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Rawr college.

Posted by Mop On September - 4 - 2008

So it’s been awhile since my last post. I know. I’ve started college, I’m attending RIT (Rochester institute of technology) for IT. I don’t have too much free time, but I’ll still be around here.

Feel free to facebook me -> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1463541075

Cheers!

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New Theme.

Posted by Mop On August - 17 - 2008

Well as you can see, I’ve put a new theme on the site. It’s 100% custom by me ^_^.

 

If you experience any problems with it, post them in a comment to this post.

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Fun With Web Hosts.

Posted by Mop On August - 16 - 2008

ARG! DOWNTIME!

So yeah we were down for the last couple days. One of the domains I host, Runescapez.com, got DDoSed, so Vexxhost locked my account. They insisted that they will not host DDoSed sites, (Which, I had never heard this policy before, they had it nowhere in their Terms of Service or Acceptable Usage Policy), and wanted me to move all my sites off their host. So of course, that is bullshit, I contacted them, and over the long amount of time it takes to get anything done via their support desk, we came to an agreement that I could continue to host my other sites, if I removed Runescapez.com.

So yeah, now we’re here. Sorry for the downtime.

TIPS For convincing a web host to do what you want, aside from simple support desk tickets.
 • Call them on the phone and either act extremely angry or apologetic (Or pull a bipolar thing to really freak them out).
 • Post on a Web Hosting Forum about how terrible they are - I suggest Webhostingtalk.com - they usually keep an eye out for stuff like this, and they’ll do anything within reason to make a customer happy and keep down bad talk on them.

 

Well, that all sucked. I still support Vexxhost, and as long as your site doesn’t get DDoSed, I still recommend them.

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StarCraft 2 / Epic FrontFlip Fail

Posted by Mop On August - 3 - 2008

StarCraft 2… Those of you who don’t know what StarCraft is… LIVE UNDER A ROCK. Here’s a summary of starcraft for you… It’s one of the first raise-a-civilization-and-conquer-the-area games, with thousands of maps, and of course, multiplayer. The story line is, in general, as follows: The humans (Terran) have been getting attacked by alien creatures (Zerg) and aliens (Protoss). Eventually, the Terran & Protoss join forces, can they defeat the onslaught of the zerg? - Spoilier: Click To Reveal -

 

StarCraft

That is Starcraft. It was released in the late 90s, but still remains extremely popular today. In Korea, its one of the most popular.

StarCraft 2

That is Starcraft 2. A major improvement, no? 
Official StarCraft 2 Site: http://StarCraft2.com/  You should check it out!!

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Epic FrontFlip Fail: (Video - 4:56 - 1.7mb).

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Forums Updated.

Posted by Mop On July - 29 - 2008

*Sigh*

Well… I changed the forum from BBPress to PhpBB3. BBPress is so nice and light, but its a bit hard to use, and lacks some features. Modding it is a bit difficult.. So I decided it wasn’t too far along to scrap and start anew. 
Let’s hope the new Phpbb forum will withstand the test of time, it will definitely serve us well… 

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Forum Launched.

Posted by Mop On July - 28 - 2008

Hey all,

I’ve decided to launch a forum attached to the Wordpress site. It runs BBPress and has quite the odd theme.. So you will find it very different then other forums…
Well, I’d appreciate it if everyone would make it a success, and I’m sure we could all have some fun on the forums!

You can access them by clicking here or the forum link at the top of the page.

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Reviews: The Dark Knight & iPhoneOS 2.0

Posted by Mop On July - 20 - 2008

BatmanSo the other night I saw The Dark Knight at the midnight showing at my local theater, or as they should of called it, the Batman movie. In short, it was good, and I highly recommend you go see it. Two things that kind of annoyed me:

 • His Voice. When he is just Bruce, his voice is completely normal. However, when he is Batman, they made his voice INSANELY deep, and added SO much bass to it, to the point were it was hardly understandable. Just lowering it would of been sufficient.

 • Surprise ending? When - Spoilier: Click To Reveal - I seriously thought that was going to be the ending. It would of been a nice sad ending, but that was only halfway through the movie. After reading Wikipedia about some of the names I couldn’t remember, I noticed that - Spoilier: Click To Reveal - a detail that I missed in the theatre.

