first decided to go back to school for a degree. Long term, I'll make a far more stable living as a programmer. I'm actually better at the programming, to be honest.

Still, I'll kind of miss the people who do absolutely stupid things to their machines (my all time favorite: the guy who didn't have enough room on his HD to download the Paris Hilton porn vid, so he uninstalled his anti-virus to make room; he was in the next day with 15 viruses, 3 trojans, and an e-mail worm).