New Raptor Egg?

Submitted by zourtney on Mon, 2010/01/04 - 14:17
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Being at home sick, lethargic, and unable to concentrate of anything of use, I hopped on to Newegg this afternoon. Mistakenly hitting the 'v' key, I noticed that the first suggested result is 'velociraptor.' Is there really that much demand for raptors?! Smile

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Unfortunately, it seems these raptors aren't dinosaurs at all. They are just boring, Western Digital hard drives.

Zourtney's Song Download Page

Submitted by zourtney on Sat, 2009/11/07 - 23:53
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For years, I have played with making my very own bad-sounding music. Using a software sequencing program (formerly) known as FruityLoops, I have had lots of fun and made many embarrassing sounds and beats. I have recently started using a Linux-made clone of it called LMMS. Last week, I got a new guitar amp. I plan to start using this, and all of its fun effects to pipe-out some poorly-played guitar riffs. Then, I will smash them into these horrible songs of mine...excellent!

While most everything I make is embarrassing and unoriginal, I figured I might as well throw them up on the internet. This page is dedicated to linking up the few songs which are tolerable enough to hear once. They are quite short because I know nothing about making songs and lack originality. Nonetheless, give them a try.

Click here for the full text, along with the list of downloadable tracks.

Merry Christmas!

Submitted by zourtney on Thu, 2009/12/24 - 08:41
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Hey everybody, just wanted to toss out a Merry Christmas to the randomnets. And Happy New Year!

Picture Project Outline

Submitted by zourtney on Thu, 2009/11/05 - 10:33
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We are starting to hammer out the specifics of the new version of the picture project.

Click here to view the outline of the project. This page will be updated frequently as we determine what functionality we will be implementing. If you want to chime in, visit the forum page.

Upgrading CentOS 5.2 to php 5.3

Submitted by nick on Mon, 2009/12/07 - 12:10
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Randomland was recently moved to a new server. Well, not really new per say, but better then what it was on. On this server was installed CentOS 5.2. This distro, being based off Redhats enterprise linux, lacked php > 5.1. We needed at least version 5.2 of php to run our drupals like we likes. To make a long story short...
Updated!

Photographic Excess

Submitted by nick on Fri, 2009/10/30 - 08:29
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We here in the randomnets have been working on a new gallery system. Its still in beta, and mostly not any better then the old one, but it fits the look and feel of Randomland better. Take a look at some of the galleries, or if you want to completely gorge on our photographic incontinence (we just cant keep them in), check out the ImageStream. Its a free flowing collection of all the images to date. Have a look.. or 400!

Bike Tree Howto

Submitted by zourtney on Fri, 2009/11/13 - 13:15
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If you live in a confined space and have bicycles, you may struggle with finding a good way to store them indoors. With a little inspiration and a lot of help from my friends, I created vertical bike holder.

I am now storing two adult-sized bikes indoors using less than 3 square feet of floor space. The best part is that this entire project can be built in a day for under $20 USD. The rest of this article outlines how to create your very own "bike tree."

Click for the full text or download the printer friendly version now.

 

 

Creating a Drupal Module

Submitted by zourtney on Fri, 2009/10/23 - 15:16
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Creating a Drupal module is a remarkably simple thing to do. There are thousands upon thousands of modules out there, but sometimes, the need arises to make your own. In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a simple module. This is meant to be a bare-bones lesson to help get you started.

To view the full, 6 part tutorial, click here. You can also download the source code for the sample module here.

VBoxGuestAdditions.iso Missing After Upgrading VirtualBox

Submitted by zourtney on Fri, 2009/11/13 - 07:23
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This morning I decided to upgrade my copy of Sun's VirtualBox on my Win7 (RC) machine. I had been putting it off for a while but decided it was a good time to do it.

After downloading and installing the new executable, I thought it wise to test my virtual machine was still in working order. It was not, but this fix is simple. I got an error telling me that the Guest Additions file could not be found.

The solution is as simple as pointing the mounted ISO file to the proper location. Click for the full text with screenshots and further explanation.

Firefox Gives Official Microsoft Addons the Boot!

Submitted by zourtney on Sat, 2009/10/17 - 08:01
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Firefox-Disables-Pesky-MS-AI woke up this morning and started browsing the internet. Suddenly, Firefox asks me to restart because it has disabled installed addons which are either a high security risk or cause stability problems. It just so happens to be referencing the two official Microsoft addons I never asked for and did not install.

You see, I did not install these addons. They came as part of a Windows Update (perhaps last night, 10-17-09). Furthermore, I quick glance at my Firefox Addons lists shows me only one of the two (so-called) risky plugins.

I'm not sure if anyone else has run across this before, but I find it kind of odd. Simultaneously, I find it oh-so-typical. Way to go, embrace that bad-code stereotype!

Update 10-19-09, here is a little blurb about it on The Register.
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