I am looking for a new camera, and I think for the price the SD790 is a great little digital camera!
Monthly Archive for August, 2008
Aug
27
27
Good think I use two backup plugins for my site, I tried to install a new plugin, messed everything up! More on that later..
Aug
26
26
I also got a Cruzer Micro 8GB Flash Drive from Best Buy for $30, good bye to my Alienware 4GB flash drive!
Aug
26
26
Got two 4GB SDHC at Best Buy today for $30!
Sad news is, my Canon Powershot wont accept SDHC cards, to new of a technology.. Time to buy a new one!
Aug
26
26
I am a HUGE fan of comics and all the best Marvel movies! But I have been a fan of Heroes, well since the actors strike last year which cut the second season of the show from 24 episodes to 11 100-day strike by the Writers Guild of America.
The worst part about the strike; postponement and eventual cancellation of a six episode spin-off titled Heroes: Origins, Bastards!
But anyway.. I then had a chance to pick up the DVD of Heroes Season 1 on Amazon (Season 2 is now available) Once I watched the show, I was hooked, line and sinker!
I was then able to watch some episodes on NBC’s VOD site, and on Netflix Watch Instantly.
Before I rant anymore, I will end the note with the third season of Heroes starts September 22nd on NBC, and I will be there, or here, or anywhere there is a TV with a video feed from NBC (I said that already).
I am curently listening too: Heroes Soundtrack on Amazon
Aug
25
25
Well, I am working on a new website. I decided to create the site using none other than.. You guessed it, WordPress! I downloaded the newest, version 2.6.1.
I am still in the process of finishing content on the site, but if you want to check it out? Head on over to Great Escape Cabo Fishing!
- http://greatescapecabofishing.com
I am finishing editing a quick video to put up on the site, and there should be more to come as well.
The site is for my pops, where you can charter any one of the two sport fishing yachts down in Cabo San Lucas Mexico.
I am curently listening too: Disturbed on iTunes
Aug
23
23
So since I have been bake there have been a lot of changes. Well I think I can go on for ever about what has and hasn’t changed. But I think I will just create a quick like for myself and make it easy.
- The new WordPress 2.6.1 release, like I said.
- The Olympics are almost over.
- Hmm, I thought there was more… Maybe I am tired and forgot stuff… yeah, I’ll get back to this later.
P.S. My brain still feels like its on vacation.. I need a reality check.
Aug
23
23
I have been in Mexico for 10 days, so I have to really focus on trying to get back to work..
Aug
12
12
I was just checking my Inebriated Inc Blog, when the WordPress Stats plugin told me that the top recent searches where:
I just thought that the Hebrew search was funny..
תחפושת של וודקה!
I am curently listening too: Disturbed on iTunes
Aug
11
11
Well it’s that time of the year, you know, “summer vacation” time. Yes, don’t be sad, I’ll only be gone for ten days. Off to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! 
Aug
10
10
Use h2 tags for your post titles - Search engines like Google love heading tags. The lower the number in the Header the better. Use h2 tags for all post titles and h3 for sections within your posts/pages.
Make your post titles into links - On archive pages, and on permalink pages, make your post titles link to the permalink page (even though it just link to itself). Have you heard of Google Bombing before? Didn’t think so..
Optimize your Page Titles - Your title tag should contain more than just your blog’s name. It’s a great place to put some keywords in. Try this format: “%the Post Title% - %Your Blog Name.COM%.” Your average post title probably has good keywords relevant to your post, right? For your index/home page, you want something like the name of your blog, and either your tagline (you know, that witty line you came up with!) or just a list of keywords that are relevant to your site.
Change Your Permalink Structure - If you use Wordpress, do not use the default permalink style or ?p=page-number. If fact, the best way is to input a custom structure field such as: /%category%/%postname%/.
Optimize Post Slugs - Many blogging platforms, such as Wordpress, offer a “Post Slug” feature that allows you to tweak the URL of the post your working on. When using you can change name of post to something SEO friendly.
Use Meta Tags - While meta tags don’t have as much value placed on them as they used to, there still is some, and it’s a good idea to use them.
ALT and Link Your Logo - Make sure your logo links to your blog’s homepage. This is more of a usability thing than SEO advice, but it’s still a good idea. On a SEO note, make sure you use an “alt” tag on the image, adding something such as the blog’s name to it.
