If you have a great idea, you need to tell Google. They’re wanting to give $10 million to help fund great ideas. Learn more about this at CNN. Of course, I’ve had plenty of great ideas that would help benefit all of humanity, but by now I’ve forgotten them all! Too bad for me!
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Error (ERROR_STORAGE_FAILURE)
I migrated a Menalto Gallery 2 website, and I also got this error right away. Error (ERROR_STORAGE_FAILURE)
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Error (ERROR_PLATFORM_FAILURE)
I migrated a Menalto Gallery 2 site, and I got this error right away. Error (ERROR_PLATFORM_FAILURE) It’s a permissions issue. The fix: steve$ chmod -R 777 g2data Give your g2data folder (could be another name; this is the folder that holds your gallery 2 data) write permissions, and the error should disappear.
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September 23, 2008
1 CommentMicrosoft’s new ad campaigns, I’m a PC, Life Without Walls, says nothing
I’m a diehard Mac user. I’m not an anti-windows type of guy; I’ve got nothing against Microsoft or Windows or anything else they provide. The reasons I use Mac are mostly because I prefer the operating system and the applications. I’m not big on Apple’s gadgets either; I’d much rather they focused more on their [...]
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September 23, 2008
2 CommentsPeople doubt how quickly we can find information
I remember being a kid in public school, I don’t know, elementary or middle school, and we had to go to the library to do little research projects. Back and forth to and from the card catalog, into the reference section, and through the nonfiction aisles of books. All we had to do was find [...]
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September 21, 2008
3 CommentsFabio got hit in the face with a goose!
Did anyone hear about this? Fabio was riding a roller coaster at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia. He was in the front seat of Apollo’s Chariot. A goose just happened to be flying by, and it hit Fabio right in the face! I feel bad for old Fabio, but the whole concept is kinda funny. You [...]
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I want a Sea Breacher or gas-powered Dolphin!
http://www.innespace.com/ Has anyone seen or heard about these things? They look seriously awesome! It’s like driving a jet ski, except you’re more like a dolphin. You can go underwater and jump around and stuff. The guy in the video was doing barrel rolls! Check out the video on youtube: More info: Innespace
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Alternative to sIFR: FLIR, an image-based replacement tool
sIFR is a tool that allows novelty and custom fonts to be used on web pages. It uses javascript and flash to take text (commonly headings), hide it, and replace it with a flash-based alternative. It’s pretty clever and works pretty damn well.
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Programmable Matter: computerized robotized play-doh, aka Claytronics
Think of millions of tiny robots, each with their own computer processors, programs, and stuff like that, plus add in some LEDs. Now put a few million together. Now imagine that they can stick together like magnets. Now add in some logic, and think about what could be done. What could these things actually do?
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10 Tips for new or aspiring web designers
A friend recently asked if I had any tips for him, as he’s getting ready to go full time into his own small web design business. I’ve been in the field for a good number of years now, and I guess i have some tips to share. So here’s a quick (and very incomplete!) list [...]
