Isaac Asimov: The Last Question
Posted by lyle Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:50:30 GMT
A great read – Asimov is wonderful.
Web Development, Radio and Geekery
Quick OS X Column View Rant
Posted by lyle Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:56:50 GMT
Most of my OS X copatriots enjoy the love that is a “3 button mouse”, which is not standard with any Mac. And a good “3 button mouse” has the Wheel… ah the glorious wheel. Which allows, among other things, for you to quickly and effortlessly scroll up and down in any scrollable window (unless the application sucks ass). Well, Mac OS X.x (second x representing a digit between 0 and 2, inclusive) has an interesting “not like windows” file system navigation tool called “Column View”. Basically your mount points be on the left and as you view one it’s contents show up in a vertical list within a section of the current window – directly to the right. If you then highlight (by clicking) a folder from that list a new list, with it’s contents, appears to it’s right and if, dependent on window and individual column width, the window needs to scroll to the right it does so (thereby your mounts going left). The long and the short of it is: if you have a deep directory structure and you start going into that depth your folder structure keeps “going left” and your root is way left in a scrollable window. But it’s a left-right scroll therefore you can not use your scroll wheel. Someone (listen up Apple) needs to allow an option + wheel to equate to a left right scroll. That would make me happy beyond reason.
I'm a gamer
Posted by lyle Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:04:52 GMT
Along with being a Geek I am also a gamer. I play D&qmp;D and other role-playing games. A friend just sent me a cool gaming link. The page allows you to make the starting basic charicter stats and history using a UPC as the base. And it’s not random. I entered a 591ml Dr. Pepper (UPC: 078000082401), picked 4d6 rolling method and got this…
Gender: Female
Race: Halfling (Height: 3’1”, Weight: 32 lbs.)
STR: 12 [+1] () [-2 STR racial penalty]
DEX: 12 [+1] () [+2 DEX racial bonus]
CON: 12 [+1] ()
INT: 12 [+1] ()
WIS: 12 [+1] ()
CHA: 16 [+3] ()
Total ability modifier: +8
Where you were raised: (see Hero Builder’s Guide for details)
Temperature Zone: Temperate
Terrain: Desert
Community Size: Troupe
Family notes:
Economic Status: Poor
Social Standing: Upper Class
Family Defense Readiness: Low
Private Ethics: Untrustworthy
Public Ethics: Undeserved
Religious Commitment: Historical
Reputation: Outstanding
Political Views: Supportive
Power Structure: Matriarchy
Ancestors of Note: Successful Founder
Education:
Early Childhood Instruction: Religious
Formal Education: Agriculture
Learning a Trade: Farmer
Life Events (thus far):
Early Childhood events: Injury or Physical Defect
Youth Events: Religion
Pivotal Events: No Pivotal Events
Relationships:
Parents: Both Ill
Siblings: 2 older brothers & 1 younger sister
Grandparents: One Grandparent on Each Side Alive
Extended Family: Huge Extended Family
Friends: Some
Enemies: Villian
Instructors: Basic
As you grow, will you follow your family, or rebel…?
I wonder what a can of Dew would produce.
Da work thoughts
Posted by lyle Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:48:41 GMT
Today is the first day of work up at UCSC Arts without Dedi and that sucks. Majarly sucks! And on top of that I have this … first off my state of mind is askew from the norm because I stayed up late watching About Schmit. Which is depressing as hell. My father is retiring this month and I am worried about him.
So UCSC pulled in some consultants and they recommended that the Information Technology positions and structure be changed to save money. The long and the short of it is that this job, which I took due in a large part for it’s stability, is not, at this current time, stable. – Should I start looking for another job, one where the pay is higher? The thing is I love it here. But if here changes to drastically… well I may leave.
On a good note: A good friend form LA is coming in for lunch today and another is coming in on Wednesday. I get to do Lunch with Daria, my son Wyatt and with friends two days this week.
Corkdog.com Down Again
Posted by lyle Wed, 02 Jul 2003 23:01:55 GMT
So, corkdog.com – the GeekSpeak webserver and my personal webserver is down again. For the first time I think it might actually be our box. Who knows. Our hosting facility is doing us a giant favor by hosing us for free. And they are always helpful when we need support. But it is frustrating not having mail nor access to our websites.
