2007

How To Block Ad-Brite Transition Ads (12/15) - We have all come across those annoying full page Ad-Brite ads that take over the screen and force you to click "Skip Ad".  These are sometimes called "Transition Ads" by other ad publishers.  To everyone else they are called annoying. . . .

10 Things That Every Geek Wish He Could Say (12/02) - The dreaded, "Can you help me with [insert thing here]?" This actually means that you need a step by step process on how to complete your task. Ultimately, we would be doing 95% of the work and get none of t. . .

Zune Software 2.2 And Win A Free Zune (11/13) - First, let's talk about how you can win a free zune.  Head on over to http://www.celebritypwn.com/win/ and sign up, then get one signup referral to qualify.  The full contest information is . . .

PHP Thumbnails: To Crop Or Not To Crop? (09/08) - Normally I don’t create such in depth and useful entries such as this, so enjoy it. Anyone with a blog or website may find themselves in a situation where they have to generate thumbnail images. You have all seen them on websites before, and I am s. . .

IPod Touch Is Great BUT (09/06) - I saw the news about the new iPod Touch and was pretty excited.  It has Wifi with web browsing, can sync wirelessly with iTunes, and has that great touch screen.  It's basically an iPhone without the phone.  So the bad news is that. . . . .

Enhance Video Games With Profanity (08/19) - Every now and again when playing a video game, you may notice a curse or two. A few years ago it was just things like "hell" or the occasional "shit". I can recall three major games in particular that have explicit language in it. Ha. . .

Flash Based Websites Suck (08/13) - Every now and then you come across some webpage that just annoys you to no end. Perhaps for you, this is that annoying website! The site that annoyed me senseless was the BioShock homepage. Flash. Mus. . .

RateSpace Launches Publicly (08/12) - RateSpace is only for users of MySpace. This is used to determine your myspace rating. The rating is based on when each person signed up for Myspace. Myspace has millions of users and this will tel. . .

Beach Tracker Widget Update (08/07) - I was informed yesterday that quite a few random people ended up using the Beach Tracker Widget on their myspace profiles. I have never told anyone to put it on their profile. So the only way it could have been spread was word of mouth or viewing i. . .

SEO: Hyphen Or Underscore? (08/02) - SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which is basically fancy words for getting good results in search engines. Anyone who has built their own website to be optimized by google has heard of the hyphen or underscore preference. . . .

Threaded Comment System Critique (08/01) - There has been a lot of talk about web 2.0 websites for the past 2 to 3+ years. Most people seem to think that web 2.0 is just shiny graphics and JavaScript. Scratch that. . . A LOT of JavaScript. The idea. . .

NJ Water Temperature Is Fixed (07/11) - I just wanted to say that the water temperature for Beach Tracker is now working. The problem was at weather.com and not my fault. I emailed weather.com a month or so ago and finally got a reply today: "We appreciate you alerting us . . .

Google Mobile (07/10) - You can use google on your cell phone for FREE. My first thought was, "Now why would I wanna do a google search on my phone?". Well, don't think of it as a google search from your PC because this is much different. Take out your ce. . .

Streaming HD Follow-Up #2 (07/06) - This should be my last HD follow up post for awhile. I have since attempted to overclock my 3800+ so x264 movies play a bit better. I am very pleased with the results. Stock speed is 2.0 gz and it is now running at 3gz. This is essentially the eq. . .

Streaming HD Follow-Up (06/29) - I have learned a few more things about HD Streaming since my last post. First of all, I changed codec packages to the Combined Community Codec Pack. If you are using the K-Lite Codec package, I suggest you. . .

Streaming HD Content From PC To HDTV (06/28) - I made a post awhile back about the best way to stream to your TV. If you are a geek like me, then this post should help clarify some playback questions. I still believe that outputting audio and video from your PC to your tv is the best way to go.. . .

IT Tech Slogan Ideas (06/22) - Here are some potential slogans and company names that may work for you: 1) Helpful Techs Inc - After We Get Done, Kiddy Porn Will be the Least of Your Troubles 2) Mel Gibson Computer Tech - The Jews Broke Your Computer,. . .