I am curently listening too: Sixx A.M. on iTunes
Aug
09
09
Everyone has plugins installed on there WordPress blog. And some people have so many that there are compatibility issues between them. Well I am sure that most of you won’t experience this, I just came across a known issue between two plugins.
As you see in a previous post “Conditional Tags”, I am using the WP-Syntax:
Syntax highlighting using GeSHi supporting a wide range of popular languages. Wrap code blocks with <pre lang=”LANGUAGE” line=”1″> and
where LANGUAGE is a geshi supported language syntax. The line attribute is optional. By Ryan McGeary.
I recently downloaded the Register Plus which will…
Enhance your Registration Page. Add Custom Logo, Password Field, Invitation Codes, Disclaimer, Captcha Validation, Email Validation, User Moderation, Profile Fields and more. By Skullbit.
Thing is, the new Register Plus plugin wouldn’t activate while the WP-Syntax plugin was. So what to do? Well I sent a message on over to Skullbit, so I guess I’ll have to wait and see. for now, I will leave the WP-Syntax plugin activated.
I am curently listening too: Neurosonic on iTunes
Aug
08
08
I just installed the Twitter Tools from Alex King.
So far so good, the plugin has a great option’s panel and you can customize the way the plugin shows up on your blog/site. I am using it currently as a widget (top right).
I am curently listening too: Scars on Broadway on Amazon
Aug
08
08
I am now part of the ever growing and expanding Twitter revolution! So if you are a tweeter, you best head over and join me.
I am going to look around for the best Twitter WordPress Plugin.
I am curently listening too: Disturbed on Amazon
Aug
08
08
I took this post from my Frosty Web Designs Blog which I am not posting to anymore. I will be using it strictly as my portfolio site.
So I was browsing around online for some new code. I wanted to change the rollover state of the navigation menu depending on which page you were on. So I did a search for Wordress dynamic class. That let me to Elliot Jay Stocks, where he had an article about dynamic body classes. I wasn’t wanting to change the body class or id of my site, but it was in the right direction.
After reading the article and browsing the comments I saw a link to Conditional Tags on Wordpress’ Codex. After searching for the terms I was going to use I had to write the PHP code. I went over to php.net to visit the code for if statements.
I used the following php structured code:
$b) { echo "a is bigger than b"; $b = $a; } ?>
To apply the code to my page I inserted;
if (is_page('about')) {
Now where is_page asks the web site if the page that is loaded is the page titled about, then do what ever code it followed, such as:
if (is_page('about')) { echo "page_item_current";
Now if the page about is loaded inside the browser, echo (write)
class="page_item_current"
So lets see what comes next.
if (is_page('about')) { echo "page_item_current"; } else { echo "page_item"; }
So in the final code you will see the first line asking if the current page loaded it about, and telling the page to write (echo) the class page_item_currentBut, if the current page you are on is not the page about, then just write page_item.
The final code will be placed in between the class quotes where ever you need to use Conditional Tags.
my final code:
<li class="<?php if (is_page('about')) { echo">"><a class="menu-about" href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>/about"><span>about me</span></a></li>
The next step is changing you CSS in your stylesheet to display your current page.
My CSS code looked like this:
#menu a:hover { background-position: left bottom; } #menu .page_item_current a { background-position: left bottom; }
Aug
08
08
I was traveling South on the 405 freeway when I passed Nordhoff St when a silver Acura Integra passed by me in the carpool lane. Just at the rear of the car passed me the bumper somehow disconnected from the car which sent the car into a fish tail. I had about 100 feet, where I slammed on my brakes and the Acura veered right spinning into 180° facing oncoming traffic, he then spun 5 lanes to the right shoulder somehow avoiding the somewhat heavy traffic and flipped off the rail over onto the on ramp of Nordhoff St. Damn! I think I almost died, hopefully they driver and passenger are OK.
Aug
05
05
So I am going to court tomorrow morning to file my claim against my previous employer whom has not payed me for my work. Will see what happens..
Aug
04
04
The Movie was awesome as always. But it had been awhile since I had seen all of them. It seemed like I had forgot some parts to the directors extended edition. But fear not, I made it through the 11 hours strong!
