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Porn break
by AnarchyX at 31 August, 2006 - 2:46 PM
http://www.motherman.com
Latest comment: 01 September 06, 4:58 AM

Holy crap
by muhgcee at 30 August, 2006 - 9:26 AM
Latest comment: 30 August 06, 11:54 AM

Software/Hardware Partnership Percentages
by elfie at 29 August, 2006 - 2:37 AM
I'm sure some of you know that I was (am) involved in a bit of a business where I wrote some awesome software but because I was under the employ of the sellers of said software at the time, I was lucky to receive even a fraction of a percentage of ownership.

So... here's the new situation. I am starting a new business partnership (not with the same company) where I am 100% writing and maintaining updates to the software and someone else (a company of about 3 people) is going to sell the software, buy and sell the hardware that it runs on, and provide support and other services to the customers (some customers will provide their own hardware).

This is not a work-for-hire. I will receive a percentage of every sale of the software. The question is... what is a fair percentage? Neither of us has experience in this sort of partnership and neither of us wants to shortchange the other (or ourselves).
Latest comment: 30 August 06, 4:15 AM

Things I've gotten from Craigslist
by ralph at 29 August, 2006 - 2:29 AM
So, since Ben got his bike from Craigslist I've been thinking....over the past 3 or 4 years, I've been pretty lucky with CL as well. I've decided to make a list of the things that I've gotten from there...feel free to add to the list.

Here goes:
Latest comment: 31 August 06, 2:33 PM

Flickr Geotagging
by ben at 29 August, 2006 - 12:20 AM
via /.: I think this is pretty damn impressive too. Geotag your flickr photos simply and quickly... i think Yahoo! is really starting to create some strong new apps to compete with Google.

This is what I like about competition in the web space... it's driving more products to the end user, and one of the strongest driving forces is usability. Granted, this site isn't the best at it, but i'm also not licensing out the software, hehehe
Latest comment: 29 August 06, 12:20 AM

Windows Vista RC1
by ben at 28 August, 2006 - 11:49 PM
so it looks like the new version of windows should be out as early as today...

personally, i don't know anyone here who would be rushing to get it, so maybe i will... i think i'll try it out on the box in the living room... why not?

if you're interested, here's where to register to get it, though it costs $9.94 to get the discs, and it will arrive as soon as they're released.
Latest comment: 30 August 06, 11:51 AM

my bike...
by ben at 28 August, 2006 - 10:36 PM
I wanted to ride my bike to work today, but I'm afraid there's a 60% chance that that's a bad idea
Latest comment: 28 August 06, 10:36 PM

my bike!
by ben at 27 August, 2006 - 5:46 AM
in a surprising display of usefulness, i found an ad on CL for almost exactly the bike i was looking for... hooray!
Latest comment: 28 August 06, 6:13 AM

Pop Quiz, Hot Shot
by elfie at 25 August, 2006 - 9:28 AM
In Javascript, how do I get the current width of the page in a way that will work in both IE and FF? document.width works in FF, but not in IE.

For bonus points, how do I get the width of a div while it's hidden? obj.offsetWidth only works when the div is visible. Note that I have set a specific width for the div in the stylesheet.
Latest comment: 30 August 06, 9:20 AM

For Great Justice!
by rich at 24 August, 2006 - 2:37 AM
"The truck driver had stopped to help a lady with a [stalled] vehicle," Mr. Ruefly recalled. "The trailer was half on the shoulder, half in the right lane. Its lights were off. I switched lanes at 55 mph. I never even saw it. The next thing I know, I'm in the back seat of my truck, and the engine is in the front seat."
With his hip shattered and truck destroyed, Mr. Ruefly had to endure one more parting shot from the bridge.
"As the ambulance starts to leave, we get a few feet, then we have to stop again because the drawbridge opened up," he said with a chuckle. "We had to wait almost an half-hour before they could get me to shock trauma. But that's typical of the Wilson Bridge."
Latest comment: 22 April 08, 4:21 AM

It's just a nice place to eat!
by ben at 23 August, 2006 - 7:09 AM
who wants to take a trip to bombay with me?
we can eat here
Latest comment: 30 August 06, 9:13 AM

This is what you want to see coming out of Tel Aviv University...
by ben at 23 August, 2006 - 2:37 AM
"researchers create microwave drill/death ray"
Latest comment: 23 August 06, 2:37 AM

Improving Concentration/Attention
by muhgcee at 22 August, 2006 - 10:55 AM
I am currently half-intentionally unemployed. I say half intentionally because I was rather picky about some jobs that I didn't go for, and narrowly missed three that would have been sweet.

