Daniel Beeman, dMbEnterprises, 3897 Caminito Aguilar Dr. Apt D, San Diego, CA 92111

 

  Well here it is 8pm on Sunday night and I’ve completed another 10 hour day at USD.  http://www.sandiego.edu/~dbeeman (my 1^st site ‘96). I’m at the computer lab typing this essay because I don’t have a working printer at home as of yet. Luckily, last weekend I picked up a scanner and HP DeskJet off the SDFreeCycle web site. So hopefully soon I get it hooked up, configured, and working. But this weekend I had to run around because 3 weeks ago my main “box” with only one HD, which had all my software on it, froze up. The machine is working, just not the HD.  So I had to pay $60 to get another “box”, that I’ll give to a friend, to get a working copy of XP pro. I’ll load up Win98 for him to use that machine, which he will pay me back for I hope. Busyness is Beemans’ middle name these days. If not for me then for my friends.

  When I started the Web Server Security Certificate program I was homeless living in my RV http://www.geocities.com/daniel_beeman on the street next to the park behind the North City campus, &/or near Mesa College. You have to move a lot when living in a RV.

Three months into the program my friend was called up on a section 8 housing list in Clairemont. After waiting 2 months and filling out a 2’ stack of papers we got a place. So I’m no longer “homeless”. But I’ve been spending $200 over my monthly income to stay at the apartment. (I’ve worked pt at USD for over 8 years now.)  So my savings have dwindled from nearly $3000 to about $700. I spent about $200 on getting the XP Pro box, and $45 on get a Apple G-3(Salvation Army). This weekend, through Computer Edge classifieds I got an Apple PowerBook PC 1400 laptop for $60.

  During the time I started the class http://www.geocities.com/SDccdWebServerClass & now I’ve begun my own business. It isn’t making money yet, in fact I’m spending more than I make, another reason for savings drop, but I do have a client who I maintain a web site for http://www.GoodVistaTires.com that is in Bullhead City, AZ. I got a flat tire, & he was the only tire shop with a used tire to fit my car so I asked if he wanted a “web presence”? He liked my work so we I am building and maintaining the site. He gives me a little cash, about $90 month, and is giving me credit for service/tires. I’ve had about 10 inquires about designing sites, most of these small businesses are just to business for us to really put something together yet, and because of classes I’m busy too. During my travel I came across Holtville, CA where I’ve built a few “complementary” sites www.geocities.com/HoltvilleCA -link to the other restaurant sites from there. I hope to draw some business from them later. I built the site when I saw the City of Holtville site was offline.

  My next move is to get my Web Server Certificate, take a short celebration trip, and then continue in the Interactive Media Certificate class (why I got the Apple machines).

I need to continue to hone my Web Design skills, but I also want to use my back stage skills to help my clients use they’re computers to the fullest, MySQL database servers for inventory, PHP/CGI for sales marketing off the web, and Apache to maybe even host their own pages if it is cost effective. Instructor McGerald has been so helpful. He knows so much. And every day I get more confidence as I use and practice my new acquired skills. They are really paying off, in more ways then one.

 

I hope you will consider me for some scholarship(s). I’m thankful for how God has blessed me recently, but some more funds would really help to keep my afloat as I try to get through IMC class and San Diego’s high cost of living.

 

Sincerely yours,

Daniel Beeman 619.847.4695

http://www.FreedomPlease.org (my non-profit experiment)

 

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