ThePirateBay Knows Images (06/21) - Today the people behind ThePirateBay announced bayimg. But is it just another image hosting website? Hardly. What we have here is a fresh look at image hosting. . . .

Beach Checker Problems (06/07) - The past two days the weather site that I got my data from (weather.gov) has been screwed up. For some reason the forecast has been blank. The good news is that I found something even better. Weather.com has an XML Data Feed finally! Too bad I did. . .

The Sopranos (06/07) - I have put off watching the Sopranos all season long because I stopped watching it midway last year. The reason was simple: it sucked. So how does it fair this year based on the one episode last week that I saw? It sucks. I heard pe. . .

Easy Spam Prevention ? (06/06) - The amount of spam that gets through on this site has become very annoying. I have added a new question when a comment is submitted to help prevent spam. All you have to do is enter in any random number. It is possible that the spam bots may be ab. . .

Site Redesign (06/04) - It's that time of year to redesign the site for the 4th time. It's obvious that I stuck with the blue theme yet again. No matter what I do, I always tend to come back to the color blue. ::shrugs:: I made a few changes here and there to make the si. . .

Apple ITunes Sucks (05/31) - I know you already rolled your eyes, but hear me out. iTunes started out being able to play ONLY in iPods on their proprietary format. That makes the software itself an illegal monopoly in regards to digital music purchasing. There is no question . . .

Add NJ Beach Tracker To Myspace (05/27) - You can now add NJ Beach stats to your myspace and/or webpage. Each day the stats will be updated at 1pm just like on this website. All you have to do is add the code below: Copy and paste what you see below anywhere you want it. (I. . .

NJ Beach Tracker 2007 (05/25) - New Jersey Beach season opened today! I have always included Friday along with the Memorial Day weekend even though school is open. It was up to you to skip school and/or work. :) Another summer is here and the wait is finally over. . . .

Impeach Bush Rant (05/22) - So I was thinking, why hasn't Bush been impeached yet? This should have happened the second we heard that there was never any evidence about weapons in Iraq and a link with the terrorists. Right there that was plenty. What more does a guy have to . . .

Nintendo Wii Sucks (05/12) - I've followed the Nintendo Wii craze since the start. How everyone thought it was the greatest thing since the Mario Mushroom power up. How its way more fun than the PS3 and 360. Well, the Nintendo Wii sucks. So why does it suck? G. . .

Digg HD-DVD Key Fiasco (05/06) - A lot of experts already chimed in with what they had to say about the whole thing. If you havent't already heard about this elsewhere, then you shouldn't be here. :( Anyway, I submitted my own stories to digg about the hd-dvd key and. . .

Want To Stream Movies On Your Tv? (04/17) - It seems as though apple tv sparked the concept of watching tv shows and movies from your PC on to your TV. Is Apple TV the best choice for people who want to stream shows from their PC to the TV? Lets look at some popular options in no particular . . .

Windows Vista And XP Dual Boot (03/21) - Installing Windows XP after Vista can be a real problem. As we all know Vista no longer uses oldschool boot.ini. So after installing XP on another partition, it takes over as the primary OS and you can't even select Vista. So how to fix this? Eas. . .

Challenges Of Creating Your Own Digg-site (02/07) - Many people out there might be thinking of creating their own democratic user driven site. Some people refer to this as a “Content Management System”, while others simply refer to it as the Digg Model. No matter what you call it, the success of the . . .

Celebrity Gossip Just Got Fun (01/31) - I mentioned about a month ago about a site I was working on and the day has come to explain it all. Yesterday I officially opened it up to public testing. The site is called celebritypwn. If . . .

Apple IPhone Ruins Your Eyes (01/27) - Something has been bugging me about the Apple iPhone release since it was announced. No, its not the people getting excited about it or those complaining about itunes functionality. It's not even about the inevitable ear crudd on the nice gloss scr. . .