So I decided to take a few months off to get my CCNP so that the next time around I will have a better chance of getting the sweet job that I want.

Anyway, all is going pretty well so far as far as the studying goes. It would be going more pretty well if I could concentrate better. I was trying to think today about ways to increase my attention span. Here's what I have thought of so far, and I would appreciate your comments on your experiences with these things in improving your concentration:
- vitamins
- energy drinks
- exercise in the morning

Except for today, I have at least used a good environment for studying - mostly libraries and sometimes coffee shops.

We study so much in our lives, especially in college, that it is surprising to me that there is so little said about how to study effectively. I mean, you never really see any studies out there on how to study better. Maybe the scientists got side-tracked.
Latest comment: 25 August 06, 1:28 AM

Zombie Flash Mob
by muhgcee at 20 August, 2006 - 10:34 AM
Copy/paste from my site. Read full text for pictures.

I read about a Zombie flash mob happening today at Powell and Market streets here in San Francisco. I didn't have anything to do today until later, so I thought I might as well hop on the 45 and check it out.

I got there 5 minutes before the mayhem broke out. I was surprised by the amount of zombies that showed up. Great fun.
Latest comment: 21 August 06, 11:16 PM

Emperor Norton
by muhgcee at 19 August, 2006 - 12:31 PM
Ben, your site wouldn't let me do the HTML correctly in the short text field. I could only do it in the long text field. Anyway, read the full article to see the picture.
Latest comment: 20 August 06, 11:22 PM

Ze Frank Parody???
by ben at 19 August, 2006 - 3:44 AM
i caught this from the comments (achoo!)... what do you guys think? he's about 80% there, i say
Latest comment: 19 August 06, 4:41 AM

Fensler Film GI Joe archive
by ben at 18 August, 2006 - 7:31 AM
Finally found that it's online...
whoops, forgot... no links on the front page now...
Latest comment: 22 August 06, 10:36 AM

BACCANÀLE!
by ben at 17 August, 2006 - 7:19 AM
yes, i know that's not how it's spelled... it's my party and i'll spell it however i want!

now... September 2 sounds like a good day for a party, so I'm going to have one. We like to have reasons for parties around here, so, here's some, take your pick:
Latest comment: 05 September 06, 8:55 AM

Happy Birthday!
by ralph at 16 August, 2006 - 6:03 AM
Happy Birthday, Ben. I was going to call you, but decided that I'd share my knowledge of your birthday with the world.

Oh, since this site is oh so very "Web 2.0", I did a GIS for "web 2.0 balloons". I think that you'll agree that what I found was a good birthday present.

Happy birthday, man.
Latest comment: 17 August 06, 9:17 AM

Botched Paramilitary Police Raids
by rich at 15 August, 2006 - 11:08 AM
An interactive google map.

http://www.cato.org/raidmap/
Latest comment: 23 August 06, 3:48 AM

Time Travel Gag
by elfie at 15 August, 2006 - 5:38 AM
Someone should totally do this and film the reactions.

You get some vaguely/slightly futuristic-looking clothes. Make it plausible, somewhat based on current trends, you're probably aiming for maybe ten years in the future. You can most likely make do with an interesting combination of whatever clothes you currently own. For emphasis, make a fake tour T-shirt for a band that doesn't exist and mark it "Wold Tour 2008" or something. The point is to make it look plausible that you might come from the future.

Then just run out into the street, select somebody at random and shout at them, "What's the date today?! Quickly, tell me!"

When they respond, you shout, "What YEAR, man, what YEAR is this?!"

And when they respond again you go, "Noooo! They've sent me back too far!" or "I'm too late! It's all going to happen again!"

Then you run away again.
Latest comment: 15 August 06, 5:38 AM

Jesus H. Christ
by rich at 14 August, 2006 - 3:01 AM
What does the "H" mean when people say "Jesus H. Christ".

Was that his middle name? Does it indemnify one for using the lords name in vain, or does it excentuate the the vainness? What is going on here?

I want to know. I demand to know.

