2006-02-28
Wired 14.03: PLAY
Wired 14.03: PLAY - Anatomy of a Nerd
I prefer geeks, but progress is progress.
2006-02-27
Last.fm
For those who haven’t heard of it, Last.fm is one of those sites which keeps statistics on what you play and recommends new stuff. It’s the backend behind the new weekly music summary section in the sidebar.
However, at the moment, I don’t have the plugin enabled due to a bug in it’s interaction with my rather unusual audio system. I’m working on correcting it.
I thought I’d share the link anyway.
Anime: Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
I normally don’t review anime, but in this case I’ll make an exception. I’m not a mecha fan, so keep this in mind while reading: I value characters, comedy, and plot when choosing an anime. Things like fight scenes, whether in person, or in a giant robot, don’t affect my rating unless they crowd out stuff I like.
First, I’d like to say that this series is pretty much exactly what I’d make if I had the talent and opportunity. The only exception being the gender issues (which are pretty much a given when you’re watching Japanese product).
2006-02-17
New deviantART ad-removing Greasemonkey Script
My deviantART ad-killing userscript for Greasemonkey
A few days ago, I noticed that the deviantART people had made some changes which had broken the Greasemonkey script I was using to remove the ad boxes (the ads were still blocked by a different layer of protection).
As such, I wrote a new one and decided to one-up the previous scripts while I was at it. This one blocks ALL of the ads I could find.
Oh, as a sidenote to any geeks who read this, take a look at the code if you want to know how to match the parent/grandparent objects of three different ads using only one XPath expression.
2006-02-09
Status update
Well, I’ve been very busy, so sorry for no updates, but at least I can show off one of the minor nice things I did manage to do. Here’s a screenshot of my new Conky setup. If any geeks see this and want a copy of my .conkyrc file, ask and ye shall receive. I’m too lazy to upload it manually and It’a too big to quote in the post body.
