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Great. So now my alternator is over-charging.

my 1990 mitsubishi eclipse gs continues to impress me. today on the way to work i noticed my stereo wasn't on and the heater fan wasn't running. what's more, inspection revealed my lighter outlet, headlamp motors, mirrors, and automatic seatbelts were als
Post.aspx?Title=Great.++So+now+my+alternator+is+over-charging. - Post -    1/30/2008 11:58:52 PM

Secondary PC Fully Active

so i finally got my secondary pc fully up and running. i finally got everything configured. the secondary system (herein, "system 2") has been fully patched and upgraded to vista sp1 rc refresh, a thoroughly tedious project. i got all my important dr
Post.aspx?Title=Secondary+PC+Fully+Active - Post -    1/27/2008 2:09:18 AM

Upgrading Vista to SP1 via Redistributable Executable

note: this does not pertain to an rtm install for vista sp1. it is currently in release candidate status. let me just say that windows update sucks. i should be able to enter a kb article and go straight to the download. instead, i had to find the re
Post.aspx?Title=Upgrading+Vista+to+SP1+via+Redistributable+Executable - Post -    1/26/2008 4:35:34 PM

Scientology Must be Destroyed

note: some of the sites linked herein are being ddos'd by a force known as "anonymous" or "legion". therefore, some links may not work for an unknown period of time. the longer the links are broken, the better the fight against scientology is going.
Post.aspx?Title=Scientology+Must+be+Destroyed - Post -    1/25/2008 11:58:41 PM

Great Gadget Grants Guys Global Godliness

this one is work-related, so let me catch you up. j and i recently delivered a big, fancy, secret billing system in the form of a webform, or online application. it's simple, easy-to-use, and meets every requirement. i'll refer to this as "project ne
Post.aspx?Title=Great+Gadget+Grants+Guys+Global+Godliness - Post -    1/24/2008 11:59:54 PM

New Hardware, Again

i finally got around to bringing up my secondary system. today i purchased a 750w psu, evga 680i mobo, and a 350gb hdd; the rest of the parts were lying around the house. i installed my old pentium d dual-core cpu, took a gig of ram out of the server
Post.aspx?Title=New+Hardware%2c+Again - Post -    1/24/2008 11:32:32 PM

IE8 and its Three Distinct Render Modes

via markus mailke of microsoft, via w3c, via a list apart, via slashdot, which ultimately linked back to the official ie blog - microsoft's ie team has announced that internet explorer 8 will have three distinct render modes: - standards mode will f
Post.aspx?Title=IE8+and+its+Three+Distinct+Render+Modes - Post -    1/22/2008 8:13:13 PM

Review: Insignia NS-BTHDST Bluetooth Headset w/Mic

this review is a follow-up post to my earlier mention of having purchased a new bluetooth wireless headset with microphone. it seemed appropriate to use it for a few days to get a feeling for it before posting a review. now that i've had a few days to
Post.aspx?Title=Review%3a+Insignia+NS-BTHDST+Bluetooth+Headset+w%2fMic - Post -    1/21/2008 9:17:35 PM

Review: Cave of the Winds (Tourist Trap)

in my last entry, i mentioned that i had visited the cave of the winds today and snapped some panoramic images. as promised, this follow-up post is in reference to the cave itself, and the adventurous tour. they offer two tours; one is more scenic an
Post.aspx?Title=Review%3a+Cave+of+the+Winds+(Tourist+Trap) - Post -    1/20/2008 5:35:54 PM

Panoramic Wallpapers: Cave of the Winds

as is typical when i have time, gas, and a working car, i took a trip and snapped a bunch of pictures. today's venture was to the cave of the winds. it's difficult to take panoramas from within a cave for several reasons: 1. enclosed environment
Post.aspx?Title=Panoramic+Wallpapers%3a+Cave+of+the+Winds - Post -    1/20/2008 4:37:38 PM

New Headset

i bought a new headset today at best buy. why would someone as smart as me shop at a place so overpriced? well, sometimes i get impatient and next day air just isn't fast enough. it's an insignia ns-bthdst bluetooth headset, and i got it for $50. from the
Post.aspx?Title=New+Headset - Post -    1/19/2008 8:00:58 PM