Other then those small issues I had with the movie, it was great! I still recommend you see it!

 

iPhoneOS 2.0 - 
Now that the new iPhone/iTouch operating system has been jailbroken, I’ve bought it and installed it, and taken a good look at it. Yes, bought - if you’re on an iPod Touch, it costs 9.95$ to upgrade to. For the original and 3G iphone, it is free. The App Store is incredible - there’s so much, and many of them are free, too! The infamous “Installer” (What jailbroken iPods used to get stuff) hasn’t been ported it, but there is Cydia, which is a GUI for apt-get. However, there aren’t many apps out yet for 2.0 - Of the GUI apps I had on my older system, NES.app is the only ported so far - keep in mind I’ve installed this a day after the Jailbreak for it was released, so many more are expected. From the App Store, I’ve tried out AOL Messenger, AOL Radio, Remote, Tap-Tap Revenge, and VNC. Here’s my opinions - 

 • AOL - Definitely much better then existing IM programs for the ipod. I couldn’t figure out how to log out, though. :( Recommended.
 •  AOL Radio - They have a WIDE variety of channels, at impressive audio quality, and it’s a fairly solid stream, too. Also recommended. 
 • Remote - This is a controller for iTunes (Control iTunes from your iPod). This is pretty cool too, and was extremely easy to set up.
 • Tap-Tap Revenge - This is like Guitar Hero, but you tab dots that come down lines… Kinda fun.
 • VNC -  This app is good too, but TouchPad is better. TouchPad is only for <= 1.1.4, though.

Screenshots! In order - Home Screen, Google Maps, AOL Radio, Remote, Remote, App Store, App Store, AOL Messenger. You can click them for a full-size image.

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America Kicks Ass.

Posted by Mop On July - 17 - 2008

And don’t you forget it!

What?!?? How could one of the most hated countries in the world kick so much ass?

 

Bush Rocks!1: Our President is an Idiot. But, you know what that means? He can do what HE WANTS. The crazier he is, the more feared we are. Right now, any terrorist sons of bitches are QUAKING in their shoes, because Bush’s term is almost over. He can do anything he wants and not deal with the consequences! The next guy will! Crazy people are scary! 

2: Our President is Badass. Know what he did at the end of the G8 summit meeting? He said, Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter, and then, “punched the air while grinning widely“. This, at the end of a serious meeting? He is either an idiot, or bad-ass! But we know its both.

3: We Saved The World’s Ass. (Twice!). Any european who doesn’t also love America can SUCK IT. If it weren’t for us you all would be speaking german right now, or dead, and living under a dictator. Most of the european nations were getting their asses handed to them by the Nazi war machine until AMERICA came in the war and saved the day. In World War II, the Germans were literally at their doorstep, bombing them every day! America became involved, and over several years, pushed them, thousands of miles, all the way back to Germany and ended the war. Be grateful. 

4: We Are Stopping Terrorists All Over The World. What? You think WWII is old history? Guess what, we’re still fighting to make this a better place, every day. If it wasn’t for us, terrorists would have SO much more funding to carry out attacks on YOU. WE took out Afghanistan and Iraq, two major funders and safehouses for terrorist activity. 

What does America want? We’re bailing everyone out from trouble they don’t have the resources or balls to deal with. We don’t have the resources to keep doing this forever, and the least we demand is a little respect.

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I Can Has CakeBurger?

Posted by Mop On July - 15 - 2008

Om nom nom nom...

 

OM NOM NOM NOM…. Oh hey! It’s 2 am, and although I don’t consider it the 15th, it is, and that means it is my birthday, and I turn 18! Can I get a Woot woot? 

Heh, this is a good break from my long-winded ranting.

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End Of Classes / Trip

Posted by Mop On June - 14 - 2008

Alright! My last day of high school was last friday! Well, day of classes that is. Still got 2 weeks of review classes and a Physics state test ahead of me. 

 

Well anyways, on that last day, the students from AP Biology and Environmental go on a  trip to the Biodome in Montreal, and the insectarium.  I took a LOT of pictures, but here are some choice ones. Click for hi-res.

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Yeah it was a good time, got to hang out with friends, awesome! I can’t wait to graduate. :-)

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