Help me out here
Latest comment: 17 August 06, 9:15 AM

Audio problems on Publish through Flash 8 and Captivate
by mffree at 10 August, 2006 - 7:16 AM
I am going to call into adobe on this problem too but figured I would see if anyone here knows or has trun into this:

From time to time, through both Captivate and FLash 8 I have seen instances upon publishing that some audio clips imported into a slide(captivate) or timeline(flash) will sound muffled.This only happens occasionally and usually what I have done in the past to get things to work out has been:
1. restart the computer
2. delete the audioand slide and then reimport the audio on the timeline/slide
3. drink

I first had this happen to me using captivate and now have experienced the same problem in flash where one sound clip(when tested while in editing mode inside flash sounds perfect) upon publishing it sounds like the person is talking in a cave...on that clip only and thne goes back to how it should sound on the next clip in the timeline.

anyone?
files have been imported as both wav and mp3's

Latest comment: 10 August 06, 7:16 AM

Forgotten World (AKA Old School Neverwinter nights)
by n0manarmy at 10 August, 2006 - 3:28 AM
Well, I had written this massive post about Forgotten World but Ben's site whored me and when I clicked "preach it jim!" it brought me back to a blank entry. So here you go, the short version.

www.forgottenworld.com
Latest comment: 10 August 06, 8:57 AM

firefox dies
by ben at 09 August, 2006 - 12:04 PM
every time i open up FF, i get this... sweet
Latest comment: 10 August 06, 3:12 AM

Technical Architecture Documentation
by ben at 08 August, 2006 - 3:19 AM
Has anyone done it? Do you have experience with it? What "deliverables" do you produce? I have UML class diagrams of the objects, what else should there be? How granular, how broad? I have 4.44 days, starting next Wednesday, to complete this...

also, FTB doesn't work in Opera... whoops
Latest comment: 09 August 06, 11:50 PM

Help Wanted
by elfie at 07 August, 2006 - 11:25 PM
I have two projects at the moment that I need a little assistance with.
Latest comment: 15 August 06, 1:02 AM

From my friend who is busy getting his fuck on in Latin America
by muhgcee at 07 August, 2006 - 8:05 AM
Andy: i hooked up with the most beautiful woman last night
me: hah nice
Andy: like, her face was kind of messed up
but her body was absolutely amazing
me: haha
how was her face messed up?
Andy: she sort of had acne
and her nose was kind of crooked
Beautiful, indeed.
Latest comment: 07 August 06, 8:05 AM

lowbrow, back?
by ben at 07 August, 2006 - 12:23 AM
so i went back on a whim to check lowbrow.com, and lo and behold, the messages were gone. boo. I always liked Sarah's moment... but anyway, they are still there, they are just having people call in to leave messages about their topic of the week, then at the end of the week, you get to download all of the messages for that week. pretty weak, i know, but maybe about 3 or 4 of the items every week have been gems, and they're worth it... i suppose. hehehe. anyway, it's only mildly entertaining, but it's all i have for monday morning...
Latest comment: 07 August 06, 12:23 AM

Got System?
by Dan at 04 August, 2006 - 3:34 AM
Need r00t on a local windows box? Taken from SANS http://isc.sans.org/index_cached.php Flash demo: http://www.projectstreamer.com/users/r0t0r00t3r/xp_priv_esc/xp_priv_esc.html
Latest comment: 04 August 06, 3:34 AM

breaking google
by ben at 04 August, 2006 - 3:27 AM
do a google search for cmd.exe browser independant
Latest comment: 06 August 06, 4:03 AM

Pimping like a whore
by mffree at 03 August, 2006 - 9:20 AM
Because I am trying to increase traffic specifically to their site, Check out Dobler's Pen Myspace
Latest comment: 03 August 06, 12:52 PM

Holy Crap!
by mffree at 03 August, 2006 - 9:01 AM
wow this looks great! I really like the swishy graphic at the top. Looks very adverty. :)The Graphic Designer in me is smiling :D
Latest comment: 03 August 06, 9:14 AM

HOLY POOP! V5!
by elfie at 02 August, 2006 - 10:24 AM
FIRST POST! :-D
Latest comment: 14 August 06, 7:18 AM

plugs
by ben at 01 August, 2006 - 4:43 AM
i put a link on the link-o-matic to my brother's cigar store, cigargoyle.com... if you smoke cigars, go check it out!

check iiiiiit!
Latest comment: 03 August 06, 6:57 AM

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