Chinese Food Place Gets my Order Right

so, i called the chinese food place and ordered the same thing i always order: egg drop soup curry shrimp - no veggies - no spicy - add two dorra chicken - flied lice - put in plastic container, no leaky styrofoam well, they always m
Post.aspx?Title=Chinese+Food+Place+Gets+my+Order+Right - Post -    1/18/2008 9:41:42 PM

Site Traffic Growing Like a Weed

as always, i've been monitoring the activity on my websites very closely, and i've noticed a significant upward trend in traffic. having excluded the bad guys, spiders, and myself, i'm still left with a trend of steadily increasing traffic. based on
Post.aspx?Title=Site+Traffic+Growing+Like+a+Weed - Post -    1/18/2008 8:29:37 PM

New Asia-Pacific Ripe.Net Policy

based on my analysis of recent traffic logs, it looks like some people have been coming from ips registered through ripe.net. at first it seemed like innocuous increases in traffic; then yesterday, my number of requests nearly tripled with no apparent cau
Post.aspx?Title=New+Asia-Pacific+Ripe.Net+Policy - Post -    1/18/2008 6:43:21 PM

508c Project Passes Inspection

so, alot of you probably know about the big, fancy, secret project i made for a major telecom. some very few of you are probably aware that i had to made a second version of it for people who require assistive technologies (accessible version, usc section
Post.aspx?Title=508c+Project+Passes+Inspection - Post -    1/17/2008 11:09:21 AM

ATI Catalyst 8.1 Released

ati has released catalyst 8.1, the newest driver package for their radeon line. their release notes indicate a new feature called "multiview". excerpted: catalyst 8.1 introduces multiview™ support. this feature provides for hardware accelerated op
Post.aspx?Title=ATI+Catalyst+8.1+Released - Post -    1/17/2008 12:22:58 AM

The Hippies can have Monopolies, Too: Sun Buys MySQL

in a move that was inevitable but not expected at this time, sun microsystems has announced plans to puchase mysql for an undisclosed amount. fact: sun microsystems is the world's biggest contributor to open source: open office, java, netbeans; and s
Post.aspx?Title=The+Hippies+can+have+Monopolies%2c+Too%3a+Sun+Buys+MySQL - Post -    1/16/2008 8:44:25 AM

Error Programmatically Sending E-mail: "domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts"

working on zi255, i wrote up a rudimentary sendmail system for exception handling. now, instead of just logging errors to sql and detail to a text file, the site will also e-mail me when an error occurs. while developing, i came across a new error
Post.aspx?Title=Error+Programmatically+Sending+E-mail%3a+%22domain+isn't+in+my+list+of+allowed+rcpthosts%22 - Post -    1/15/2008 9:26:46 PM

Bux.to Almost Profitable

a few weeks ago i signed up with bux.to and paid $18 for 15 referrals. my referrals have visited 1050 sites so far and made me $10.90. by my calculations, i should have recouped my losses within another month or so (figuring for users' declining interest)
Post.aspx?Title=Bux.to+Almost+Profitable - Post -    1/15/2008 6:15:28 PM

Spam Coming from DamnedNice.Com

so, now i'm a victim of a new type of spam. someone has started sending mass spam from my domain; the worst part is there's nothing i can do about it. all they need is an unsecured smtp server and they can send e-mail from anyone they want to be. obv
Post.aspx?Title=Spam+Coming+from+DamnedNice.Com - Post -    1/15/2008 5:45:51 PM

Worst Board Game Ever


Post.aspx?Title=Worst+Board+Game+Ever - Post -    1/14/2008 6:10:58 PM

Past Week of Site Work on Zi255 (ZI255 8)

just because i don't mention it doesn't mean i'm not doing it. here's the work i've accomplished on zi255 since my last update a week ago: - added preferences panel and button in "navigation" - added "add comment" functionality - viewing comments
Post.aspx?Title=Past+Week+of+Site+Work+on+Zi255+(ZI255+8) - Post -    1/14/2008 4:11:13 PM

C#: Programmatically Determine if a String Contains Specific Words

when writing some types of software, you have to allow for user input. some of it you can control, some of it you can't. for example, my blogs allow for user input in a variety of ways: - search textboxes - comments textboxes - user info textboxe
Post.aspx?Title=C%23%3a+Programmatically+Determine+if+a+String+Contains+Specific+Words - Post -    1/13/2008 6:12:27 PM

