Monthly Archives: July 2007

Here is a quick registry hack to add a new entry “Run PNGOUT on Folder” to your context menu. It will iterate through all the files in the directory, and run PNGOUT on every PNG file it finds. It will … Continue reading →

If you are a regular reader, you probably saw me mentioning LaTex at various times. I always praise it as the superior solution – one above and beyond the traditional, word processing products. So let me take a minute of … Continue reading →

I found this today: click to enlarge I dialed up the brightness on the image a bit, because the original was really dark. I found it on a random image board, and had to do some legwork to actually track … Continue reading →

I just bought 3 new computers, and the vendor shipped them with OEM of Office 2007 Pro. I didn’t really think about this at the time, but once I booted one of the machines to configure it for a new … Continue reading →

One of the complaints I hear all the time regarding realism in video games is the complaint about static NPC’s. This issue is usually evident mostly in RPG and adventure games with large, persistent world open to exploration, and quest … Continue reading →

None of my readers fessed up to owning an iPhone yet. So what phones do you guys have? I have a Samsung SCH-A670 which kinda looks like this: I had it for a while, and while it served me well, … Continue reading →

Some time ago I came up with this “to ambitious for your own good” prop that could be used in essentially any setting. It could be an ancient artifact, weird piece of mysterious alien technology, magical arcana, mystical object and … Continue reading →

If my blog looked like shit for the past few days then it’s your own fucking fault. You need to get your ass off IE 6.0 and upgrade to a real browser – even if it is IE 7.0. I … Continue reading →

This error has been driving me insane all morning. Every time I was trying to create a new InnoDB table with a foreign key constraint I would get the following error: Error 1005 Can’t create table ‘.\mydb\#company.frm’ (errno: 150) My … Continue reading →

I never wrote a wordpress plugin before, so when I set out to learn how they work, I was surprised to see how easy it is to create one. One would think that there would be lot’s of setup and … Continue reading →

Has anyone seen Transformers yet? Let’s discuss. The previews made it look much more of an “edge of your seat” kind of movie. It was not. It’s a light hearted pulp flick with large dose of humor. It was pretty … Continue reading →

Printing out nicely formated tables in HTML is good, but the downside is that sorting and aggregation options can be sometimes limited. If you didn’t write the code for it, your users won’t be able to do it. This is … Continue reading →

Happy 4th everyone! I hope you enjoyed the fireworks. For my readers from other parts of the world: today was a national holiday here in US. Every year, on 4th of July we celebrate the bravery of two great men: … Continue reading →

It’s funny, but no one at my work got one yet, but they don’t seem to be able to shut up about it. As sweet as it might be I’m definitely not getting one because: I have Verizon I don’t … Continue reading →

Uh! Oh! They finally released a trailer for the Hitman movie: Hitman Trailer video The good news is, that Vin Diesel is not in it. Not that I have anything against the fucking Riddick. Say what you want, but the … Continue reading →

Not sure if this is going to work, but let’s give it a try. Let’s play collective chess. The rules are simple – copy the chessboard below into the comment field, and update it with your move: ♖ ♘ ♗ … Continue reading →

Why the hell don’t we have these all over the place: Williams X-Jet Video This thing is called a Williams X-Jet and it was built by Williams International for US military in the 1980’s, and is one of the most … Continue reading →