News: I am tutoring someone in first-year civil engineering, on their first-year CS course. Can you believe they still teach classes in FORTRAN? I couldn't. It's like, halfway to assembler ( Read more... )

So, my computer's a little borked. I'm writing this entry in Lynx!! Text-based internet browser, FTW ( Read more... )

Someone was wondering (a long time ago) how to change the examplar photo of a set, I think it was lungwater. That had been bugging me too, and I finally figured it out! You just go into the organizer thing, open the set, and drag the photo on top of the old examplar (i.e., the one above the title and description). Too simple, but not exactly obvious.

Ah, my old friend, the computer lab. I didn't spend that much time programming with you last semester, but I'm happy to say our acquaintanceship will, once again, become a more intimate relationship ( Read more... )

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I tried it a couple more times, and got slower due to being more conscious of mistake making.

OMG, me and flutterbyz are on the Intarwubs at the same exact time! It's some kind of magic. The magic of rebooting and resetting factory settings. The magic of ignoring unhelpful and counterproductive wizards. The magic of all the merry little blinking status lights (there are so many now! I don't know how I will sleep).

Idea for online distribution model: each user that wants to download the thing must pay their fair share of the cost to make and distribute it. The creator can specify the flat creation cost, plus a per-user distribution cost if they so wish. So, while each user has to pay the same per-user cost, their part of the creation cost becomes less ( Read more... )

Hooray, we have the intarwubs! At first we thought it wasn't working, but turns out that was just my computer being lazy.

Today I begin my search for the proper x64 drivers. I've already found the proper sound driver, and am pleased to announce that my beloved Megabyte was able to rip Mrs. Catto Loves Her Budgie from my incredibly damaged Arrogant Worms - Idiot Road cd. ^_^