Windows Vista ReadyBoost (01/25) - For those of you unaware of Windows Vista Ready Boost, it basically creates a fast cache for system memory to speed things up. Don't like my definition? Well, listen to what Jim Allchin says, "Windows ReadyBoost will use the flash drive to create a. . .

Directv HR20 PC Connectivity (01/10) - Directv's new HR 20 can now connect to a PC to stream video / music / and photos. Setting up is very easy, just have windows media player 11 installed and attempt to add a new device. The DTV receiver will eventually pop up :) I am not going into s. . .

2006

Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Stopped Working (12/29) - Windows Vista users will inevitably encounter a corrupt search index at least once. First, you should know that the indexing service is embedded in the OS and is on by default. So what to do? Before you fix it, lets first stop the error from comin. . .

Holiday News (12/24) - Enjoy the holidays. Im out of school which means I have time for site development again. Last semester I typed about 75 pages total. A really tough semester but should be my last ever. As for site news .. . don't expect any for this. . .

Office 2007 And College Students (12/06) - The new Microsoft Office 2007 does more than simply change the default font, it changes double spaced styling as well. The default font is now Calibri (Body) size 11 and the default styling is known as "Office 2007". The new default styling actually. . .

Par2 And Quickpar Optimized (12/01) - Most people don't realize that quickpar's performance is dependent on more than just the hard drive. The bottleneck most people wouldn't think about is the memory. You don't even need super expensive low latency memory or high speed either, though . . .

Playstation 3 Content Leaked Online (11/29) - Playstation 3 games are appearing online already. Not only that but the first blu-ray movie has also been accessed via ps3 linux on the 28th of November. Apparently, they first achieved accessing games on Thanksgiving Day. I just caught wind of th. . .

Make Money On Myspace (11/24) - Back in 2000 there was a company called Alladvantage that paid you money for having this advertisement bar (viewbar) open while you surfed the internet and referred friends to sign up. I made around 1500 dollars using this and referring up friends. . . .

Windows Vista 0x80070017 Error (11/17) - The error code of 0x80070017 means it can't read the dvd. The good news is that you can fix it with little trouble. First of all, the only reason you have this error is if you downloaded the iso, legally or otherwise. I have been searching for the. . .

Lost With Politics Rant (11/11) - Lets just take a look at this weeks Lost before I mention what happened on Tuesday the 7th of November. I have to combine two posts because I waited too long. :( And its about Lost, the tv show, just so you aren't confused. :) I dont know about yo. . .

More Site Tweaks And News (10/27) - Here is an update on a whole bunch of different things I have added to the site lately. First, lets talk graphs and maps. For all of the people who click the link in my screen name profile, you will be plotted on the Google map unde. . .

Digg.com Is Being Abused (10/20) - For those of you who don’t know. Digg.com is a site where users submit stories and other users vote in favor of them to decide what is front-page worthy news. The Digg community has been talking about the need for a new digging algori. . .

Bears Beat Cardinals 24-23 (10/16) - Bears come back from no where to beat the Cardinals. Rex Grossman could not have played worse and looked absolutely clueless. Despite his six turnovers, the Bears managed to come back. The defense looked just as bad, letting the Cards just march d. . .

Where Does Spam Come From? (10/11) - I will show you exactly where spam comes from. With all the recent steps I've taken to prevent spam, I thought what else would be fun. So then it came to me, why not track all the spam attempts on the site and plot where they come from with google . . .

Spam Prevention In Comments (10/07) - Okay, so this would be my second attempt to try and stop comment spam. The first try I thought I did a good job but apparently not. :( From now on visitors must include an email address along with their name and comment. The email addys won't be u. . .

Verizon Navigator: Unlimited Demo (10/04) - All of the Verizon phone users with a relatively new phone might have heard about Verizon Navigator. For those of you who haven't heard about it, it is a GPS navigator. You can get directions. . .

New Site Feature And Stuff (09/29) - I was sitting in class today and an idea hit me of something to add to the site. Most other blogs that you come across will have something called "similar stories" that list similar news posts when you read one story. So i figured I should give tha. . .

