Archive for the ‘Discoveries’ Category

Verifying Game Files Crash [Steam]

I’m making a note here in the hopes that, perhaps, it will help a frustrated gamer out there, somewhere. The issue at hand occurs when you try to launch Team Fortress 2 (TF2), Half-Life (HL, HL2), or Counter-Strike (CS) (any game connected to Steam that uses the HL2 engine). Steam will launch a small window [...]

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Looking Back

I have found I’ve fallen a little short of the 365 posts I had hoped to have within the first year or so of site launch. Like I say in the about section, I never meant to do a post a day, or stop at post 365, but I set it as a goal for [...]

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Some Interesting Vacation Finds

Nothing particularly special about these series of photots, just interesting pieces of California I thought to share.
A tourist trap situated at the intersection of Highway 101 and 156 is either missing a “u” or an “i”.

Movie poster for the film “The Ugly Truth.” Can you spot the ugliness here?

This advertisement for the food court in [...]

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Error: Headers already sent, /wp-includes/pluggable.php [WordPress]

So, you’re using WordPress and you just spent hours looking for the perfect theme to fit your new hybrid kitten-and-knitting blog. You upload the theme’s files into the appropriate folder, navigate to the themes page in the  administrative interface, and click “activate.” So far, so good, right? Later, you notice that anytime you save a [...]

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Wi-Fi Antennas On the Cheap [802.11 Wireless]

It should be noted right off that I intend to research information regarding unconventional wireless networking use. You probably won’t find much here that’ll help with day-to-day wireless networking. Unless, of course, you’re desperate and don’t care that your setup looks ridiculous.
Probably one of the most popular things I’ve run across when looking into wi-Fi [...]

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Domino’s Pizza Tracker

Filing under the “learn something new everyday” category, I’ve found that not only can you order Domino’s pizza online, but you can “track it.”
The Pizza Tracker will keep you up to date with the status of your order as it passes through the order, preparation, baking, boxing, and delivery stages. Not only will you know [...]

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First Impressions: Google Voice

Without getting into a long description and history of Google Voice, I simply offer this: The basis for the Google Voice service was originally a independent project named “Grand Central.” Google acquired Grand Central, kept it public for awhile, then it disappeared into the abyss to emerge over a year later as Google Voice. The [...]

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