Category: tech
Updated 11/2/2009: Fixed bug with code pointed out by comment. A while back I had been dealing with the different timezones across the US. I needed to know whether or not the central timezone was in daylight savings time or not using my current timestamp from my computer. While this ultimately ended up not mattering [...]
Tags: code example, daylight savings time, functions, Javascript, programming, timezone
I can think of the countless times I have sat at my computer running Pandora in the background while I work on programming or browse the web. I have used it countless times while playing WoW, a long time ago. It is a wonderful program that does a fairly decent job at [...]
Tags: free applications, music, online applications, pandora
I read about a program recently online called WoW Glider. I am no longer a WoW Player but I did play for a good 9 months at one point in time. Something I lost a lot of time in. I know there has been botting in the MMO world for sometime. [...]
Tags: bot experiment, botting wow, game cheats, games, gaming, pc games, video games, wow, wow glider, WoW Rogue
Well again I am working on a side project with some buddies. I typically do not dabble in photoshop much but I am thinking I may subscribe to yootheme.com in order to use some of their templates for the project. I decided to take Buzz and put him to work [...]
Tags: buzz, graphic design, photoshop work, qc buzz, web design, web development, yootheme.com
So I have been working on a project and well decided every good project needs a mascot! I decided to make a mascot in hopes that in doing so I might get better at photoshop along the way. Basically I looked around the internet for a cartoon bee. I figured if I could [...]
Tags: art, bee, buzz, davenport bars, graphic tips, moline bars, photoshop, qcbuzz
This is rather an old joke I am told but I had never seen it before. It is really nerdy some people who do not deal with coding may not understand the humor in it. For those of you who do deal with code it is pretty clever. A friend at work sent this to [...]
Tags: coding, commenting code, DNA, God, humor, joke, programming
Get it now...Firefox 3 has been released. I have not had time to check it out but I will soon and give my full report.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html
Tags: applications, firefox, free software, internet, surfing, web software
This is yes another boring email to people who read this blog for stories and rants. Still I wanted to pass along some helpful information when it comes to starting your own website either for for fun to supplement a small business you may want to move to the online world.
First off you need [...]
Tags: budget, business, cms, cpanel, domain, drupal, hosting, MySql, personal site, PHP, programming, startup site, tips, web development, websites, wordpress
Ok it's that time again for a techy like email to help my fellow computer users. I have worked hard to compile some suggested software that cost you nothing! I have many of these installed on my own computer at home and recommend them. I am going to cover a variety of [...]
Tags: advanced, anti-virus, computer, defrag, firefox, freeware, graphics, home user, Javascript, open office, programming, software
I have been working with Windows Vista Home Premium (mainly because it came with my computer) for about a year now. I have heard many people trash it...though I know for a fact they do not run it, so their opinion is about the same as asking someone about a certain food [...]
Tags: advice, mac, operating systems, optimization, tips, tricks, UAC, vista, windows
Ever since I have been out of college I have received the question "What do you do for a living...?". Well, I am a programmer, now a Senior Programmer, most people seem to understand what that is "So you work on computers, right?". They begin to ask what type of things I work [...]
Tags: ad serving, firefox, internet, Javascript, my job, MySql, PHP
I was recently hacking on the old MySpace page. I thought of a somewhat cool effect you can add pretty easily to your top friends page. It basically will fade out the images and light them up when you scroll your mouse over their picture. It's a really easy CSS trick. You [...]
Tags: code, css, hack, myspace
Time for a change... again. I know I change my layout more then I post content. I enjoy doing it though, I learn something new or find some cool tool to use so I feel I have to do it. I been researching the blogging software out there lately and decided that Pivot is just [...]
Tags: crossposting, myspace, software, updates
www.videodl.org is currently in a beta state but allows you to actually download videos from the big video providers. The videos will come down in FLV format (Macromedia's Flash Video Format) therefore you will need to have an FLV player installed on your computer. You can get one from Wimpy Player. I [...]
Tags: flash video, software, tech, tools
