That is the link to my name…but if you replace “xxdesmus” with your name and then hit enter it’ll create one of these especially for you. This is really quite cool. If you refresh the page it will also change the images. It’s really quite a simple process if you get down to it, but I won’t unless someone is curious. 
Month: June 2005
Websoup – Webmaster Resource Directory
Websoup – Webmaster Resource Directory
a small but growing webmaster resource directory where you will find hundreds of links to sites that provide free or linkware resources and services in various categories WebSoup aims to make it easier for people to find good quality, free resource sites. As well as a place for webdesigners and webmasters to share their favorite links.
For a site devoted to webmasters and web developers this sure has a horrible (and ugly) site design…lol 
That aside, this is a great resource with a lot of useful links and information.
OSX on x86…Soon!
Well, OSX will soon be running on any x86 computer. The Intel version of OSX that developers were given has leaked onto the internet and now it’s just a matter of time before we figure out how to install and run it on non-Apple approved hardware.
A teaser for you…this is part of the contents of the system directory
Outlined in Light
How did I get so lucky?
What did I possibly do to desere you?
I can’t help but stare.
My eyes trace
every curve,
every line,
every bend.
In a futile attempt to try and take in everything my eyes search.
And yet I am left empty and lonely.
I cannot wait for the day we are together again.
My heart cries every day we are apart.
It’s Fixed…Finally.
The amazing people over at the pMachine (the company that creates Expression Engine) helped me figure out the problem. After posting about my problem in the support forum which was promptly answered by one of the lead programmers. After providing a few common suggestions that may have fixed the problem (they didn’t) he then offered to look at my blog for me. What amazes me is that we’re talking about a for-pay blogging engine….we’re talking about a pretty decent sized company, and one of the lead programmers just offers so kindly to just personally look at my blog. Needless to say about 20 minutes after he looked at it he figured out exactly what was wrong:
OK, I figured out what was wrong with your categories. For some reason, you had a lot of duplicated categories in your exp_categories table. And all the dupes had a group_id of 0. When I removed the dupes, the category list works correctly now.
Definitely would have never found that and/or fixed that on my own. In part because of this absolutely amazing service, I have decided to renew my non-commercial license for Expression Engine. I can’t imagine using a better product.
Site is Under Construction
The site is currently under construction do to massive issues with the categories. Check back soon please. Sorry for the down time.
It’s Not Original, But it’s True
“You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off you.
You’d be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I’m alive.
You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off you.
Pardon the way that I stare.
There’s nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak,
But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it’s real.
You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off you.
I love you, baby,
And if it’s quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don’t bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby.
Let me love you”
— Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli
Channel 9 : Longhorn (heart) RSS
Today Microsoft announced the addition of several new RSS features in the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn. The Longhorn Browsing and RSS team (the one we interviewed here) is also are announcing a new RSS extension, to be released into Creative Commons, that lets you do lists in subscriptions
Demo One, at about 23:19. RSS in IE 7 and synchronization with other aggregators (like RSS Bandit)
Demo Two, at about 34:00. Enclosures, calendar integration.
Demo Three, at about 49:50. Amazon integration.
Worth a watch if you’re at all interested in web stuff…the RSS features they show are just great. The person in the video makes a very good comment on the evolution of internet use. He says basically that people’s usage has changed like this:
browse –> browse + search –> browse + search + subscribe
If you think about it, he is quite accurate. First all we did was blindly wander around the internet. Once search technology improved enough to begin to reliably find what we were actually looking for things changed. Instead of blindly wandering around people began to specifically use the internet to find information. …Enter the era of Google. We are still in the shift to the next stage. When you have found whatever information you are looking for you can bookmark it. This has provided the easiest method of coming back to something for later inspection. Now people are able to use the internet for a little bit of everything. They can browse randomly just for amusement, find exactly the specific info they are looking for and/or they have the option of rutinely checking on a certain site that they enjoy. Enter the age of RSS syndication. RSS stands for really simple syndication. This gives anyone the option (with the right software) to subscribe to a website. Think of this as the next step in the evolution of bookmarks. Now you don’t have to go to your list of bookmarks and click a link that will take you to the individual website where you have to sift through endless amounts of other distractions to find the information that interests you. Using RSS subscriptions the normal user can click on this link and view all the important information on a site without all the hassle.
Site Update: Blogroll v2.0 Beta
This is something I’ve been working on for a little while now and have finally tweaked it enough that I thought I’d share it with people and see if they can break it…lol. 
Actually, I just wanted to see if people liked it.
A little bit of an explanation of the chaotic thing at the top of that page…That is what is called a Tag Cloud. The idea is that each one of the links in the RSS Feeds list gets scanned word by word and this Tag Cloud is created several times throughout the day with the words that appear most often. The larger the font of the word, the more often the word appears. This is supposed to provide a visual reference that tells you what kind of things I am reading in my RSS Feeds. The rest of the page should be pretty self explanatory. The little icons next to the links are what are known as Favicons. Basically if you’ve ever seen that little icon in the address bar for a website it’s supposed to be a type of “branding”…therefore you’re more often to recognize a certain website based on recognizing that icon. This feature is iffy at best because the entire process of discovery this favicon is automated by the system and doesn’t quite always work right. All this said, feel free to play around, click things, break things, and let me know what you think.
Stock Photography Site Listing
Stock Photography Site Listing
Someone asked me about a list like this. I didn’t have one when you asked me, but here it is now…better late than never huh?
Wandering the Interwebs 