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a good week

furiousBall — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:33:29 +0000

I am having a really good week work-wise. It looks like I am on target to get two projects officially to the finish line with a nice collection of new ones waiting in the wings. Now if I could only find the time to get back into running…

My Friends Are So Freakin’ Cool…

A fantastic photographer friend of mine, Sarah Bloom has just posted a Kickstarter Campaign, and everyone needs to check it out. Totally Exposed: Solo Exhibition is an amazing collection of her portraits taken in abandoned buildings in Detroit. Please support Sarah if you are able, she’s good people and amazingly talented… also, she picked a bad ass Mos Def song in her video too.

Movie Review…

Devil – it’s formulaic, it’s pretty predictable – but honestly, this is the best film M. Night Shyamalan has made since Unbreakable (yes, I thought Signs and everything else he made other than Sixth Sense sucked). The acting is good, the directing is decent, the script is so-so… wait, it turns out Shyamalan did not direct this film, he only provided the script… well, so-so is an improvement over The Lady in the Water. As popular as it is to pile on the bad reviews on Shyamalan, I would like to see him improve and I’ll take this mediocre film as a step in the right direction.

Small Business/Tech Links…

Funny/Neat-o Links…

Volkswagen Commercial : The Force – thanks Chad
gang fight! knocked out!
Mickey Mantle’s Outstanding Experience at Yankee Stadium
This Headline Blows
Light Skeletons
Pro What?
Democracy in Action – God Bless you City of Austin, I want to see the New Name for Solid Waste Services Department be “Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts”

cranky book review

furiousBall — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:02:08 +0000

Like most web developers, I have a large collection of books various programming languages, frameworks, databases, etc. Well one area I wanted to read about was Joomla!, the popular CMS tool used by lots and lots of folks. I’m developing my own CMS tool (and yes, that is Abbe in the background picture), ergo – know thy enemy. So I borrowed my buddy Bill’s copy of Professional Joomla! Well, I don’t know if it’s an inside joke, but do Wrox releases try to make their authors look like escaped mental patients/the local neighborhood huffer/guy driving the primered out rapist van with no windows?

Now the real problem with Professional Joomla! …Here’s me pinching the one useful chapter on creating a custom template in the book…

Yeah, that’s it. The remainder of the book the author discusses design patterns, SEO strategy (most of which has nothing to actually do with Joomla!), other already developed extensions for Joomla! … Wait, why the hell does Joomla have an exclamation point? Fuck you guys, from now on, you’re Joomla.

crazygonuts

furiousBall — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:37:02 +0000

I’m crazygonuts busy. I’m living the life of a caffeinated nerd, but it’s all good. Need to finish up a Joomla template, finish designs on two new projects, get started on the Hope For Humanity PHP/JS/CSS coding for the Malawi site, and teach a guitar lesson tonight.

Boy’s Song to Mom – thanks Mel
Dick’s Won’t Stock Vick Jerseys – thanks Cassie
Truck Spills – thanks Mel
The 50 Most Bizarre Bras in the World – thanks Mel
Notebook and Pencil Socks
The Textinator
Winkers

Links for my geeky homies…

awake

furiousBall — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:31:21 +0000

Again with the busy… I popped awake at 5:15am this morning for no damn good reason. Well, money woke me up. I’m very stressed about a client that has not paid me, a ceiling that was supposed to have been fixed last week, a dog that seems hell bent on destroying my house, the excruciating back pain that I am still feeling from a fall a week ago, lending my truck to someone for the weekend, and two large containers in my driveway that have to be unpacked by this Friday (see earlier reference to back pain).

Right now, I just want to stay home and work. I don’t want to go do this presentation this morning. A presentation, mind you that I am not even sure who is paying for my time (and yes, there is a direct relation to this client and the non-paying one I mentioned earlier). I miss my daughter so damn much. She doesn’t want to be away from her mother, I want to respect that, and I am stuck just not knowing what to do.

All this said, these things will all work themselves out. The real truth is I need to not worry so much.

