Mar 11
Is Twitter Tools not working for you? Maybe you downloaded Twitter Tools through the WordPress UI? Perhaps the ‘activation’ didn’t work out properly and the local cache database table wasn’t created. At this point, the installation is broken. Don’t worry, it isn’t that hard to fix. All we have to do is set up the ak_twitter table in the database. Keep reading for the how-to. more…
Mar 04
New York City in a Bubble - Photo by Tom Storm
A friend of mine, Tom Storm, – who is a very gifted photographer and actually took the photographs for my wedding – is looking for some help. He has signed up for a contest that aims to make dreams come true for one photographer. His dream assignment is to capture the world in bubbles. Something which he has extensive practice at, and I’ve never seen anyone able to focus well enough on bubbles to get such great shots. I would really love it if you would check out his idea. If you like it, please “PIC it.” Which is to say, vote for it using the site’s voting system.
http://www.nameyourdreamassignment.com/the-ideas/reflections/the-world-in-a-bubble/
Mar 02
Leucosia Logo
I stumbled upon a gem from the past today while skimming some old archives. It is the official site of the band I was part of during 2004 & 2005. Before I left the band due to college taking up most of my time, I created this site. In fact, I created this site the summer before I went to college. So this was my last pre-web-development-student site. I’m recognizing how rough it is now. Enough babbling, here is the link: http://sholsinger.com/etc/sites/leucosia
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Feb 18
So far, my experience with the Windows 7 Beta is one of several failed attempts. Each and every time I have attempted to install it, the install has failed. The first time, I realized that the DVD drive I was using was faulty. The next time I attempted to install it I discovered later that the blue screen I saw during setup was caused by my video card being faulty. (more on that later) I have yet to attempt an install within a VM, although I recently installed VirtualBox on my Macbook, so perhaps I shall give it a shot. I also have Xen running on a server here in the office, so if I get a chance I’ll try that too.
On a related note, due to my hardware issues lately, I decided to make the leap and buy a Macbook. I purchased the base 2.0GHz model, with 2GiB of DDR3. I shall eventually be upgrading it to 4GiB and will likely be installing a larger hard drive. I will be using this PC as my main development device and I’ll be using it with dual monitors while in the office. I love how simple the dual monitor configuration is with Leopard. It just works, and it does it so well. When you disconnect a monitor, everything moves to the remaining monitor and reconnecting it puts everything back where you want it in dual monitor mode. This is something that the Linux / x.org community needs to take a look at because “dual head” is a serious problem under every modern linux distro I’ve used. I ran Ubuntu 8.04 for about 10 months before my video card crapped out.
To me, this just means I need to focus more on maintaining my hardware. I always try to reuse things, unfortunately, sometimes, when people give PC parts away, it is because there is a genuine problem. Other times, they’re just fed up with the re-formatting every six months thing. Unfortunately for me, this time it is because there is actually a hardware problem with the PC I set up for the girls downstairs. So when I get my video card issues resolved, they’ll be getting a shiny new PC for downstairs. Complete with HDMI with HDCP, and a shiny dual-core 2.53GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 4GiB of DDR2 800. Now all we need is a display or TV capable of utilizing the HDMI input.
Jan 18
Red Bull and Peak Resorts are sponsoring a big air contest in New York City this February. On the 5th, 16 professional snowboarders will descend upon the city and blow that place up.
Red Bull Snowboarding, Snowscraper Big Air Contest
For more info, see this page: http://www.redbullsnowboarding.com/snowscrapers/