Why would you want to know what I'm thinking? Weirdos.
I had a large directory of images that were all randomly named. None of them had file extensions or anything. So, I wrote up some lines of bash that uses ImageMagick to figure out what type of images these were, and then give them a random filename based on the MD5 hash of the current name. This way everything was at least normalized.
I've always been morally divided on using Kiva, since the service is great, but they require paying with PayPal. I wrote them a while back and asked if they had any intentions on offering other payment methods, but they said that had no plans to offer additional methods. Today, I decided that I am going to stop using Kiva until they offer other ways to pay. I sent them this message to let them know why.
There was a commercial for Clear wireless internet on TV. The commercial says "Hot dogs don't have contracts, your internet should be more like a hot dog." Then Brett replies "No, hot dogs should be more like the internet, then you could play games on them."
I created a page detailing the current state of my phone. Thought people might be curious as to what ROM, kernel and other mods I prefer, so I threw this page together giving that info, and links where to download everything.
I finally decided to install a custom ROM on my Galaxy Nexus. I was initially planning to keep the phone on the stock ROM for as long as possible, but I decided that I wanted to get the lastest bug fixes from Android 4.0.3 and it seems like Google is never going to push them out. The ROM I went with is GummyNex. I've been very happy with it so far. It adds toggles to the notification shade for all the wireless functions such as Wifi, Bluetooth and even the 4G. I also like that I can add a dedicated search button to the bottom of the search. I miss having that and it's annoying to try and find where the search feature is in particular apps.
I noticed that there wasn't much out there when it came to just simply displaying a calendar on a website. Most the examples I found were overly complicated. So, I came up with a little snippet of code that outputs a calendar for any given month and displays it as an HTML table.
I haven't heard much talk about this angle of it, but what would passage of SOPA mean for the US web hosting industry? Is it possible that many companies will move their hosting out of the country?
I'm on the lookout for a web designer for a small project that I'm working on. This would not be a paid gig or anything, but something that could be added to a portfolio. I don't imagine it would be much work, just need a general design layout of a site. I can take care of all the coding backend of things. If anyone is willing to help out with this, it'd be much appreciated. Let me know, and I'll message you the details.
My kids have become Minecraft addicts. It's been a struggle this summer getting them to balance computer time with summer activities. Minecraft does have it's benefits though. The kids have been chatting in the game a lot and their typing skills have had massive improvements due to this. Playing this game has caused them for the first time to have a need to type fast on the computer.
I will sometimes go into my kid's room when they are not there, and I will look around and try to absorb everything I look at. I will think about all the things that are present in that room and try to imagine what it would be like to be a little kid and that room is all that I know. In a way, it is somewhat disturbing to me. I try and wonder what it is like to be one of my children. I worry about what their life is like. I fear that their life may not be as good as the childhood that I experienced.