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Posting
Jun 5th
I know, I haven’t posted in a while. It’s not that I’ve been doing nothing, it’s that I’ve been too busy lately to even sit down at my computer, let alone make a post! In fact, there was a whole week where I didn’t even turn it on! I couldn’t believe it either. 200 e-mails much?
Since I posted last, I took a trip up to the states to deliver a new boat (Details on Facebook). The trip back to the Bahamas was both long and short. It only took 20 hours, but when you are on shift from 3AM to 12PM, it can mess with your head. Suffice it to say, I had a nice long sleep that day when I got back.
So, whats new on the interwebs…?
I made a few changes to www.ngclan.net (New homepage) and made some changes to this site (beta.tascrafts.com coming soon!)
My GeoIP database has over 2500 entries now! w00t! (Click)
Oh, I fiddled around and came up with a new site idea! It’s an image uploading and exchange site. Upload an image, and you get a random one back uploaded by someone else. I’m gonna put a few more features on it in the next few days. www.imgswp.com
Still have quesions about LOST?
Jun 3rd
If you’re one of those die-hard LOST fans, maybe you should get in touch with the producers and find out the answers to the following:
Zegoe Font Pack
May 10th
Zegoe: Microsoft’s Zune’s font
If you’ve seen or tried a Zune, you notice the very sleek, very readable, font it uses. This font was and still is used in their marketing and software.
Computer Operating Systems in Hollywood
May 7th
1. Any PERMISSION DENIED error message has an OVERRIDE function.
2. Complex calculations and loading of huge amounts of data will be accomplished in under three seconds. In the movies, modems transmit data at two gigabytes per second.
3a. If you display a file on the screen and someone deletes the file,it also disappears from the screen. There are no ways to copy a backup file — and there are no un-delete utilities.
3b.Deleting a file instantly removes all copies of said file from disks, memory, frame buffers and caches across all computers in the universe.
4. If a disk has got encrypted files, you are automatically asked for a password when you try to access it.
5. No matter what kind of computer disk it is, it’ll be readable by any system you put it into. All application software is usable by all computer platforms.
6. Most computers, no matter how small, have reality-defying three-dimensional, real-time, photo-realistic animated graphics capability.
7. Laptops, for some strange reason, always seem to have amazing real-time
video phone capabilities and the performance of a CRAY.
8. Computers never crash during key, high-intensity activities.
9. No matter what kind of virus it is, any computer can be infected with it — even an alien spaceship’s computer — simply by running a virus upload program from a laptop.
10. You cannot stop a destructive program or virus by unplugging the computer. Presumably the virus has it’s own built-in power supply.
11. You cannot stop a destructive program downloading onto your system by unplugging the phone line. You must figure out the mandatory “back door” all evil virus programmers put in.
12. Computers only crash if a virus or a hacker is involved.
13. All text must be at least 72 point.
14. The only way to reboot is to shut off the main power to the building.
15. Passwords can be guessed in three and exactly three tries. If you cannot guess the password in three tries, you must give up immediately.
16. Any task or program can be executed by simply pressing Enter, no matter which program or window is in the foreground.
17. All scanners, video cameras and digital cameras have a resolution of approximately 500 mega-pixels. Any image can be infinitely magnified with no pixelization.
18. All hackers wear black T-shirts or Hawaiian shirts.
19. Incoming messages are displayed letter by letter. E-mail over the Internet works like telegraphs.
20. Microsoft Windows doesn’t exist. Macintosh has a 75% market share.
21. Complex operations, such as image selection and manipulation, can be handled easily and quickly via the keyboard.
22. Cell phones and laptops have infinite battery life, until you need to call for help.
23. Latency does not exist. Voice and data can be sent to Mars in real time.
How to make Firefox run faster.
May 4th
I don’t usually tinker with the internal settings of a program unless there’s a good reason for it. Usually, this means finding some hidden folder and nerviously editing a .cfg file and hoping the program works like it should afterward.
“Why should I do this?” you may be wondering? Because when you browse to a website that has, say 20 pictures, a few ads, etc., your browser (Firefox) by default has to request these things one-at-a-time from from the web server. It’s like going to the grocery store and getting one thing, coming come with it, going back to the store, getting another, coming back, etc… Because most people nowadays have broadband (fast) internet, we can tell Firefox not to make one trip for each individual item, but instead get all the items at once.
Firefox, being as awesome as it is, has built-in access to it’s own config file. This is what we are going to use to speed up your Firefox. The whole process should take less than a minute, and when you’re done, you’ll be able to browse the web much quicker.
Let’s get started: Type in “about:config” into your address bar. You will be careful, won’t you?
Once you are there, you’ll see a whole lot of rows. Don’t worry! Type “pipelining” into the filter box.
By default, network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining are set to false. We need to set these to “true”, so just double-click them to change their values.
The network.http.pipelining.maxrequests is set to 4 by default, but we can adjust this based as well. A setting of 16 should really change how fast pages are loaded. This number is essentially how many thing’s you are carrying in your shopping bag. Don’t go too high with this because you won’t be able to carry everything! Even with fast internet, 16 should be plenty. Here’s where I would set each to based on how fast your internet connection is: (Dial-up connection: Leave the whole config file alone.) (ISDN or Satellite: 8) (DSL: 16) (Cable or Fiber: 32)
Disclaimer: I accept no responsibility for anything that happens to your computer by changing these, or any other values. I’m not saying that this is a joke or that it will mess up your computer, I’m just saying that if anything does happen, don’t come to me.
MustBeTheMoney is now on Facebook.
Apr 27th
That’s right! I’ve kept it a bit of a secret until now because I did not know if I wanted to (or could) finish the project.
The app is still in development and It’s still going to be a while until it’s fully completed. If anyone has any ideas for it, let me know.
IP to Geo Database in the works.
Apr 18th
I’ve just started an project which involves collecting and storing the geographical location associated with a particular IP address. There are quite a few companies out there that offer this service, but I have the time and I want to see if I can make my own. I’m not going to try and gather all the IP addresses, just those from the visitors to my and my friends sites. Keep track of this project via the projects page.
MustBeTheMoney.net now has profiles!
Apr 15th
That’s right, I’ve added profiles to MustBeTheMoney. Now you can view other members profiles, see how much money they have, read their bio… even post a comment on their wall! Not that I stole that from facebook or anything.