Archive for June, 2008

My First Badge of Justice Purchase

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

After running Karazhan last night I finally acquired enough Badges of Justice to purchase this sweet little trinket called Essence of the Martyr which raised my +healing from 1250 to 1334. ...

Quote of the Day

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

"When I hear somebody say, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what?" -- Sydney J. Harris No related posts.

Where Is tracert in Ubuntu?

Friday, June 20th, 2008

It turns out traceroute (or tracert for Windows users) is not bundled with Ubuntu; you have to manually install it. If you're looking for an alternative, simply use tracepath although it looks like there are some complaints. Apparently tracepath doesn't deal with NAT properly but traceroute does so ...

Quote of the Day

Friday, June 20th, 2008

I got to listen in to a hilarious game of 20 Questions today. Derek: Do I eat it? Jon: No. Derek: Then how is it going to make my day? No related posts.

Not Going to Cut It

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

It's kind of hard to play World of Warcraft when the packet loss is 19%! Ping statistics for 63.241.192.122: Packets: Sent = 1177, Received = 950, Lost = 227 (19% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 61ms, Maximum = 478ms, Average = 69ms The ...

Quote of the Day

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Mark R: Chris, stop spreading "misinformation and quasi-knowledgeable blather." No related posts.

Tired of TinyMCE Screwing Up Your Code?

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

So was I. Luckily there is a handy configuration option that tells TinyMCE to leave your code alone: verify_html : false The resulting code should look something like this: tinyMCE.init({ theme: "advanced", mode: "exact", elements: "html", theme_advanced_toolbar_location: "top", verify_html: false }); Happy coding! Source No related posts.

Guitar Hero III: Beat on Medium

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Yes, Mark, water is still wet but I beat Guitar Hero III on medium today nonetheless. I have to wonder how the scoring algorithm changes as the notes get closer together because I noticed that if I just mashed the buttons and strummed I got credit for a lot ...

What Language Will We Speak in Heaven?

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Any takers? I can't imagine that language will still be a barrier once we get to heaven but I haven't personally seen any scripture that describes communication in heaven. I found an article that states the following: My ancestors stoutly maintained that it would be Dutch, of course. A rabbi I ...

Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat Don’t Play Nice

Friday, June 6th, 2008

I converted a Microsoft Word 2007 file to a PDF by clicking on the Acrobat tab and then "Create PDF". For whatever reason, on my computer I have to go through this process twice because the first time it doesn't actually create the file. After the second time ...