So it's 99% done.. the transition that is...
I now encourage readers to visit:
http://r3dragon.net (tada!)
All my old posts are there from this blog...
I'm debating if I should redirect this blog url to there, but you're smart enough..
Update your bookmarks..
~J out
(btw.. I'll keep the blogger account for archive purposes.)
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Friday, November 07, 2008
Current Update
Ok I'll admit it-- I haven't blogged simply due to disappointment. No its true I did feel a bit down after it hit and I've been in silent meditation.
This has allowed me reflection time-- Time that I use to work on my website.
As for the website I'm building.. I have a few more tweaks to do on it then I'm going to work on importing blog posts from here to there.
As of like right now-- it's all experimental. To tell the truth I'm completely new to CMS's other then maybe wordpress. Already maybe 3 or 4 times I've seriously considered trashing drupal for wordpress-- but I'm going to keep a little bit more at it. I'm banking on a few things, one of which is an explosion of new knowledge and my skill at tweaking css.
In any case... My big thought coming home was to perhaps incorporate a "photocast" idea. This is a simple java or flash based photo album blog-style post that runs on a pre-defined timer that's set to a podcast mp3 running either within the photo album or underneith it.
Presentation wise, I believe it would be great to watch a story unfold through pictures like a book. I'll have to work up an example, try it out, and see what happens.
Until then..
~J out
This has allowed me reflection time-- Time that I use to work on my website.
As for the website I'm building.. I have a few more tweaks to do on it then I'm going to work on importing blog posts from here to there.
As of like right now-- it's all experimental. To tell the truth I'm completely new to CMS's other then maybe wordpress. Already maybe 3 or 4 times I've seriously considered trashing drupal for wordpress-- but I'm going to keep a little bit more at it. I'm banking on a few things, one of which is an explosion of new knowledge and my skill at tweaking css.
In any case... My big thought coming home was to perhaps incorporate a "photocast" idea. This is a simple java or flash based photo album blog-style post that runs on a pre-defined timer that's set to a podcast mp3 running either within the photo album or underneith it.
Presentation wise, I believe it would be great to watch a story unfold through pictures like a book. I'll have to work up an example, try it out, and see what happens.
Until then..
~J out
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Sacrificing for fallout 3
Ok maybe "sacrifice" is a bit too harsh here to say, but it's more like a come to Jesus moment.
Fallout 3 is a great game-- or atleast appears to be a great game if your computer doesn't 'zoink out' all the time with old software bitching about upgrades and of course the occasional cough..WPA validation..cough pop ups. If this was any other time-- id say so what, but crashing in the middle of wasting a ghoul just angered the friggen hell out of me that I rushed back over linux and qeued up a country western playlist I worked up a week ago (don't ask).
It was only then the realization that when I bought the OS for the HTPC I got two disks-- 1 32bit ed of Win XP and a 1 x64 bit ed. Well I already installed and authenticated the 32 bit licence, but not the other one. Now I know the problems with the 64 bit ed. and everyone says basically to stick with the 32 bit ed, but since my primary scoot around OS for daily use is linux and I'd only use winxp for games-- what the heck. I'll suffer.
So I backed up my XP Hard drive-- tossed in the x64 disk with a virgin product key and killed off the old xp particition that I've used for nearly ever. All without even thinking twice.
Now, as I blog my job as with every windows install in history is to install drivers and programs-- getting me all back to some sense of normality so I can play my dang copy of Fallout 3 (hopefully).
~J out
**edit 22:40- Just install nVidia drivers and now have my 1440 x 900 back whew! I felt like I was suffocating a little there
Fallout 3 is a great game-- or atleast appears to be a great game if your computer doesn't 'zoink out' all the time with old software bitching about upgrades and of course the occasional cough..WPA validation..cough pop ups. If this was any other time-- id say so what, but crashing in the middle of wasting a ghoul just angered the friggen hell out of me that I rushed back over linux and qeued up a country western playlist I worked up a week ago (don't ask).
It was only then the realization that when I bought the OS for the HTPC I got two disks-- 1 32bit ed of Win XP and a 1 x64 bit ed. Well I already installed and authenticated the 32 bit licence, but not the other one. Now I know the problems with the 64 bit ed. and everyone says basically to stick with the 32 bit ed, but since my primary scoot around OS for daily use is linux and I'd only use winxp for games-- what the heck. I'll suffer.
So I backed up my XP Hard drive-- tossed in the x64 disk with a virgin product key and killed off the old xp particition that I've used for nearly ever. All without even thinking twice.
Now, as I blog my job as with every windows install in history is to install drivers and programs-- getting me all back to some sense of normality so I can play my dang copy of Fallout 3 (hopefully).
