Category: geek of technology
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gr + avatar != grave avatars OR growling avatars OR robot
so it’s been bugging me for a while. why is it that in the comments of my posts, there are avatars (or generic, blank avatars), but no way to use/change/update/upload your avatar? i even poked around in the user preferences in the blog several times trying to find where “upload avatar” was located, to no…
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one more to file under “it’s always something”…
in my last post, i expressed my woe at the sudden upheaval of my computer. today i woke up excited because my hardware was coming. now i have a history of always forgetting something. i get a new motherboard but the processor doesn’t match. i get a motherboard and processor but don’t have the right…
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computer explosion
so there we were. playing guildwars. trying to get some new characters to a high enough level that we can beat the mission which will unlock the ability to go from the nightfall campaign back to the original prophecies campaign. we’re running aroung collecting XP from the quests we just finished, when, all of a…
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it’s still download day…
still haven’t downloaded firefox 3? /sigh okay, well my first impressions are — it’s supercool. i was always turned off by the default firefox look in 2.0. 3.0 installed and used the skin i was already using and it wasn’t until i installed it on erin’s computer that i saw how hot the new look…
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download day
if you haven’t pledged already, you wouldn’t have gotten this email: Don’t forget to be part of Firefox’s Download Day! Mark your calendar, wrap a ribbon around your finger or write a little sticky yellow note. Download Day will start on June 17, 2008.
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site update
it’s been a long time coming, i finally updated the blog design. i’ve done a couple custom wordpress themes for thinktank clients now, and it was about time i did one for myself. it’s not really anything new, although the banner is totally new. but the css was recoded by hand. the overall design is…
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the 30 project.
i’ve decided to do a new project. i turn 30 this year. i have a lot of “oh god i’m getting old” feelings about this, probably because i have very clear memories of my dad freaking out when he turned 30 (i guess it’s a good thing gavin and lilah won’t have that experience). anyway,…
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giving green cars a bad name
i was stunned when i read this article about the hype machine that is ZAP. it made me change my mind about most evil company ever — no more does microsoft hold that title: ZAP is the new most evil company ever. in fact, the article was so bad (not the article actually, but the…
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Rails…
with some hacking and clever googling i think i’ve installed everything i need for RubyOnRails. i’m not positive though, and i won’t really know for sure until i start really hacking my first program. i had to find several different installation howtos to be sure i did everything. i’m pretty sure the ubuntu community documentation…
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project: Image Slideshow — method: RubyOnRails
i’ve decided to learn RubyOnRails. Rails is a programming language/framework that comes with some prepackaged “programming shortcuts” which allow developers to write programs much faster. it’s more of a “do this” and the app actually does that sort of thing as opposed to writing lines and lines of code for weeks to make it “do…