Upgrades people, upgrades. No more of this broken-down, used up, out-mode junk! The WordPress 2.6 I was using has been traded up to a newer release. The change went smoothly and the early reviews of the site show there are no harmful side-effects.
My one word of caution to anyone running an old version, never fear the change and always read the documentation. The WordPress upgrade page was accurate and made my change go as smooth as a newborn’s rear. The backend (or rear!) of the application is also very nice. It has a sort of iGoogle feel to it, but not too tough to get around in. The only real reason I didn’t make any upgrades to the site before now, was there was nothing going wrong with the site…until this morning that is.
EDS-Online was hacked by a phisher, masquerading as a bank from the UK. It seems that one of my portfolio designs was no longer secure and my WordPress index page was deleted. They had access to, and had placed a phishing site within, my directory. Not too malicious, just annoying. All seems to be repaired and the crack in the old armor has been patched up. Rather quickly I might add. I had securities in place within an hour (stopping all access to the phishing site) and the site was upgraded and back live in about 4 hours total. I of course had to work around my work schedule to get it done. But my boss was none the wiser, as I completed all tasks anyway! Yes, I am usually a multitasking nightmare, but not today!
Now I can go back to my blissful existence of ignorance and tube watching! By the way, my Penguins just killed the Capitals last night… 6-2! Way to go boys.
To add to the list of great time-wasting activities online, the YouTube photo hunt is the ultimate interactive matching game. Each level has a time to beat. Complete each level, without cheating (i.e. pausing or restarting the video), to continue on. The first level, Meryl Streep will be on this page, the following levels will be on YouTube. I made it to level 19 with retrying….how far can you go?
Well, I have been waiting to write this post for quite some time now. Being in Eve Online for a little over a year now, I have had the pleasure of being in a few fleet engagements. I have had the most fun, being part of fleets that are run well, by successful Fleet Commanders (FCs). These particular FCs had the benefit of a very useful tool. It was simply called the Fleet Tool. It was written in PHP and had the ability to be accessed by both the FC and all pilots to be in the fleet.
Now I never had the opportunity to see the code for it, but since I am a programmer I decided to get started on it. I don’t know whether or not it makes use of flat files or a database, but I chose to make use of MySQL.
Ever have time to kill and not know a quick and fun way to waste those few silly minutes at the end of the workday? Well, the Eyeball Game is one way to do that. I have taken a few different online tests and whatnot. I remembered that I am considered a spacial/visual person. That means I am good at visualizing something and I can match distances (i.e. pixel spacing) or shapes.
So this game takes you through the different tasks three times, to get an average score of how close you are to perfection. The lower the number, the better. My best score is 3.55, can you beat me?
Not only has my search for TV online been successful, but I was interested in using a published source for a college paper and I found a new website, Mygazines, that has an excellent service! You can, once again, create a free account to view articles in recently published magazines. The system is Flash-based and is quite easy to use. Full magazines and special articles are available for viewing at your convenience. The selection of print media is vast, with magazines from North America, South America, Europe
Titles include Popular Science, Maxim, Sports Illustrated, Better Homes and Gardens and so much more! Books are also slowly, but steadily, being added to the site. Go check it out, you may never buy another magazine again.
I have spent many hours scouring the web, trying desperately to find free broadcasts of live TV. In my wanderings, I stumbled on Hulu and enjoy frequenting the service often. Hulu is a site/service that has made agreements with Hollywood, to allow re”broadcasts” of both TV shows and select movies.
The site has a fairly wide selection of both classic and current televisions shows. The best part of these shows is the fact that there are minimal interruptions of only three or four 30 sec. commercials. The TV selection ranges from shows the likes of Heroes and 30 Rock, to classics like Starsky & Hutch and I Spy. Not all shows have all episodes listed, and some listings only include clips. Show genres include talk shows, cartoons and sporting events.
The movie choices range in a similar time frame (1960′s to present), with many genres and rating levels. Rated “R” movies require logging in, and signing up for a user account is free. Some movies also have limited 30 sec. commercials, but some only have an initial advertisement/preview for an upcoming movie release with no further interruptions!
Some shows and movies are available in “hi-res” 480p audio and video, while others are only shown in 360p. The pop-up feature also allows for the movie to be shown in a separate window, for convenient viewing on a secondary monitor if one is connected to your system. This gives the advantage of watching while working!
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