Archive for August, 2004
macgeeks.net
MacGeeks.net is up!
Took me a while to get it going. Im using Mambo as the CMS, is not too bad at all and has some good add-on modules.
I also chose to go witha custom forum module as well instead of phpbb and the likes, mainly cause it integrates a lot better and has all [...]
PeeCee Parts - the great upgrade part 5
The fan finally arrived. Friday morning, 3 days after it was sent overnight express post - good ol Australia Post
But yeah, the fan is great, amazing the difference a good fan can make. My video card isnt too hot to touch now
Got everything installed again on my new PeeCee, ghosted [...]
PeeCee Parts - the great upgrade part 4
Could this get any more painful??
As you know from previous posts, the video card fan didnt arrive yesterday. The fan was sent from Wynnum in QLD, to Rockhampton in QLD via Express Post. I have confirmation that it should be overnight postage from Wynnum to here, but as yet nothing.
I just got off the phone [...]
PulpFiction = PulpBugtion ??
I use PulpFiction Lite, and for most things its great. However, is it just me or is it buggy??
Take a look at this screenshot and see if you can see anything weird.
Your back? Ok, heres whats wrong:
1) Notice how next to the inbox there is no number - representing that there are no unread feeds [...]
PeeCee Parts - the great upgrade part 3
Finding a fan for my video card wasnt as easy as i first though…
I went to all the local computer places and none of them had anything even close to what i needed. One shop said no straight up.
At another i walked in with my card and the following dialog occured:
Shop attendant: “Is that [...]
Whats in the dock?
Whats in the dock, in the dock. Whats in the dock today?
Following on from the previous post… heres a screenshot of my current dock.
From left to right - Finder (duh), SubethaEdit, Terminal, XCode, PulpFiction Lite, Safari, Netscape, OmniWeb, Firefox, Launchbar, Mail, MSN, iChat, Grab, iPhoto.
Usually my dock doesnt have all the browsers in it, [...]
Web Browsers
With the recent release of Omniweb 5 and Netscape 7.2, heres my thoughts…
OmniWeb 5 - Looks nice and funky, has some good features, BUT lags like an ant walking through honey on my 12inch powerbook. Example - i was downloading the new netscape in the background through safari, and Omniweb was extremely slow at responding [...]
PeeCee Upgrade Pics!
Heres some piccies…
XLib Window Manager
Following on from a previous post, my weekly goal this week is to understand the XLib based window manager in the book i have well enough that i can modify it successfully.
Its one thing to be able to reuse something, its another thing entirely to understand it.
Phd Update
Made a new category specifically for my PHD - woohoo!
Today i actually did a bit of work. Ive got a book that builds a basic window manager, a lot like that i have to do. Ive thought about jsut copying the code and modifying it, and ill probably do that, but i thought first id [...]
PeeCee Parts - the great upgrade part 2
So i finally got the parts i ordered. There was a BIG ordeal last friday with them. I was told that i would receieve them by 1:30pm Friday. Anyway, 2pm comes and nothing, so i call up the courier and am told that i would get it definately by 4:30pm (after having to tell them [...]
Website Goal Update
Ok, im not making excuses, but here goes.
Ran into some slight problems earlier on in the week, but i managed to get them sorted out later on the week.
Heres the current status - ive got one of the admin pages done, the others are basically copies of that one page and just changing the sql [...]
Friday the 13th
* dims lights *
* starts scary music *
* turns on light fog machine *
Now that the scene is set - Have a good (or not so good) Friday the 13th
* kill the fog *
* kill the music *
* and turn the damn lights back on! *
Great truths about growing old
1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you’re down there.
4) You’re getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a [...]
Great truths that adults have learnt
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don’t hurt.
3) Families are like fudge…mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It’s like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not [...]
Great Truths That Little Children Have Learnt:
1) No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don’t let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can’t trust dogs to [...]
PeeCee Parts - the great upgrade part 1
Ordered some PC parts yesterday. Ita time for the annual upgrading of the machines where me and my mum buy new parts and upgrade both our machines. In most cases i get the new parts and she gets my parts that have been upgraded - so we both get a speed and performace upgrade.
This year [...]
Photos
Some more photos from my iPhoto archive.
These ones were taken when i went home at the beginnning of this year for my sisters wedding.
The local river, Blue cloudy sky, Flower in the front pond and sunsets over the back fence.
enjoy.
Tax 2004
Submitted my tax a few minutes ago with eTax, should get a decent refund.
One thing that annoys me with eTax is their predicatable ‘Windows has the highest market share so only cater for them’ attitude. eTax only runs on windows PC’s, their solution for mac people? Use Virtual PC or some kind of emulator - [...]
WebSite
Goal - To get the website ive been working on for the past few months completed and out of the way.
easy? Lets hope so….