Alex_Halstead

The new year is among us. ​I launched my site, www.topscitech.com. P.s. View source. 🙂 This site for me has several different meanings. First, I launched it because I am absolutely fascinated and love all things Technology and Science related. I already found myself posting on Facebook all the time anyways, linking articles from places like IFLScience, … Read more

What is it? It stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. It has replaced many new age windows “Bios” booting (Basic Input-Output Systems). Why this post?Dual booting Windows/Linux distros can be a pain in the ass. Trying to spam Delete, Esc, F2 and other various stuff most likely won’t work – because your computer is too fast. … Read more

I have a couple sites in development. Writing up a business plan. Starting a new business out here in CA. I’ll be setting some goals soon as well. Also, I am getting to work with big data FINALLY at work! Woo hoo. Super stoked by it. Now I just need to get the actual time … Read more

This song touches home with me in soo many ways how how I feel about religion, which is why I’ve given it, its own blog post. Maynard speaks for many and uses his best known medium to do it. Thank you James. Source, Wikipedia:“Opiate” is a song by Tool and the title track from their … Read more

Food for thought: “Remember that it is we who torment, we who make difficulties for ourselves – that is, our opinions do. What, for instance, does it mean to be insulted? Stand by a rock and insult it, and what have you accomplished? If someone responds to insult like a rock, what has the abuser … Read more

I accepted a job from Kelley Blue Book back in February of this year. It’s been awesome so far.  It was KBB or moving out east to take a job with Vanguard (which would of been awesome too). I also relocated down to Irvine, CA. I greatly prefer challenging jobs that serve to teach me … Read more

July 31st, I’ve taken the dip, forked out $180 bucks and I am going to get re-certified on my birthday. Kind of like a birthday present to myself. When I had this back in 2012, it was a BEAST of a test. Not fun to say the least. One of the hardest test I’ve taken. … Read more

Boy oh boy. Been a heck of start to the new year. To answer your question, yes I love Game of Thrones, April can’t come soon enough. I’ve been soo busy, soo mentally drained that it’s physically exhausting me. I’ve started a new job. After almost three years with Seagate, I moved back to Analytics … Read more

Google Adwords & Adobe Tracking Code Associtiation Question: “How do we get Adobe conversion data (Campaigns) associated to Google AdWords”? Answer: This answer has multiple elements and not one answered with a one liner. Google Gclid’s is the start. To save you the time of having to parse both the Adobe Blogs & Google AdWord … Read more