You Suck at Craigslist – thanks Mel
New Yahoo Homepage Video w/ Close Captioning for the Nerd Impaired – thanks V-Grrrl
This Guy Really Wants a Sandwich – thanks Andrew
Sex Doll for Dogs – Yogi thanks Chris
Personal Urns
Shatner Does Palin

jump!

furiousBall — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:23:57 +0000

So I haven’t been commenting on blogs the past week for the most part. I’ve been busy (which is a good, good thing). The bad news is that I haven’t been able to do much fun stuff with the exception of making myself stop working late yesterday afternoon to go swimming at my mother’s with Abbe, the kids, and Holly and her son, Caden. In the process though, I’ve launched a new game arcade (FlashGameFever.com – still under construction a lil’ bit) with Sage, designed a WordPress blog template for Climate Skateboards, worked on several projects with Porn Site Terry, completing a rather tricky Joomla template implementation, and continued work with Dixon Hill on theFamilyRegistry.com. Here’s some pics from yesterday… check out Viv jumping off the diving board for the first time!

Web Site Story – thanks Mel
So That’s Where That Condom Went – thanks jenijen
Robo-geisha – thanks Mel
Dead Gnome
DO NOT PUSH THE BIG RED SHINY BUTTON!
xkcd : Extrapolation
Like Human Fly Paper
8 Awesome Cases of Internet Vigilantism

Links for my geeky homies…

LRO’s First Moon Images

Much to do

furiousBall — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:58:14 +0000

I’ve got lots of work to do right now (a good thing). One client is having trouble getting me the correct permissions to complete a Joomla template customization and that is frustrating for a guy like me that just wants to steamroll easy assignments like this. I am really happy with the new facelift I put on the Sore Thumbs Store (now with a Top 10 iPhone Games area – woo!). I used Magpie to consume an RSS feed from iTunes and violá, I’m carrying iPhone apps. One thing I’m really looking forward to is working on a completely new design for Lowgrove Farm (big ups to Liv for hooking me up).

Links for my geeky homies…

Firefox 3.5 RC Available Now
Wordnik – word nerds rejoice!
How Bacon Bits are Made – bacon geeks rejoice!
HeyWAY – pretty nifty app for iPhones (uses Push) – thanks AA
AT&T MMS coming in July, Tethering at $55?

as a rule, you should always accept a dinner invite from anyone named Lisa, just in case it turns out to be THE Lisa

furiousBall — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:12:39 +0000

Yesterday, I found a really sweet plug-in/component, Mobile Web Manager for Joomla which creates mobile friendly web pages very easily . I also found a couple of bad ass jQuery/CSS vertical and horizontal scrolling menus which I plan to incorporate into Climate Skateboards‘ site (and possibly my furiousCMS too).

Here’s yet another example of how amazing my friends and family are… my mother and our family friend, Lisa (both pictured below) are helping Abbe get into the GlaxoSmithKline program so that she will be able to afford her anti-seizure meds. Lisa herself, is just out of the hospital from surgery for brain aneurysms and is on anti-seizure meds as well. Not only is Lisa a sweetheart for helping Abbe out, but wow… what a cook (gnocchi from scratch, AMAZING mojitos – uses real mint leaves, puts out waaaay too much food). I think as a rule, you should always accept a dinner invite from anyone named Lisa, just in case it turns out to be THE Lisa.

Shots from last night…

Bowie is protesting Abbe not petting her in this picture, but notice how Bowie still stays within petting range…

Abbe picking a winner…

Eye Jewelry – thanks Jan
Lame Illustration Aside, Who Wouldn’t Risk Getting Shot For That Hot Girl’s Panties – thanks Mel
casting out a homosexual demon – I think the guy in the red shirt is trying to cast it back in… thanks Justin
CD Baby Order Shipped and Loved – thanks Justin
xkcd : Android Girlfriend
30 Rock is a Rip-Off of The Muppet Show

Links for my geeky homies…

Six Useful Tips for Web Designers and Developers
Google Translate Toolkit
Blind Search – settle the search engine debate