slight redesign

UPDATE -- Turns out things are a lot more messed up then I though I'm going to have to hose out the entire MT directory and start over fresh.

I'm going to do a slight redesign over the weekend. Nothing too major, just kinda clean things up a bit.

Powweb, my webhost, has been acting really weird and putting a 'cap' on programs hogging memory. I keep getting 500 cgi errors.

Although, I must admit though, things got royaly fucked up since I installed MT-Blacklist. I cannot begin to explain how much I hate this program. It kind of reminds me of a red-headed-bastard-step-child. People appreciate that it's there, but don't exploit its full potential.

Well, I'm off to watch... er, I mean, 'play' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

ARGHHH!!!!!!

I fucking hate spam. It drives me crazy. But, the one type of spam I hate the most is blog spam. OH MY GOD OMG ARGGHHHHHHHH. Drives me nuts. I'm pretty iritated right now with all this fucking "Hold 'em rules" and "Vioxx Lawsuit". Do they think I'm a depressed arthritic with a gambling problem? Drives me nuts.

Anyway, since MT-Blacklist does absolutley shit from stopping spammers posting in the first place, I'm probably going to install some kind of verification system in the comments. Like where you have to type in what it says in the image in order to post.

My comments section contains 400 comments, 280 of which are spam comments, and I just cleaned it out three days ago...

+batphish

Back Alley Tech Tip

I recently stumbled upon Microsofts' new desktop theme. It's called Energy Blue and I have to say, it's really awesome. Here's what it looks like on my pc.

Pretty sharp looking huh, it's almost like the default blue, but just a bit better in my opinion. The thing is, this theme is made for PC's running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, so in order to get it working it requires a bit of hacking. Luckily, I'm a pretty nice guy and I've written a little guide to help you, my dear friends, install this wonderful theme. You're going to need WinZip or WinRar</a or some other type of third party unzipping utility installed on you computer. Ready? Ok.

1. First, you will want to start off by downloading the theme

2. Right click the file you downloaded and choose the option that will allow you to extract the files to your desktop.

3. Place the file called 'royale.theme' in your 'C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes' folder

4. Make a directory in 'C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes' and call it 'Royale'

5. Now put all the remaining files from the archive in 'C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Royale'

6. Right click on the desktop and click on the 'Appearance' tab, click on the drop down box that's titled 'Windows and buttons and choose 'Windows XP style'. If you have more then one list for 'Windows XP style', try the first one. Then, click on the 'Color scheme' drop down box and choose Royale. You're done my friend.

A very simple hack that has some, I think, pretty awesome results. Now, if Royale doesn't appear in the 'Color scheme' drop down box, and you have more then one instance of 'Windows XP style' in the 'Windows and buttons' drop down, just simply choose the other option in the list. It should show up. If it doesn't then you should try the whole process again.

The whole process should take 10 minutes tops and is very straight forward.

Hope you enjoy this, I sure did.

mame cab — new toys!

So I got some new toys for my mame cab. First, I bought myself the SlikStik Tornado Spinner. What an amazing toy, it really does spin for minutes, but I do have an interesting story to tell about it. But, that's for tomorrow.

I also switched out the joysticks from the Ultimarc T-Stik Plus, to the pretty much arcade standard Happ Competition Joystick. The difference is beyond words, the way the joystick moves is something I'm much more use to then the Ultimarc. I grew up playing Mortal Kombat and the Competition (although a modified version with a heavier spring) was used in the MK cab.

"L to R: The Happ Competition, Ultimarc T-Stik Plus"

The only thing I regret about getting rid of the T-Stik is the 4 way mode. Pac-Man is absolute garbage on an 8 way. It's impossible. So, that's why I ordered a Wico 4 way off of ebay. Should be here soon and I can't wait to install it.

One thing I don't miss about the T-Stik is its extremely short throw and super loud clicking.

Click image to start the video!

Notice how the Player 2 joystick doesn't hardly tilt at all, when I push on it that's all it goes. It makes a very odd feeling as if the joystick is stuck.

Also, if you look really closely in the background, I've got Ken in 'THEE HANDCUFFS'. Ninja what?!

Something I want to Point Out

Uhmm... Halo was boring as hell and Halo 2 is going to suck just as much.

(Ducks for cover)

That is all.

... Halo(2) sucks

Send out some mojo!

Hey, in case you didn't hear, my buddy Paul Shaqz, is sick. He's got a sore throat, his momma made him some hot chocolate to make him feel better. I want him to feel better too! So, send out some mojo to him.

Get yo’ drink on.

This is teh best picture ever. It's from two weeks ago when Mitch and Dannielle visted us for the day.

I added a bunch of pictures in the gallery.