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Monday, February 27th, 2006

So pissed

I had no Internet all weekend. Naturally on the weekend I really needed it. I worked 7 days in a row. I get home, ready to login to wow and unwind, and no Internet.

AAARRRGGGG!!!!!!

I called the help line but the idiot heard I had a Mac and sent me to Apple. Didn’t even bother to check for outages in my area. I can connect at work. The website (now that I’m at work) is useless.

Laura in Home § No Comments

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Booting XP from a Thumb Drive

Langa Letter: XP On Your Thumb Drive

Fred Langa offers a step-by-step and illustrated guide on how to boot XP from an ordinary USB drive.

Laura in General, Miscellaneous § No Comments

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

Max Kiesler - Downloadable Web 2.0 and AJAX Widgets

Laura in Javascript § No Comments

Monday, February 20th, 2006

The difference a shirt makes

druid in fen keeper robe with blue shirt
My druid.
hunter in fen keeper robe with green shirt
My hunter.

Yes, I am one of the silly people who worry about what their characters wear. I just find it interesting that the same dress could look so different with 2 different colored shirts.

Laura in Games and Entertainment Online § No Comments

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Librarian Schwag

CafePress sent out a link to all their library stuff so I’m posting my list of favorites here.

My absolute favorite, it’s just so me.
Favorite #2
Some idiot actually used the phrase “Radical Militant Librarians “. Our feelings were so hurt. :-), Here’s the full quote.
My boss’s favorite
I like this one. But it really screams Heather to me.
For Mom.
My third favorite.
I wanted this today.
So true.
So pretty.
My favorite sentence I can’t say.
Hehehe
Cool
LOL
Heather and I will have to share.
Arwen!
The Original. I still want it.
Not really library-related.
SCA Librarian.
The secret is out.

Laura in Library and Information Science § No Comments

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Quu’s secret

Boing Boing: Gamers are as good as bilinguals at solving mental problems

Gamers are as good as bilinguals at solving mental problems
Video gamers may have the same mental agility as bilingual people — an ability to swap out one task and bring another online quickly, which is useful in multitasking and is linked to lifelong mental acuity. A study at Toronto’s York University showed that gamers performed like bilinguals in hard mental tests, and that bilingual gamers were even better.

Laura in Friends, Internet § 1 Comment

Top 10 Advantages of ADD in a High Tech Career

Adult ADD Strengths » Top 10 Advantages of ADD in a High Tech Career

I immediately thought of Lethann when I saw this. But it was scary how many applied to me too.

Laura in Internet § No Comments

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

I’ve had problems with URLs ever since I upgraded to version 2. From what I found on the WordPress Support Forum, it’s a problem with how the .htaccess file is being written and real folders under the blog in the hierarchy. Since I had this blog in the root folder and a private blog in a sub-folder, whenever I tried to access my private blog I would be re-directed to the main blog. The only way to access it was to delete the Wordpress part of the .htaccess file but that would break the links on my main blog. I don’t know if this problem is restricted to Dreamhost customers or if that’s just the majority talking about it.

The only permanent solution I’ve come up with was to move the private blog to it’s own sub-domain. It’s a ridiculous thing for me to have to do and it was time-consuming but it was the only thing that worked. A note from one of the programmers that they’re aware of the problem on the offical blog would be nice. However, they are volunteers and I realize that they don’t have time for the extensive support you would expect from a commercial company.

Laura in Website § No Comments

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Crimson Eagles Profession Pricelist :: Enchanting

For wow.