Well, if you didn’t know already, Microsoft is now promoting Xbox Rewards. If you take on the challenge, you get rewards. Sweet right? Yeah, assuming you can get on the site.
Slideshow R2c and BlogCal Mod R2d Updates
Sigh. Seems all I seem to do lately is update my Mods. Truth is, I’ve been working on another web site, but found some issues adding in my Slideshow Mod and decided, while I was there, to fix a few other minor annoyances I had with it. I also cleaned up some minor issues in BlogCal as well. For th
Blog Calendar R2c (Fix)
Sigh. Another day, another bug. Seems that writing scripts for my theme meant that I was missing some issues that occur if you run Blog Calendar on a standard WebAPP install. So, here is the latest fix for your Blogging pleasure: Blog Calendar Mod
Blog Calendar R2b (Fix)
Darn, I hate it when I miss simple issues. Two more bug fixes in this release. First, the wrong year was being passed when pulling articles. The second one was that I wasn’t properly translating 2 digit years passed as arguments.
Moved Over to Userbars.org
Well, it appears that userbars.com isn’t on-line anymore. 🙁 So, I’ve moved my Userbars over to www.userbars.org. You can view my, limited, userbar collection there as well. If you’re looking for a userbar, I’m more then willing to help out (just IM me or add a comment here).
Gamer Score Charts
This looks to have been out awhile, but as I’ve been gaming—or living under a rock—I thought I’d share it to others who, like me, obviously missed this. This is another cool example of what people can do with Xbox Live! data. http://gamerscorechart.com/theme/xbox/SafePit.png Try it out with
Blog Mod Updated to R2a
Oops! I had a minor bug in the current month display. A bad assumption on my part that was easily corrected. You can download the lastest version from here. If you are running R2, you just need to update the blogcal.cgi file.
New Downloads Section
For those interested in using the various WebAPP Mods I created, you can now download them from the Downloads section. Currently, this includes the latest Slideshow and Calendar Mods. Enjoy!
Migrated Site to WebAPP NE
Well, after spending a few months adding back in my slide show and calendar, I’ve converted my site to WebAPP NE. Please let me know if anything doesn’t work quite right. My main reason to convert to WebAPP was to not have to start from scratch in writing my own comments system.
Blog Calendar Release 2
I’ve updated the Blog Calendar Mod to revision 2. It includes the two calendar option and fixes some bugs I found while cleaning up the code.
BSU Won!
Sorry if you aren’t from Boise or a football fan, but Boise State University won the Fiesta Bowl game today against Oklahoma University. Final score was 42 to 41 in overtime. It was a hell of a nail biter and the best football game I’ve watched! Go BSU!
Happy New Year - 2007!
Well, 2006 is winding down. It has been a very interesting year. I remember looking forward to 2006, but in the end I’m not sure there were enough happy moments to cancel out the sad ones. As we close the book on 2006, one can only look forward and be optomistic that 2007 will only be better. Happ
More BlogCal Fun
JackDeth recommended a two calendar blog, and it was a note worthy challenge. I still need to package it up, but there are now two calendars at your disposal. If nothing else, I was able to clean the code up a bit and make it a bit more modular. So, anything else?
Finished My Blog Calendar MOD
Okay, finished my Blog Calendar MOD today. It is currently available here. Edit: Please let me know if you find this Mod useful.
Blog Cal Working!
Well, I have my Blog Calendar Mod working. You can now click the date and it will displays articles on that day. Took me a bit to figure out all the different routines that WebAPP uses to do things, but once I found the right code, it doesn’t look too bad. Now, I just need to package it up and g
Blog Calendar Mod
Working on re-creating my Blog Calendar as a Mod for WebAPP NE. I think I have the MOD fleshed out, but I may have a slight problem. It doesn't appear that WebAPP can display articles based on date. 🙁 Maybe I should be creating a Blog module. 😃
WebAPP Back-end
I’ve changed out my back-end Perl scripts using WebAPP — Web Automated Perl Portal System. The task of writing my own scripts to allow comments, article management, and all the security around them seemed more effort then I had time.
Photosynth
I ran across this cool technology today from Microsoft Live Labs called Photosynth. Basically, this software allows you to view a collection of photographs in using a 3D browser. They have a Tech Preview that completely blew me away.
Fun With Images
I finally got around to updating the top of the site with a nice picture. It is one of a number of pictures I took during my business trip to Singapore last year. I liked the colors in the harbor along with the interesting skyline.
RSS Update
Okay, you probably won’t see any differences, but my blog is now a valid RSS feed. Okay, may not seem by much, but I was actually trying to get it to work in IE7. If you have IE7, or other reader that recognizes the <categories> tag, you should see my categories as well.
In My Head
I uploaded a new song to my ACID Planet Site today called In My Head. Something I started on the plane today to pass away the time. I wanted to put together something that felt like things weren’t right — like something is in my head, needing to get out. Interestingly, this isn’t at all how I was feeling, just what I musically wanted to mix together. Enjoy.
Inform 7
I was over at the Informary today and noticed that there was a new version of Inform out! To my surprise, Inform 7 had been released. After reading about it a bit, I had to download it and give it a spin. Graham Nelson decided to try a different approach to creating interactive fiction using natural
Hate You Again
I added a new song to my ACID Planet site last Tuesday called Hate You Again. It is my submission to the Distorted Reality Contest. I really liked the vocals and tried to use them to drive the song. The “hate you again” stood out to me and I used it to frame the mix. Enjoy. With the demise of AC
Updated ACID Planet Picture
Well, I didn’t add any new songs, but I did add a new image to my ACID Planet site. I used a photo I took when camping a few years back. I played around with filters and special effects in Microsoft Digital Image Suite to set the mood I was looking for. I think it came out pretty nicely.
Croak
Okay, was playing around with ACID loops again. I've added another song to my ACID Planet site called Croak. This time, I’m playing with different sounds and beats to get a unique feel. Again, this one isn’t very long, so enjoy!