C# / ASP.NET: Programmatically Defining META Tags for SEO

anyone who's spent any time researching seo at all has realized the importance of meta tags. it's easy to put them into your html as static markup, but what to do when you want them to contain dynamic content? i ran into this question a couple blog e
Post.aspx?Title=C%23+%2f+ASP.NET%3a+Programmatically+Defining+META+Tags+for+SEO - Post -    1/13/2008 5:44:27 PM

Best XBox 360 Commercial, Ever

this commercial was by far the best microsoft ever made for the xbox 360, but the lawyers refused to let them air it. worth a watch.
Post.aspx?Title=Best+XBox+360+Commercial%2c+Ever - Post -    1/13/2008 3:52:32 PM

Panoramas of the Anasazi / Manitou Cliff Dwellings

today i went to the anasazi / manitou cliff dwellings today and did the tourist thing. i had already been there several times, but this time i had my handy 7.1mp canon powershot sd1000 digital camera. so i took my customary assload of pictures and made so
Post.aspx?Title=Panoramas+of+the+Anasazi+%2f+Manitou+Cliff+Dwellings - Post -    1/13/2008 12:10:45 AM

Why Can't I Change the Affinity for Audiodg.exe?

as some of you may recall, i mentioned moving background processes to specific cores to offload cpu 0 and improve performance in multicore systems running single-threaded applications and games. i had noticed difficulty in setting the affinity for "sys
Post.aspx?Title=Why+Can't+I+Change+the+Affinity+for+Audiodg.exe%3f - Post -    1/12/2008 5:32:31 PM

Alternator Installed, Ops Check Good

as you can see, my new alternator has been installed and i picked the car up at lunch. i'm happy to report that the car hasn't had any electrical problems since. it's starting to snow a little, but i'll probably still go out for a drive for the first time
Post.aspx?Title=Alternator+Installed%2c+Ops+Check+Good - Post -    1/11/2008 4:39:49 PM

DreamScene Cannot Run, Total Desktop Size Exceeds Primary Video Adapter Texture Size

i mentioned this as item #54 in a long list of things that bother me about windows vista, and enough people have googled it now that i figured i'd add some detail to it. dreamscene can only map as much space as your primary video card when the monito
Post.aspx?Title=DreamScene+Cannot+Run%2c+Total+Desktop+Size+Exceeds+Primary+Video+Adapter+Texture+Size - Post -    1/11/2008 10:02:31 AM

Alternator Going In

some of you may recall my mention of needing a new alternator. well, i finally got around to sending the car in for the install. i have the haynes manual, why didn't i just do it myself and get it for $100 instead of $450? i freely admit it: 1. my
Post.aspx?Title=Alternator+Going+In - Post -    1/10/2008 11:25:29 PM

How to Fold Old Glory

i get asked several hundred times a day, what's the proper method of folding the us flag? well, actually, i've never been asked that; but i'll tell you anyway. this little gem comes from my repository of old text files. yeah, i was in the air force,
Post.aspx?Title=How+to+Fold+Old+Glory - Post -    1/10/2008 9:25:29 PM

Four Days of ZI255 Work (ZI255 7)

i've been doing more work on zi255, and have decided to post the changes less frequently so as not to saturate the blog with updates about the blog. here are the changes i have made there since 01/04/08: new querystrings added: - ?req=post (entry p
Post.aspx?Title=Four+Days+of+ZI255+Work+(ZI255+7) - Post -    1/8/2008 3:20:35 PM

I Have Better Security than Harvard

a recent slashdot article mentions a massive sql injection attack in which some 70,000 websites were affected. details of the attack's intent are vague, but it looks like a case of simple cross-site scripting. i was interested, because i saw some att
Post.aspx?Title=I+Have+Better+Security+than+Harvard - Post -    1/8/2008 8:17:20 AM

CompUSA Assets Bought by SysteMax / TigerDirect

remember that great deal i got on two intel core 2 quad processors at compusa's going-out-of-business sale? looks like they've been snatched up by the owners of tigerdirect. excerpted from artstechnica: compusa will live on, thanks to a deal
Post.aspx?Title=CompUSA+Assets+Bought+by+SysteMax+%2f+TigerDirect - Post -    1/8/2008 7:27:45 AM

