Archive for October, 2008
Pics of the USB Auth Door
by Nathan on Oct.31, 2008, under Uncategorized
Here are some pics of the USB Auth Door we have created at the shop. It turns the deadbolt after authenticating from a USB drive. Kind of cool, check out the wiki page. Here
Sticking with WordPress…for now.
by Nathan on Oct.30, 2008, under Uncategorized
Earlier this year I was in this phase where WordPress just wasn’t cutting it. It just took me too long to make a post. I wanted some way to make a post fast and with little effort. Something more than just Twitter, but I didn’t want to feel like I was writing novel either.
A few months ago WordPress updated to 2.6. With this update some great things were added. Like turbo mode, which uses Google gears to store most of the admin panel on my local machine. This tends to speed things up like crazy. Also uploading media became really simple. Just a few clicks and I can add a picture. Then I ran across the OpenID plug-in. I have been using it for a year or so now, but with the latest update, I was able to use my self hosted OpenID to log in. And yesterday, I ran across this theme. It is by far the best theme I have had over the years.
I still have a few problems with WordPress. There seems to be no easy way to add tags to your RSS feeds. Also for some reason I can only get RSS feeds to show a limited amount of the post. These have been fixed my adding or subtracting some code. I’m not sure if these are normal problems or if its just me. Either way they are fixed now. Oh one other thing, it sure would be nice if Firefox’s spell check worked better with WordPress’ edit screen.
So as for yestery I feel fully satisfied with WordPress. I may still find some thing wrong with it, but nothing too major.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
by Nathan on Oct.29, 2008, under Uncategorized
Tandy, Strages, Tim, and I went to see Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist a couple weeks ago. It was actually opening night. I don’t think any of them cared to see it, but I sure did. I can’t explain why I wanted to see it, but I’m glad I did. It is as funny as Juno. Just a nice laid back teen comedy movie, filled with gum swapping, drinking, and bands. It also had some very nice sexual noises. I swear every movie I have seen with Kat Dennings in it, the girl has her fist sexual experience. This movie was no different.
The movie is basically about Nick getting dumped and Norah getting with Nick. So not much of a mind blow there, it was just that the movie was kind of fast paced and I kind of love movies that take place in one night. Makes me think the people will always remember that night. Anyways, I loved this movie and I’m guessing you will also.
Oh and by the way, we totally got free tickets at the Monaco simple because we stayed and watched the credits.
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The Presidents of the USA
by Nathan on Oct.29, 2008, under Uncategorized
Here are some pics of the The Presidents of the USA playing at the Big Spring Jam this year. Fairly awesome seeing them. I had a great time.


