This past weekend I bought a couple special cables for my iPad. The first was a lighting to HDMI adapter and the second was a regular HDMI cord. With this, I can plug my tablet into any screen with an HDMI input and have it display what’s on my device. I tested it on the television in my living room and was pleased to find it just worked the way I ( Read more... )

My iPad battery has been weird lately. The device has been discharging really fast, and then taking forever to charge back up. Sometimes the percentage gauge has jumped up and down, usually when first plugged in, but sometimes during the charging process too. The software is up to date, and the iPad is only a couple years old, but something is ( Read more... )

So I'm in a bit of a jam. Just now I was trying to print my game for Intercon, but my stupid full-sized computer, which is six or so years old at this point, and which I do not use much anymore because I have transitioned to an iPad, seems to have chosen TWENTY MINUTES AGO to have died. I wouldn't bother with the thing anymore, except that there's ( Read more... )

I am really liking HabitRPG. For those of you who don’t know, it gamifies the process of getting chores done. You put in habits you’re trying to reinforce, daily routines you want to get in, and items on your to do list, and it gives your avatar points when you complete them and takes away health when you fail to. When you’re doing well on a ( Read more... )

It's been a rough couple of days. I feel damn lousy, and I've gotten almost nothing done. I am reminded at how damn screwed up my ability to focus is and it pisses me off. I get a fair bit done, but my inability to buckle down to things for long periods means I could be getting so much more done and I don't. I hate it. I blame my stupid Smart phone ( Read more... )

I've been using this great website a lot lately by the name of Supercook. It's a recipe database of sorts, but not the typical one. You type in all the random ingredients you have in your house, and it searches through the Internet for what recipes will make the most efficient use of them. You can even choose which ingredients to prioritize, so ( Read more... )

Now that I have more or less built my website for Mrs. Hawking, I need to figure out how to generate some traffic for it. The idea behind it, as I've mentioned, is to build up something of a fanbase for the script such that it becomes sufficiently popular that people with more resources than myself might find their attention drawn to it, and ( Read more... )

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I have been neglecting my beloved LiveJournal very badly lately. Normally I make a real effort to write at least a little something every week day, but in the last month or so I've been considerably spottier than I like. It's a combination of having been very busy lately, and, I think, a lack of a regular schedule. My work life of late has not been ( Read more... )

Today is the first day of my unemployment. Nervous as I am about not having a paycheck for the time being, I certainly don't mind having a little more time and a little less pressure for a while. I am determined to make use of the time to ensure that the other important things in my life get taken care of without being shortchanged or crammed in ( Read more... )