Archive for September, 2006
The birthplace of blogging
September 21
This is where blogging all started.
Back Into the Depths
September 12
I’ve been running an Ubuntu box downstairs (or, rather, on my old PC) for several years now. Probably something like 4 years. Wow. Anyway, lately it’s just not doing what I need it to do. And with the kid, I’m not able to spend a day troubleshooting one file’s permissions or why CUPS doesn’t want to let me print a test page from the Mac. I’m thinking of going back to Windows on it.
All I need to be able to do is share (as writable) the music folder on an external drive and use the printer. I’m sure Windows can handle those bits, right? Testing in IE 6 and 7 will be nice, too, of course. I plan to strip the rest of the system as much as I can, though. I don’t even plan on having email or anything like that set up. Well, maybe some sort of torrent application, to save the iBook some trouble.
So, here’s my question for you, dear reader, what’s essential nowadays for Windows? And do you have any advice on doing the few things I want to be able to do?
Handguns For Hearts
September 10
I had a job interview this past week. It felt both strange and great to be back “out in the game” or whatever you want to call it. I’m not going to go into details over the job or the interview or anything, but it was definitely a good start to getting back in the saddle. I’m a font of euphemisms today.
Now that I have the interview behind me (although there will hopefully be more ahead, too), I’m gonna start working on EHZ again. I had to stop myself from installing any new Wordpress plugins or screwing around with my theme for awhile there so I could be sure everything would work for the interview. I think I’m going to tone down the brightness of the site (yes, I’m changing those colors that I’ve been using for some 2 years now. How sad.) and try to clean up a few other things. I’m still definitely infatuated with how simple Wordpress seems compared to previous experiences.
I want to start posting more on here that’s design- or web-related, but I don’t really have much that I feel is unique enough to belong in the blogosphere. We’ll see, though.
As far as personal stuff, goes, I finally played throught Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater this weekend. Aside from Hideo Kojima’s usual insanity, it was a good story and a very fun game. There could have been fewer/shorter cutscenes and less Codec-chatting, but they didn’t take you too far out of the game. And the addition of some player-controlled cutscenes was definitely a great idea!
Alright, I’m outtie for now.
TBC Shirt
September 7
I got my The Blood Custom t-shirt in today (for the interview). Shipping was freaking expensive (more than the cost of the shirt), but it looks good. So, here’s a vote for Cafepress!
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September 6
So why are we giving money to those who are trying to kill us? (via Funkaoshi)
TRAC Report
September 5
The statistics of how we’ve changed since 9/11.