LG 8500 Firmware Update (09/27) - I just finished flashing my LG 8500 Chocolate phone to the new 04 firmware which includes speakerphone support, mp3 player tweaks, unlock the phone with any button, and various other fixes. Unfortunately, Verizon didn't include changelog.txt =P. Fo. . .

Directv SuperFan + HR-20 (09/25) - This is starting to seem like I love Directv or something. Not really true, I'm just glad they finally updated their HD DVR. But anyway. . . So I already made a post about how much the HR-20 reciever kic. . .

Nj Beach Season Long Gone (09/15) - I forgot to make a post about this, but beach season is definitely over. I stopped tracking beach days earlier in the week, although it should have been stopped when football started. For some reason, thats how I unofficially end beach season. If . . .

ITunes7 (09/13) - Lots of people knew a new itunes was coming with movies. What wasn't known was how much of a let down it would be without their new widescreen ipod. So instead what they basically did was make an ipod with a brighter screen that can play games. Be. . .

Directv HD DVR HR20 (09/02) - For those of you with an hdtv and directv, you might have heard about the new mpeg 4 hd HR20 dvr for the past year or so. Well, it has finally come out with the price tag of about 400 dolla. . .

A Record Month (08/24) - I just had to mention the good news of two site records. The first being the new #1 clicker to the site, chrisgee00. What a damn geek. The second record is August as a record month for unique hits. A lot of it has to do with that whole google th. . .

Web Design At Work (08/16) - Yes, web design, but not for my site. I just finished redesigning a webpage called, Warkeys. As of making this post, the old layout is still there. Warkeys is something people who play war. . .

Better Blog And No More Spam (08/07) - This post is nothing but good news. The site has two rather significant changes to the blogging system. I had become sick and tired of the random spam comments that happen about once a month. So I had to think of some way to fix that . .. so then . . .

Welcome Message (08/06) - Upon loading the main page, you should have already noticed the new welcome-box addition. The reason for this is that I thought new visitors to the site might have absolutely no idea what the site was about. Others might have thought the site is ju. . .

Google Theme (08/03) - *Important* To enable the google theme, go to the right sidebar where you see the "Site Theme" dropdown box and select "classic". This is the last I will say about themes on this site for a long time, I swear. But a theme this signifi. . .

More About Themes (07/29) - Its so good, it needs two posts. baha. The news is that I have created a green theme and a blue compact. The reason for the compact theme is two-fold really. . It is to help the visitors who still use an 800x600 resolution (vomit) and to see if I c. . .

Site Themes (07/26) - Yet another new site feature to announce. . . Site themes! This one, you guys can actually have fun with! On the right bar you will find a new section entitled "Site Theme" with a list of color themes for the site. I've had this idea for awhile bu. . .

Site Tweaks And AimStats 3.2 (07/18) - There hasn't been any updates, but that doesn't mean the site wasn't being worked on. If you have been to this site before you might notice lots of design tweaks, especially the topbar and banner image. rds spent 15 minutes and made something new f. . .

New Site Features ! (07/05) - For a good portion of today I have been working on the blog archive and search feature. Since it was clearly a bad beach day, I had plenty of time to add them to the site. =P I encourage everyone to test the search to make sure it is working correc. . .

Xbox 360 Finally (07/04) - So I finally bought 360. Those of you without broadband, might want to upgrade. :) I planned on getting it sometime during the summer due to madden and ncaa coming out in July and August. So how is it? Very impressive. The original xbox users wi. . .

X-pose.org Volume 3 Launches! (06/26) - The redesign is finally ready to go live. Any further changes can be done via tweaks that you guys won't even notice. If you encounter any weird errors you should definately let me know :) If you are interested in other variations of the redesign,. . .

X-pose.org Redesign On The Way (06/24) - It is already time for a new layout. Except this time, I am attempting to make a new layout the correct way. This of course means using CSS to do the layout of the site rather than tables. I won't mention any names (okay mabye I will ZEB), but I w. . .

