Wordless Wednesday #8 – Vibrant
September 16, 2009
Outdated Browsers
September 6, 2009To start I’ll be up front with you: I am very biased in favor of Firefox. However, this entry isn’t simply FIREFOX OR GTFO. I want you to read something:
If you are using an outdated internet browser, INCLUDING OLD VERSIONS OF FIREFOX, please upgrade. Now. Not later! UPDATE YOUR BROWSER. There are many reasons to do this, including security, but you are not experiencing or seeing the internet the way that you should be if you are using an outdated browser.
I’ve had visitors lately visiting my site with IE4, IE5, and IE6. UPDATE YOUR BROWSER. I mean, hey, ditch IE completely and get Firefox. IE sucks, but if you insist upon using IE then do everybody a favor and update.
Thank you.
Wordless Wednesday #7 – You’re Breaking Up
September 2, 2009
New Header – Bite Me
August 26, 2009New header. BOOM!
Yeah, you wish I’d just leave it at that. No, I have to post about it and explain it.
When I made the last header I felt that it was a bit too busy and I just wasn’t entirely happy with it. I liked it or I never would have used it, but it just seemed so busy and large! I’ve been mulling it over in my head, and I finally decided to put some ideas together and share them with my wife and a few friends. The vote was unanimous and the header that you see now was the favorite.
I took the things I liked about the old header and put them together in a smaller size (height) along with some new items:
- A hilarious geek joke.
I’ve also been wanting to use that overused but awesome and hilarious “bite me” joke forever. Enjoy it. Bite me.
- The Ubuntu logo.
From what I’ve read I’m okay to use this so long as it is clear what it represents. If there is an issue with this then I invite anybody to contact me (or leave a comment) with a correction.
I added Ubuntu’s logo to my header because I moved over to Ubuntu a while back (as I’ve blogged about a few times) and I love it. It runs amazing on my laptop and it is everything I have ever wanted in a Linux distro (and I’ve tried several over the years). I wanted to pay tribute to them (a little free advertising always rocks, right?) plus show off my favorite OS and geekiness.
Oh, for the record I’m running Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04).
Anyway, what do you think about header? I love it.
Wordless Wednesday #6 – Allstar
July 22, 2009
Blogging in Ubuntu
July 16, 2009I have to admit that I’m happy with myself for sticking with Ubuntu even through the frustrating bits. I’ve managed to work out a solution for just about every problem that I have faced so far. With that being said, here is something that is irritating me:
There is not a single decent up to date blog post writer/editor (or whatever you want to call the program type) for Linux. On Windows I was using Windows Live Writer, and yes it has a lot of amazing features – but how is it that NOTHING on Linux even has the basic functions to post properly to a Wordpress blog?
How dare I say such a thing on twitter or I get “helpful” comments about how I’m wrong and how there are some great programs for Linux and blogging. Let’s go over a few, shall we? Remember, I’m talking about LINUX ONLY – Firefox addons and other various options not included in this list.
KBlogger: This one showed promise when I first opened it. Then it crashed. And again. And again. And again. If you handle it VERY LIGHTLY and also remember not to import any pictures, it might not crash for a while. Then if you can finally post with it, IT DOESN’T SUPPORT TAGS FOR WORDPRESS. It also fails to give the option for a custom slug. Between the crashing and the lack of options, no thanks.
BloGTK: This one might have been great back when it was being properly updated and worked on. Personally I can’t even manage to open the program – it crashes immediately. I can get the errors from the console and a quick Google search shows plenty of other people with the same experience. Looking into it, the program is outdated anyway. The next update (BloGTK 2.0) will be available “eventually” and it has been that way for a long time.
Drivel: Another program that showed promise, but when I opened it I discovered that it didn’t have Wordpress available as an option directly. Once I logged in, I quickly discovered that it had no options for tags, categories, or a custom slug. At least this one didn’t crash on me! Another quick Google search brought up the fact that this one has not been worked on since 2006. That would explain the lack of features!
There are some other options available, but these three are the main ones. The other options are a lot more simple (such as gnome-blog and tomboy blogposter) and for that I will cut them some slack – they weren’t designed for heavy usage.
Having typed all of that, let me say that I realize there are some good cross-platform options available. ScribeFire for Firefox is a great example! The problem with that is that there should be something available FOR Linux users specifically. There are tons and tons of great opensource applications available, so why isn’t there just one good one for blogging? I’m not looking for something that is as featured as Windows Live Writer (though if one becomes available, I WANT IT!), and I’m not comparing programs TO Windows Live Writer. I just want something fully functional.
With all of the great programmers making tons of tetris and pacman remakes (among other duplicate programs) for Linux, you’d think somebody would bother to work on a useful (and up to date) blogging application.
Wordless Wednesday #5 – Where Nightmares Come From
July 15, 2009
Wordless Wednesday #4 – Joshua Jerky
June 24, 2009
The Blogger
June 22, 2009The blogger is a mysterious creature. Perhaps the blogger is an artist, and the blank post before the blogger is an easel. The creature strokes the keys across the easel painting a beautiful work of art to publish for the world to see. This creature appears in many forms; sometimes the blogger is a man, sometimes a woman… many races, nationalities, beliefs, and so much more. This creature will sometimes paint for money, for fun, for himself alone, for popularity, or perhaps for no reason that can be understood by any but the creature.
No matter the reason, the blogger pulls up a blank page and begins creating something beautiful, even if only the blogger sees it as so. The blogger struggles with many battles to continue creating such art, and in the end some may give up, and some may lose the battles, but the blogger lives on. The blogger has a strange mindset and is always thinking of new things to create! New life to bring forth! Old life to retell for others!
Blogger, what will you paint before us this day? Will you bring forth a smile? Strike laughter into the hearts of many? Inspire the masses? Your post may only reach one, but it may be the right one. Will you use your abilities for good or evil? Will you write for personal gain or will you write for the sake of your reader?
WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY or something like that.
Wordless Wednesday #3 – Unhappy Feet
June 17, 2009
