Gallery Upgrade

Nick Momrik1 Comment

I just finished upgrading the Photos section of the site to use Gallery 1.4.2. The only reason I upgraded was because they had found a pretty big security hole in the previous versions of the software. I didn’t feel like having someone hack into my web server. The upgrade went pretty smoothly, except that I’ve lost all the hard work I put into hacking the Gallery code to make it valid XHTML 1.1. Oh well!

You’ll notice some design changes with it since I decided to use a portion of one of the skins that came with the new version. Gallery is a great piece of software, but I just wish they had worked a little bit at using some standard code. The first time I installed Gallery I took at least a few hours to hack the code so that it would all validate XHTML 1.1. I think I’m going to leave it this time around…at least for the time being. I’d rather get Windows installed on my new server (I had initially put Linux on it) so that I can install Linux on my old PC. The server is just too much power to have Linux sitting on it when all I really want to do is play around with Linux. It’s much smarter to harness that power for my main machine.

The Friday 5

Nick Momrik2 Comments

The Friday 5 on Friday the 13th…

  1. Are you superstitious?

    Maybe a little bit.

  2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?

    I just don’t understand the whole sports thing with wearing the same socks or not shaving.

  3. What’s your favorite superstition?

    It’s seven years bad luck if you break a mirror. I think this one is so stupid!

  4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?

    Not in the sense that someone is always lucky. Luck is nothing more than “good fortune or prosperity”. But I do have a lucky number (31) and I had a few rituals when played high school basketball. I would always have a Snickers candy bar before a game and during the playing of the National Anthem I would repeatedly count the number of stars and stripes on the flag.

  5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?

    I had too look up a definition to see exactly what this question is acking for: Astrology is the study of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.

    I definitely do not believe in this, because I believe we are in control of our lives.

fridayfive.org

Running Linux

Nick Momrik2 Comments

My new server, with Linux installed, is up and running. I’m making this post from it right now as a matter of fact. It will take me some time to get used to it and learn my way around. It’s been a few years since I’ve had a Linux box, so there is quite a bit new and different. If anyone knows any good sites for tutorials and configurations, let me know.

From Dusk Till Dawn

Nick MomrikLeave a comment

From Dusk Till Dawn (Dimension Collector's Series)Different. I’ve never seen a movie make a complete 180 so quickly. The movie is rolling along fine, actually pretty good and then all of the sudden you’re like, “What the hell just happened?!”

It’s an older movie, from 1996, but was pretty good. The cast included Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, and Cheech Marin. In fact, you could include Cheech 3 times because he played 3 different parts in the film. So Mike Myers and his Austin Powers movies are not the first to have one actor play multiple parts.

Sometimes I like movies that are a little out there, and this one definitely was. It’s not one of my favorites, but it wasn’t to bad to watch. However, I don’t ever plan on watching it again.

Since it’s an older movie I have bump the rating a little bit and give it a B.

Bookmarks And Favorites

Nick Momrik2 Comments

For the purpose of this post, BF = bookmark/favorite. Most people use BFs in their browser to make it easy for them to browse their favorite websites with a single click. They also store the sites so that they don’t have to remember the lengthy addresses some sites have. Whoever invented them made it very easy for the rest of us.

I use the Internet all the time for everything. What would you say if I told you that I don’t use BFs in my browsers at all? Not here at home, not at work, or anywhere else. Since I am around computers a lot, I would need to keep several different versions of my BFs synchonized, which would be a major pain in the ass. I also use several different browsers, especially for my web developing purposes. Some browsers will allow you to import/export BFs, but that just adds to the pain and suffereing of updating more lists. Can you see what I’m getting at? A centralized list of BFs is the solution. Something I can access from any computer that has access to the Internet.

A year or two ago, I stumbled upon a site called MyBookmarks while searching for a solution. It is a free service where I store all of my BFs. I can create and remove folders, add and delete BFs, change the colors of the page where I view my BFs, move BFs, sort them…and the list goes on. You can even import BFs from your browser into your MyBookmarks account so that you don’t have to go through the hassle of typing everything in.

So, instead of keeping track of BFs all over the place, I simply set the home page in my browser as the link to my account at MyBookmarks and I have easy access to all of the sites I use. Whenever I open up a browser, I’m greated by a nice list of all my BFs. It makes life a whole lot easier.

Access your bookmarks online — anytime, anywhere.

Halo 2 Update

Nick Momrik3 Comments

Bungie has finally released some details about the much anticipated sequel to Halo, which in my opinion is the greatest game ever created for any console.

Halo 2 will ship in Fall, 2004. Please make a note of it.

Read the full release. They have also released the first ever multiplayer screenshot from Halo 2 and it looks SWEET! Now I’m all excited just thinking about it.

Fan Email

Nick Momrik3 Comments

I received a great email tonight. It feels good to know that people appreciate the time you spend and that doing something you have fun with is actually benefiting other people. Here is a portion of the email I received:

I was surfing the web today looking for Poker Chip Tricks and I found your web site. All I can say is THIS IS AN AWESOME SITE DUDE!!!…Little did I know that I was going to spend two hours looking at your site…All most forgot to tell you, I e-mailed all my friends that I have on line and told them to check it out also.

Someone just made my day! 🙂

Hack Attack

Nick Momrik1 Comment

I felt like I just got done playing in a Gus Macker. The team we played didn’t do anything but reach in the whole game and there was only one ref so he didn’t see much. My arms are red from all the smacks they took. They only had 5 players, but ended up with like 22 fouls. Can you explain to me how a few people didn’t foul out? We won by about 6 points, but it was another ugly game and I played like shit!

Underworld

Nick Momrik6 Comments

Underworld (2-Disc Unrated Extended Cut)I had mixed feelings when I saw previews for Underworld. Sometimes the vampire movies are good and sometimes they are horrible, but this one turned out to be OK.

Kate Beckinsale did a good job as the lead roll, playing the vampire caught up in the middle of a war between the vampire and werewolf races. She falls in love with a werewolf, which causes quite a controversy in the vampire coven.

Overall, I’d recommend this movie for a one-time viewing, but it wasn’t good enough for me to actually buy it, so I’m glad I borrowed.

I grade it with a B-.