This Is For You HDTV Owners (06/20) - For those of you with HDTVs, you might be wondering which next-gen format (blu ray or HD dvd) to get. For those of you who have HDTVs and are content with DVDs, give your TV to charity or something. Clearly, you are a fool. Anyhow, I recently came. . .

AS 3.1 (06/10) - You can download it now. Enjoy. New Features - added the clicks for each sn per week average - added the ability to sort by different columns Fixes - amount of clicks per week is now more accura. . .

Hi Sun (06/08) - has anyone seen the sun? no huh? :(. . .

AimStats 3.1 Soon (06/03) - Exciting I know. 3.1 has two rather significant additions and one major fix. I have always thought about adding these two features but finally decided to see if I could figure it out. You can now sort the stats by different columns: screen name, c. . .

Beach Stats Update (05/29) - I have finally decided to do the extra little bit of work to get more beach stats. It actually turned out to be a bit tricky but it SHOULD work :). That is, it will work until weather.com decides to change their layout. Anyway, I have added the wa. . .

Unofficially Summer (05/26) - Memorial Day weekend means summer starts! All of the beach stats have been reset. From now on the beach checker will be tracking Central NJ beach weather. Bring on the Bennies. . muahahaha. I won't say the exact town it tracks, but it is close en. . .

Music Stats (05/18) - There has been a much needed change towards how I display music stats on the main page. I took out the quick stats box on the main page because it simply just took too long to load. It was seriously pissing me off. The problem had to do with getti. . .

AimStats 3.0 And My Tv Rant (05/16) - This is a major update. A few of the main highlights I should mention. All new redesigned admin options and new abilities making it easier than ever to make changes. Brand new and much needed security checks to prevent abuse. Brand new anti-h. . .

Aimstats Upgrade Due Soon (05/07) - This past weekend I have worked on aimstats quite a bit to add some new features. I am amazed that I actually got most of it done so quickly. I created the admin panel which makes editing/deleting users so extremely easy and much more secure. Afte. . .

AimStats 2.0 And Then Some (05/01) - AimStats 2.0 has been available for a few days, but I am only announcing it in a news post now. I figured after testing it I might see some abnormalities with it, and I was right. :( If you have previously downloaded aimstats (before 05.01.06) You . . .

Too Much Time On My Hands (04/23) - Basically, the idea is to showcase how many good beach days there are in a year in my town in New Jersey. By seasons end people always say, "it seemed like it rained every day" or "how many really solid beach days were there" or maybe its just me? I. . .

Beach Check Is Here ! (04/21) - *update* 4.22.06 I am working on a very geeky project that will make tracking beach weather loads better than just the current beach forecast. Since its 3AM right now. I can't explain, but its neat. . that i promise you.*end update*. . .

Big Day (04/20) - Obviously you have noticed (if you have been to this site before) that i redid the left navigation bar. I also had to make the site wider because of the addition of the right column. It sounds so easy when I put it that way. heh. Anyway, it looks . . .

Mass Hax (04/17) - Another new look. The "real time shoutbox" was the initial idea to add to the page. It is basically a live chat box that updates as soon as you send whatever you wish to say. All the people browsing the site could potentially have a conversation w. . .

Never Been Better (04/08) - With my 15 page paper on Woodrow Wilson's impact on New Jersey out of the way, its time for an update. Only two more papers until they are all done and it's just finals left. muahahieohaehio. Then of course, there are the two summer classes after t. . .

Ecks-pose Dot Org 2.0 (04/03) - It seemed like to me I've made enough changes over time to warrant a name change. All sections of the site have been completely redone in the past month or so. Aside from the lack of porn on the site, I think im on the right track. :) . . .

Vagina Stabber (04/01) - . . .

My Very Own Blog0r ! (04/01) - I've been working on creating an easy way to add news posts on the site. This is what I have come up with so far. Maybe your wondering what exactly a blog script is? Basically, its a way to post news on a site with the date and the ability to add/. . .