~J out
**edit 22:40- Just install nVidia drivers and now have my 1440 x 900 back whew! I felt like I was suffocating a little there
Saturday, November 01, 2008
ubuntu 8.10, the blog, & JET app
Nov. 1, wow a new month and so much stuff to get done.
On the priority list is:
Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10
Working on JET app
working on my new website
Installing new server software on my server
playing Fallout 3
I put upgrading ubuntu at #1 only because that's a start & forget thing. I started the upgrader and I'll let that run occasionally checking for prompts..
On the JET app. the next thing is just really mass printing everything and then organizing it into a nice package. There's still some things I need to bust my ass this week to do... The first is getting official transcripts from Clark Co., next is getting my 2 letters of rec., then finally getting a notice from Overseas I sent for. On the back burner maybe setting up a physical with a doc..
My timeline is to get it packaged and mailed by November 14th or 15th. As of today-- I feel confident that I'm on track for that... Come the 13th, who knows ;P
Next on the big list is my website.. I've recently setup a site, but ironically have forgotten the credentials to log in.. lol. It's likely since I haven't done anything that I'll scrap it and load a new one. Really I didn't like the setup I made to begin with... it was hastily done, and this site I want to be good looking-- incorporating all my talent and everything. I've decided to try and use drupal's CMS software for my blog. I was going to use wordpress, but I feel that the way things are going-- I'll probably soon expand my site and I'll need the extra configuabilty later. One of drupals very nice features is it's "book" ability. I think it would be really fun to explore writing books. In college, of course, I found a nack for writing and in many ways I'd like to keep doing that.
Along with Ubuntu's update is a server package I'm interested in installing on my server. Recently the old eserver horse has been used to mock up plenty of website CMS's and attempts, but since now I've gone pro with a webhosted service for mysite... I'd be fine to let that old dog do another trick as a media host or backup file server. Now 8.10 server is a lot for just dinking, but dinking is what I do-- I'll learn a lot from it i'm sure.
Finally Fall out 3.. I picked up a copy after work at Best Buy and it's fantastic! Absolutely grand.. It's one of those huge world games with tons and tons of stuff to do. I'm dual booting pretty much for that reason alone otherwise linux is fine for me. The more I play Fo3, I'll do my take on it.
OK.. so time to get cracking away.. feels like work on a Sat already...
More updates to come.. otherwise I'll try to keep my blip's or tweets updated through out the day with twitter.
~J out
On the priority list is:
Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10
Working on JET app
working on my new website
Installing new server software on my server
playing Fallout 3
I put upgrading ubuntu at #1 only because that's a start & forget thing. I started the upgrader and I'll let that run occasionally checking for prompts..
On the JET app. the next thing is just really mass printing everything and then organizing it into a nice package. There's still some things I need to bust my ass this week to do... The first is getting official transcripts from Clark Co., next is getting my 2 letters of rec., then finally getting a notice from Overseas I sent for. On the back burner maybe setting up a physical with a doc..
My timeline is to get it packaged and mailed by November 14th or 15th. As of today-- I feel confident that I'm on track for that... Come the 13th, who knows ;P
Next on the big list is my website.. I've recently setup a site, but ironically have forgotten the credentials to log in.. lol. It's likely since I haven't done anything that I'll scrap it and load a new one. Really I didn't like the setup I made to begin with... it was hastily done, and this site I want to be good looking-- incorporating all my talent and everything. I've decided to try and use drupal's CMS software for my blog. I was going to use wordpress, but I feel that the way things are going-- I'll probably soon expand my site and I'll need the extra configuabilty later. One of drupals very nice features is it's "book" ability. I think it would be really fun to explore writing books. In college, of course, I found a nack for writing and in many ways I'd like to keep doing that.
Along with Ubuntu's update is a server package I'm interested in installing on my server. Recently the old eserver horse has been used to mock up plenty of website CMS's and attempts, but since now I've gone pro with a webhosted service for mysite... I'd be fine to let that old dog do another trick as a media host or backup file server. Now 8.10 server is a lot for just dinking, but dinking is what I do-- I'll learn a lot from it i'm sure.
Finally Fall out 3.. I picked up a copy after work at Best Buy and it's fantastic! Absolutely grand.. It's one of those huge world games with tons and tons of stuff to do. I'm dual booting pretty much for that reason alone otherwise linux is fine for me. The more I play Fo3, I'll do my take on it.
OK.. so time to get cracking away.. feels like work on a Sat already...
More updates to come.. otherwise I'll try to keep my blip's or tweets updated through out the day with twitter.
~J out
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