Year: 2004

Take the quiz: “Which Random Irish Gaelic Phrase Are You? “

Ta me air meisce
Ta me air meisce – ‘I am drunk.’You enjoy a drink – or five – now and then. You can usually be found in a pub – it doesn’t matter which one, because they all look the same after a few drinks – or hugging the porcelain.

The team over at WordPress is smoothing out the kinks from its last release candidate and has just put out WP 1.2 RC2. I’ve become rather good with the whole upgrade process (and I backup the database on a regularly scheduled basis now), so the site is already up and running the latest. Not that many of you care, but the TrackBack/PingBack functions in the last one were screwy and this post will help me test them out. Here goes nothing…

Um, I really don’t know what to say. Random IM link courtesy of the dj rekall points me to a story on the return of Andy Kaufman. “But he’s dead,” you say! Andy’s “official” site claims it was all a gag – even his parents were actors. More confusing, however, is why now rather than 5 years ago when the movie came out. Even more confusing is why he would bother to comeback when he claims to want to remain private. And even still more confusing is whether or note anybody cares!

I’m not to fond of warning labels. They have a tendency to tell you something bleeding obvious (Preperation H: Not to be taken orally!) or something that is more of a suggestion to avoid legal hassles (Spare Tire: Do not drive over 35mph!). I’m sorry, but eventually everyone needs to stand on that last rung of the ladder, you know, the nonstep (I do, however, love labeling things by what they are not – more on that later). But today I definitely found an appropriately made warning.

You know those metal bars on some computer case (in an older Dell, for instance)? The ones that say “NOT A HANDLE!” Yeah, those ones. They’re serious. If you try to lift a computer by one, you too may find yourself missing skin from various knuckles. No real harm, but I hate dripping blood on computer parts, and it left the metal bar with little purpose left in life except to hit myself over the head in a vain attempt at asking “Why am I so stupid?” Oh well, I guess it’s something we must all learn.

I’m thinking of changing the site around. I may be offering more content at neverhood.net in the coming months, so I felt that maybe the blog should be moved off the main page. It will probably just be called blog.neverhood.net or something like that, although this post has possibly inspired a title change for the blog, too. Hmm, much pondering is to follow.

UPDATE: Humorously, today I just came across an old entry from Kitta detailing her own experiences with warning labels.

I have lamented many times that my shiny new fast computer ruins the games of yesteryear. And considering how quickly I tend to dismiss modern games (NFL Street anyone?), I would love a program that would help me play those old games once again. Courtesy of Lockergnome I now know of THE CPUKILLER, which, while not the true 386 emulator I hope for, should aid me in not running Roger Wilco off cliffs all the time!

I’ll be reloading my desktop sometime soon (too many USB problems), and I’ll be sure to check it out then.

I believe this post was prompted by the whole MT3.0 fiasco, nevertheless onepotmeal puts an interesting twist on the concept of software licensing. And with my disdain for bad analogies, this must be something special 😉 .

It seemed appropriate to post a follow-up to my most popular entry ever. For those of you who haven’t seen the final version yet, Brian sent me a link to the Official Yeti Sports webpage. It includes 3 new games aside from a “professional looking” version of the original penguin smacker. If you’re interested in more info on this silly game, Andrew from omnihosts.net has written a history of the game and also links to a site kind enough to archive all versions of the game. So smack away!

One of the most intriguing sites I’ve come across lately is Matthew Haughey’s photoblog, Ten Years of My Life. It is a very simple, yet briliant project of posting a single photo (along with a description) every day for 10 years. His photos touch upon everything from the beautiful to the absurd. Some of them may even hit you in a more personal way than you would imagine.

Matt also happens to be the founder of Metafilter, but don’t hold that against him 😉 .

Thanks to the threat of rain last time, the Hoboken Art and Music Festival will be this Sunday, rain or shine. The weather reports have been changing regularly, but my money is on a gorgeous day with maybe a quick shower or two. Fortunately, I just read the best news today. Since Donovan had to play on the 2nd inspite of the postponement (he flew in from Ireland afterall) they needed to find a new headliner. And of course there just happens to be a famous local musician who is always willing to play the festival. That’s right, Patti Smith (whom I’ve seen perform on the main stage twice before) will be on at 4:45 in front of City Hall this Sunday. So come out and enjoy one of the coolest festivals around, filled with arts, crafts, good food, and great music.

I will be promoting some upcoming performances from the locals on this site, but first I want to talk about a not-so-local. A few months back, Boulder, CO native Danya River performed at the ArtKore OpenMic. Since it happened to be Lisa’s last night hosting, I was not only present, but with cameras in tow. To put it simply, she was wonderful. There was a magical air about her as she performed beautiful, artistic folk melodies. Her voice is reminiscent of Sarah McLachlan, although she does not sound derivative. Needless to say I picked up a copy of her CD for both myself and Lisa.

Unfortunately, hailing from that great square state far to the right (ok, it’s more of a rectangle), I figured she probably wouldn’t be around again anytime soon, but a recent e-mail proved me wrong once again. Since I didn’t get to spread the word her first time around, let me point you to her tour page and urge you to check out one of her performances while she’s here. At the very least I will catch her feature at the OpenMic on the 25th, although I’d like to also make it to either her show tomorrow night in Nutley or on Monday at the Bitter End.

So there’s a lot of good things coming up, and I’ll try to keep you all informed. Hope to see some of you there!

WordPress has now hit release candidate status with their 1.2 version, and I will be upgrading my server shortly. The developers are very excited about this one, and so am I. Hopefully added features like subcategories and user commenting will help me organize this site far better than I have in the past.

Humorously this announcement comes just after one of the most popular blogging packages announced a major change in their licensing that will undoubtedly screw most of their users. I’ve got no problem paying for quality software (and this news will most likely prompt me to make another donation to WP), but the actions of Six Apart in this instance have been rather untrustworthy. From lying to their paying customers about free upgrades and converting promised features into another commercial product to stranding beta testers and severely limiting the free version that so many have become dependent on, it’s no wonder there are nearly 500 mostly negative reponse’s on Mena’s blog.

And as a side note to you elitist shits at /.: Your inane comments and pointless discussions filled with patting each other on the back and smugly acting as though your opinions matter or have any true relevance have done far more damage to the Internet than a million blogs about how some guy deals with his cat’s vomit ever could.