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4/1/08 - Tuesday: "They Think They're Funny - April Fools "

Wow, it's that time again, April Fools has struck the internet like a rapist down a dark alley. Watch out for what you read online today, as it's a popular place to surprise unsuspecting people with crazy jokes. (As if you didn't know that already.)

One such joke is Google's "Gmail Custom Time" that theoretically allows users to send messages in the past. It would work by time-stamping messages hours before they were actually delivered. I can't say I'm an expert on G-mail, but wouldn't people's e-mail clients automatically time-stamp the correct received time? Anyway, another retarded April Fools joke.

I'd love to ask you all to post jokes, but as I still haven't got a comment system up yet, I guess the best I could have you all do is e-mail me or send a comment on my feedback form.

Me? Well, I don't make such jokes... or do I? Muhahahaha...

 

3/29/08 - Saturday: "Yes... Awesomeness"

I found a few newer comics that are just awesomeness, and some of them I even read some time ago, but they are so cool that when I updated my links page, I linked to them too!

They are: LegendaryFrog comic by Joseph Blanchette, Earth Song by Lady Yates, and Looking for Group by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza. I seriously recommend that you check all of these out!

 

3/25/08 - Tuesday: "New Site Design"

Wow, my site has looked quite different for some time, until today when I finally sat down and finished making changes that have been in the works for a while. Hopefully I'm not the only person who thinks the look of this site has improved!

If you'd like to compare to the old design I had been using for a long time, I've taken a screenshot you can check out:

(Click for full size.)

The change comes with a new Lightfire logo I've created specifically for the site, in preparation of it potentially becoming a full-on business sometime in the next few years! (Key word: potentially)

 

3/9/08 - Friday: "Fun in Ordon Ranch"

It's been a while since I pulled out my GameCube, but I'm glad I did. I was hanging around Ordon Ranch and realized you can have some more fun with the goats than I originally thought...

(For anyone who doesn't know - the above video clip is from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.)

 

2/22/08 - Friday: "Meh"

Well, EVE didn't hold my attention very long. In fact, I probably only played it a total of 20 hours this last month. I'm not planning on putting anymore time into it either. I suppose Tabula Rasa would have been a better choice, but whatever. It all costs money, so I think when I manage to save up some more I can then start thinking about spending more on games.

I've played some Warcraft 3 the past few weeks, and that almost has me thinking WoW, but I remember that the last few times I played WoW it also didn't last very long. I suppose that I will never play WoW again, and just forget the new expansion - it doesn't really interest me. If I had a lot of friends who played WoW on the same server, then I'd probably join again in a heartbeat, but I don't think that's happening.

So basically, until Stargate Worlds is released, I suppose TR is the only MMO I'm even slightly interested in.

Things have been a little rough lately, but I figure I'll tell you that sometime in the next year or two I hope to completely revamp my site. If not, maybe I'll start a new site. At the moment, that is all sort of up in the air.

 

2/1/08 - Friday: "Can't Decide"

Currently, I think I'm tired of WoW, SWG has been pretty much over for about two years... So, since I've just been playing a lot of Counter-Strike: Source, and some Oblivion, I'm feeling like jumping back into some MMO gaming for a while. I had basically taken a break from MMO's for about 2-3 months to avoid subscription fees and save myself some time, as well as the fact that I was gone for Christmas break. But now, I think I'm ready to get back in the game.

The problem is, I can't decide between EVE and Tabula Rasa. They are both sci-fi, but TR is more like a shooter, whereas EVE is a lot slower and you have significantly less control over combat actions and maneuvers. But EVE is a bit deeper, whereas TR is pretty much just one thing: action, and lots of it.

While I like action, and I'm not a big fan of boring floating around in space, it just seems like EVE has some more to offer as far as depth. Since it's older, it has a more established economy as well as clan systems, etc. Therefore, I can't decide! Do I want action, or depth? Too bad I can't have both.

Of course, they both cost the same for a monthly subscription, or at least so close to the same that cost difference is negligible. No doubt I'll come to a decision within the next day, but either way, I'm sure I'll at least regret part of that decision.

In the mean time, I'll be waiting for the next best MMO to release. Whatever that may be. I've got my sights set on Stargate Worlds, but Age of Conan seems to hold some promise as well.

 

1/29/08 - Tuesday: "Say Goodbye to Dreamweaver Templates"

Something I discovered not long ago is that you can actually re-create essential pieces of a page using PHP. This enables you to use the same pieces of code - say for example: a navigation menu - over and over again throughout your web site instead of updating it from scratch every time.

The code to do this is relatively simple, as I managed to learn how to do it in a matter of minutes from W3Schools.

If you know HTML and just a little bit about coding, it should be a bit of a breeze. Just check out the tutorial for yourself, and remember to add ".php" as the file extension on any file names you use any PHP functions on.

(Please note: PHP will not work unless it is supported by your web site's server. Most popular web servers these days provide PHP functionality for free.)

 

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