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.
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).
To elaborate:
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.
Update 2006-02-20: I noticed that the presence of an adbox in an article resulted in the script erasing the entire article. That problem has now been fixed and the script will now also remove adboxes in articles.
Update 2006-03-08: For the last week or so, I’ve been locked out of my UserScripts.org account because I forgot which spamgourmet.com alias I used to sign up and, since no confirmation e-mail was sent, the alias was never added to the list of active aliases. I will continue to look for a way to contact the userscripts.org guys to ask for a confirmation e-mail so I know what my login name is, but it may take a while.
Update 2010-02-18: Some time in the last year or two, I regained access to my UserScripts.org account, but I’ve lost interest in maintaining this script in favor of more original and useful projects. My advice is to use AdBlock Plus but, if you really need something more specialized, let me know and I’ll see if I can find time to bring this back into working order.
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.
Finally, after nearly a decade, I got lucky and found a copy of some music I really liked after hearing it in a shareware game. (BrickLayer) The link is to it’s page on the creator’s official site so you can rest assured that it’s a completely legal download. There’s also two fan-made alternate versions (a MIDI version and a remix).
My apologies for being too busy to do any proper posting.
Having reviewed my schedule, I now know I may not be able to find very much time to post for a while. As such, I’ve cleaned up my Fanfiction.net favorites lists and at least 90% of the stories listed are stories I haven’t had time to review.
I will continue to add stories as I find time to do so and I’ll add a link to it from the main site during it’s next update.
In case you’re wondering why I haven’t written any fanfiction, let me say this: I’d like to, I have ideas, and I don’t write crap. The problem is that I have trouble allowing even my first drafts to be crap so I end up stalling and getting side-tracked into things I can do with less trial and error (like writing programs).
Putfile – Shadow of the Collosus Subliminal Messages
My brother just linked me to this video clip. I’m willing to offer a negotiable reward of services and/or electronic goods (files, not things you plug into the wall) in exchange for either the name or a copy of the music that is used in it. If you provide the actual music, the file must have accurate source data (Title and artist or album as appropriate) either as a separate text file, or in the metadata (ID3 tag or equivalent).
If you’d prefer to keep your response secret, you may use the contact form on my main site.
I'm Stephan, a Linux user with a passion for open-source, UI/UX design, and exploring what makes fiction work.
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