Automatic Defrost Cycle

so i woke up nice and early today and started making breakfast. i retrieve my oatmeal packets and vitamin-d milk, microwave two minutes, and sit down to enjoy a bowl of microwave oatmeal. i reach into the fridge to get a mountain dew, only to realize the
Post.aspx?Title=Automatic+Defrost+Cycle - Post -    1/8/2008 6:55:14 AM

Video about Bubble 2.0 to "We Didn't Start the Fire"

here we have a youtube video about the second bubble. yeah, we're having a second one, didn't ya know? see how many references you recognize.
Post.aspx?Title=Video+about+Bubble+2.0+to+%22We+Didn't+Start+the+Fire%22 - Post -    1/6/2008 3:18:34 PM

I Recommend Internet Explorer

i just looked at z-index 255 in firefox, and... wow! firefox seems to be rendering both pages wrong, but really messed up on zi255. i'm not sure whether it's mozilla or microsoft who has been blatantly disobeying the standards, but i'm prone to blame mozi
Post.aspx?Title=I+Recommend+Internet+Explorer - Post -    1/5/2008 8:13:05 PM

Super Mario Bros. Level Recreated in 3D Using Doom Engine


Post.aspx?Title=Super+Mario+Bros.+Level+Recreated+in+3D+Using+Doom+Engine - Post -    1/5/2008 2:36:50 AM

Get Paid to Surf the Web and Manipulate People

bux.to allows you to get paid to sit there and stare at ads for 30 seconds at a time. the loophole, obviously, is that you don't actually have to look at it, as long as you have it open. they have a tiered referral payment structure, just like any other p
Post.aspx?Title=Get+Paid+to+Surf+the+Web+and+Manipulate+People - Post -    1/4/2008 11:42:43 PM

Easter Egg in Super Mario Galaxy

this is the packaging in which super mario galaxy shipped, for the nintendo wii platform. if you examine the lettering, you will see stars in the lower corners of some letters: u, r, m, r, g, a, and y. they spell out "u r mr gay". there's just no way this
Post.aspx?Title=Easter+Egg+in+Super+Mario+Galaxy - Post -    1/4/2008 12:47:17 AM

Today's ZI255 Work (ZI255 6)

big changes today at z-index 255, all in the user information section. it now displays a great deal of what information i collect about you for statistical analysis. you may as well take a look, since i already have the information anyway. go to the "navi
Post.aspx?Title=Today's+ZI255+Work+(ZI255+6) - Post -    1/3/2008 2:16:30 AM

Dude, Use Ubuntu. All the Cool Kids are Doing It.

i just had a hillarious chat in my live chat room, and felt compelled to share it with you. you'll get a kick out of the end. [17:32:20] <_user_> : use vi$ta [17:34:42] <tsilb> : i am using vista, why do you think i'm having problems
Post.aspx?Title=Dude%2c+Use+Ubuntu.+All+the+Cool+Kids+are+Doing+It. - Post -    1/2/2008 7:15:48 PM

Top 5 Reasons not to Pack your Cubicle or Office with Books

1. reference books make you look ignorant. people who understand something don't buy books to learn it. 2. when you move, you have to lug them with you. 3. google is faster, bigger, and better. 4. paper is an archaic technology. 5. books take up s
Post.aspx?Title=Top+5+Reasons+not+to+Pack+your+Cubicle+or+Office+with+Books - Post -    1/2/2008 11:01:33 AM

Top 7 Reasons to Shop Online

this entry is in direct response to asktog's post entitled "top 10 reasons to not shop on line". split infinitives and broken words aside, he makes some points that would seem valid to a new user who just picked up an aol trial cd. fortunately, we're a li
Post.aspx?Title=Top+7+Reasons+to+Shop+Online - Post -    1/2/2008 3:06:32 AM

Top 10 Speed Tweaks for Windows Vista

so, apparently now i'm doing top 10 lists. the title kind of explains the intent of this post, so i won't bother explaining it for you. some of these tips also apply to windows xp. 1. add 4gb usb2 flash drive and use readyboost readyboost speeds up
Post.aspx?Title=Top+10+Speed+Tweaks+for+Windows+Vista - Post -    1/2/2008 1:47:09 AM

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