Author: Andrew

  • Total Posts: 56

I own this saloon

Sucker for illusions

on August 26th, 2005 ( 10 )
An optical illusion

The “A” square is the same color as the “B” square.. Impossible to believe but its true. My color picker turns out both squares as color #787878 .. Simply amazing.

Have a look at the creator’s site for explanations etc. I’m also a big fan of this one: The Kofka Ring.

Reality TV Consulting

on August 23rd, 2005 ( 5 )

You’ve always wanted to be on reality TV. You sent applications to TV networks, but never got accepted. You just have to get on TV and make a fool of yourself, but you haven’t gotten any acceptance letter from Big Brother yet. What is a Middle America Television Slave Zombie to do?

Hire a consultant to get you on TV. That’s right, pay money to make yourself look like an idiot! Woohoo!

There is a new site that, for $25 a year, will try to get you on TV. Just jot down all your exotic qualities (TV likes people who have nipple piercings) and a bunch of execs will comb through the database of applicants for the right kind of idiots. You know, one black guy, one jew, and twenty blonde retards. Then they’ll contact you and get you on TV. Nothing could be easier!

Millions of Americans apply every year to be on Reality Television for personal fulfillment, to find love, change careers, or simply to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity. RTVStar.com provides you with the most simple, yet sophisticated, way to pursue your RTV dream.

HA! How very sad.

Announcing Jalecode

on August 18th, 2005 ( 3 )

I’m announcing Jalecode, a new blog dedicated to coding. In short, that means no more code will be appearing here. I’ll be leaving Democracy, Wordspew and Doc Search here.

Hopefully my friends and other readers will find it more pleasant and more focused because of this. And maybe they’ll start freaking posting again. I probably could get into the posting groove too. It’s been awhile since I’ve really had something to say. So, get on it!

Today I spent from 11 am to 7pm finishing my math homework. Turned in all 14 pages at 8:00 pm. It really got me into that school groove again. Not sure if that’s good or bad. I think all the coding lately has helped with my math skills. The concentrated mindset and the appreciation of semantics really helps.

I’ve just returned from a trip to Portland, a very lovely city. I wouldn’t mind living there in the future. A few more rednecks than Berkeley, but I guess that’s true anywhere.

New Design

on August 9th, 2005 ( 30 )

This site has been squeezed into some new trousers! I was really unsatisfied with the clutter of the last design, and how everything had a dropshadow and rounded corners etc. This design is a vast simplification and beautification. Please, tell me what you think of it.

I’m fairly certain I’ve broken things here and there, so let me know if you find anything in need of fixing.
Suggestions welcome.

Overpopulation

on July 24th, 2005 ( 7 )

Offtone produces superb content, but this one can’t be missed. Aaron talks of overpopulation, something that has bugged me and something I’ve been meaning to blog about, but he’s beaten me to it and the comments have covered a lot of good points. So, I expect to see you all jumping into the discussion over there.

Codex Search Plugin

on July 19th, 2005 ( 21 )

This plugin gives your WordPress admin panel a Codex searching feature. Whenever you need help with WordPress, just type into the search box and you’ll have all its information at your fingertips. This plugin is a collaborative effort of Owen Winkler and me. Also thanks to Robert Deaton for coding slower than us. The first version was literally started and finished in 5 minutes, but now its branched into something much more usable. Check out the screenshot. Huzzah!

Update: Version 1.3 is Owen’s release. It fixes Safari support and makes other tweaks. Check out his page for this plugin at RedAlt.

Update: Version 1.3.1 is my release. Small tweak for Safari creating a big gap in the footer. Also, filters the results and takes out redundancies in the summaries, makes them MUCH cleaner to look at. I think I’ve perfected the CSS as well. Tweaked the search queries to not include Codex results in the Forum section. Also, I localized the button and some text with the __() function

Search the Codex from your admin panel

Download version 1.3.1 of Codex Search. Released July 21, 2005

Installation: Very simple. Upload to your plugins folder (/wp-content/plugins/), then activate the plugin in your admin panel. That’s all!