http://phail.net A creative and sometimes technical blog about Design and Programming as well as other things. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:28:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently I've gotten addicted to Tumblr, and it's easier/more fun to update that, so I'll be "moving on" to that. Catch me there! http://mmmmmhm.tumblr.com http://phail.net/2009/04/16/moved-kind-of/ Since I'm leaving on Monday for China, I thought I would try out posting to my blog from my iPod touch! So here it is. http://phail.net/2008/10/12/soon-to-be-in-china/ Hurray, I finally purchased my very own Grid-Server with MediaTemple. I had heard very good things, so I decided I should check out what all the buzz was about.     So far, I'm very happy, it's fast, I love the control panel, and the move was relatively easy. Looking forward to ... http://phail.net/2008/05/08/its-official-im-with-mediatemple/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }   07-11-08 Korea 07, originally uploaded by goodalefampics. Wow, ever since the start of their 2D Side-Scrolling MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) MapleStory, developed by Wizet, I've ... http://phail.net/2008/05/05/dang-nexon-is-intense/ ...using Adobe Illustrator. Lately I've gotten into making simple illustrations for sites (like this one!).  I know that to most, my art isn't amazing, but it works and it can be used to make a creative, cleanly designed website. This is kind of a mini-tutorial, and isn't terribly detailed, but shows the basics ... http://phail.net/2008/05/05/mostly-painless-illustration/ For the vast majority of the time I've been programming I haven't used Classes in my code. They are relatively new to me. Because of this, I decided to practice writing classes since I realized how useful they are. Here's something I made when I was learning. What We're Making Today: We're ... http://phail.net/2008/04/21/php-class-practice-creating-a-simple-pet-script/ For fun in class the other day, I wrote a little "1337" speak generator.  It's written in PHP, and it consists of just one small script page.  (It has also come to my attention that there are various degrees of 1337, so I would consider my translation to be somewhat ... http://phail.net/2008/04/15/my-little-1337-leet-speak-generator/ Like I mentioned in my previous post, I did end up fixing my iMac after the mistake of using a Service Pack 1 installation disc of Windows XP instead of a Service Pack 2 disc.  I also managed to do this without a single trip to the Apple store, and ... http://phail.net/2008/04/13/bootcampsp1-white-screen-of-death-a-solution/ Well, unfortunately for me I ran across a problem while using my gorgeous 20-inch aluminum iMac Intel Duo I purchased somewhat recently.  I decided that I would install Windows XP through BootCamp, even though I already had Parallels with XP on it. (What was I thinking?)  So I start it ... http://phail.net/2008/04/10/bootcamp-windows-xp-sp1-epic-phail/