Whiskers and all associated services will be down Fri July 9 and into Saturday to accomodate a power upgrade at the hosting facility. It is a cause for much celebration. And we get a kernel upgrade in the process.
Summer is almost here - time to get the lead out!
It's going really well! By the way, it was my birthday on the 23rd! Happy birthday to me. More information about the super secret project as it comes... stay tuned =D
It turns out that it really is bad for you. Who knew?get it out of our food now!
OMG! Thanks Pe_Ell for pointing out that one can finally use .ttf files in webpages. I spent my time instead developing a small javascript program to convert elements into absolute divs positioned relatively, manipulating background-position on an image to do its dirty work. I think I like both solutions.read more
10 Ideas for how to stimulate a society? These are great ideas, but not as long as the picture of the future is imagined as "a boot stamping on a human face -- for ever" (Orwell, 1949). Think you can convince people to change? 10 ideas for change link
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, a man named Bill Basham created one of the first online chat systems for the Apple II+ and IIe.
Back then it was called a "CB Simulator", as the command terminology was designed around the language used in Citizen's Band and amateur radio circles. Once you dialed in and entered your password (or hit RETURN on an open-to-guests or "unlocked" system, you would be dropped into a room with other callers. You could type /hHandle to enter the nickname or 'handle' you wanted to use, or use /tN to 'tune' to channels 1, 2, 3, or 4 (channels 1 & 2 for public conversation, 3 and 4 for two-person private chat). It had limited support for email (which required a 64k Apple IIe with the 64k RAM expansion option to store the email) and had 240 character "message slots" from /ma to /mz. It was truly a pioneer in its time.
Who among us doesn't want to return to the fun filled days of three hundred baud and a limit of seven lines per chat system? I know I do! Thanks to modern emulation, I was able to turn those dreams into reality. I faithfully recreated my favorite old system, Savage Frontier, back in 2007. It will continue to run as a testament to that era. In fact, why don't you check it out right now? Go back in time!
I spend a lot of time listening to the best Internet hardcore radio station, kraftyradio.com. To give back, I've set up a chat statistics page. It uses pisg and some custom sed scripts to customize it (pisg's internal table design is screaming for a makeover).Check it out!
It's been a long time in coming, but I've finally got around to delving into almost everything there is to know about web development using the latest in - ubuntu, html, css, javascript, jquery, ruby, sinatra, haml, sass, markdown, git. I've put together this little page to showcase all my software. Too bad that most of it can't be released (or even named names) because it would violate copyrights.
I hope you enjoy. Love, Mouse