Upgraded website

March 11th, 2008

I tried to upgrade wordpress last week on this website. It complained that the version of MySQL was not supported. I sent in a support ticket and got my websites services upgraded. I now have a later version of MySQL, PHP, and even a new control panel. Yay!

My theme appears to have a few problems though. I’ll have to look into that.

Morpheous bugs

August 5th, 2007

I’m still having problems using the latest morpheus photo morpher software. This product lets you morph one picture into another. Simple enough. I’m trying to take it a step further and morph the picture into another without showing the other picture. So in effect, I’m just morphing the original into a different shape. The reason? I am working with image maps for a 3-D game to represent myself. I need to wrap my picture just rite so everything lines up in the game. The problem I’m having though is that the software is a bit buggy.Morpheus Photo Morpher - Non Movement.jpg

 

School is out! School is in …

April 1st, 2007

Well, today is the last day for the semester.  I had to turn in two essays.  This first semester was interesting.  I’ve learned quiet a bit.  Most of what I have learned is about how to cite references with the APA style and another class taught me how to study.  Well, they actually taught me more then that, but that is a very generalized summary of what I learned.  I was hoping for a break, but next semester starts tomorrow. *sigh*

Making real money in Second Life

March 9th, 2007

Second Life looks like it is really starting to pay off. After a year of experimenting, playing around, building stuff, and meeting new people, I appear to have an impressive cash flow income. I’ve recently started to sell off my lindens each day. I used to store them all into a ginko bank account, but the interest was getting pretty low that it really wasn’t worth the risk. I pulled my lindens out and sold them all off at once (about 800 US$ worth). Now mind you, I’m still buying lots of junk in-world as well as renting stores, sponsoring classes, and paying for advertising. I’ve made 260.11 US$ since the 23rd of last month. 15 days with an average of 17.34 per day. I believe that I’m getting roughly 500 US$ per month from a game. A GAME!

My success has encouraged my family to start paying a little more attention to this game as well. A few of them have already been playing, but this latest trend of me selling rather then hoarding L$ has really opened there eyes to what this game is capable of.

Well, If you want to see more of what second life is about, I have another blog with lots of pictures almost every day. Or you can just go ahead and sign up for a free account.

Order Id Order Type Quantity Ordered Quantity Filled Limit Rate Time Opened Time Closed Closure Method Gross US$ Net US$
177#### Limit Sell L$1,225 L$1,225 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-07 22:50:34 2007-03-08 04:11:54 fill US$4.61 US$4.44
177#### Limit Sell L$4,500 L$4,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-07 06:20:21 2007-03-07 07:09:45 fill US$16.92 US$16.32
176#### Limit Sell L$1,500 L$1,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-06 21:54:14 2007-03-07 02:50:31 fill US$5.64 US$5.43
176#### Limit Sell L$5,500 L$5,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-06 05:55:35 2007-03-06 12:37:33 fill US$20.69 US$19.94
175#### Limit Sell L$1,750 L$1,750 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-04 23:24:02 2007-03-05 08:26:55 fill US$6.58 US$6.34
174#### Limit Sell L$1,500 L$1,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-04 18:08:42 2007-03-05 05:01:15 fill US$5.64 US$5.44
174#### Limit Sell L$3,500 L$3,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-04 00:22:25 2007-03-04 08:52:15 fill US$13.17 US$12.70
173#### Limit Sell L$4,000 L$4,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-03 09:28:36 2007-03-03 10:40:48 fill US$15.04 US$14.51
171#### Limit Sell L$2,500 L$2,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-01 22:26:22 2007-03-02 01:07:24 fill US$9.40 US$9.07
171#### Limit Sell L$7,000 L$7,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-03-01 06:11:49 2007-03-01 10:37:43 fill US$26.32 US$25.39
170#### Limit Sell L$1,750 L$1,750 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-28 06:29:39 2007-02-28 12:58:07 fill US$6.58 US$6.34
169#### Limit Sell L$3,000 L$3,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-27 17:16:50 2007-02-27 18:31:10 fill US$11.28 US$10.88
169#### Limit Sell L$2,000 L$2,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-27 06:21:01 2007-02-27 12:59:58 fill US$7.52 US$7.25
168#### Limit Sell L$3,000 L$3,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-26 21:12:32 2007-02-27 09:10:51 fill US$11.28 US$10.87
168#### Limit Sell L$2,500 L$2,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-26 16:14:41 2007-02-27 06:00:14 fill US$9.40 US$9.06
168#### Limit Sell L$1,000 L$1,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-26 06:25:35 2007-02-26 15:12:17 fill US$3.76 US$3.62
167#### Limit Sell L$6,000 L$6,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-25 18:11:37 2007-02-26 09:38:19 fill US$22.57 US$21.77
166#### Limit Sell L$1,500 L$1,500 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-24 15:26:07 2007-02-24 15:33:11 fill US$5.64 US$5.44
166#### Limit Sell L$9,000 L$9,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-24 14:27:01 2007-02-24 14:55:17 fill US$33.85 US$32.65
165#### Limit Sell L$2,000 L$2,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-23 15:09:34 2007-02-23 18:14:34 fill US$7.52 US$7.25
165#### Limit Sell L$7,000 L$7,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-23 10:49:16 2007-02-23 12:22:31 fill US$26.33 US$25.40
165#### Limit Sell L$220,000 L$220,000 L$266 / US$1.00 2007-02-23 05:24:34 2007-02-23 08:52:25 fill US$827.18 US$798.08

Unitarian Universalism

January 18th, 2007

I took one of those quizes ( Belief-o-matic ) to figure out what religions I align with the most. Not that I’m looking for religion. I just heard about it through the dawn and drew show ( Episode 485 ) and figured, why not? Interesting how I’ve strayed away from Jehova’s Witnesses (my childhood religion). Well, here are my results.

Your Results:
The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (92%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%)
4. Secular Humanism (86%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
6. Neo-Pagan (76%)
7. New Age (72%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (71%)
9. Nontheist (65%)
10. Reform Judaism (61%)
11. Taoism (60%)
12. Bah?’? Faith (59%)
13. Jainism (49%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
15. New Thought (48%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
17. Sikhism (42%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
19. Scientology (40%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
21. Hinduism (33%)
22. Jehovah’s Witness (30%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
24. Islam (27%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

University of Phoenix

January 14th, 2007

Been looking into online colleges and such to get my degree.  I settled with University of Phoenix Online and completed the application process.  They seem to be more my style in that I need to interact with them for 4 days a week and one course per semester.  It’s also a set program in that I don’t need to scratch my head trying to figure out what class I should take next and if I have the prerequisites for it.

Seems like a lot of forms, or at least a long one for Financial Aide.  Doubt I’ll get the financial aide, but hey, it’s worth a shot.

School starts near the end of the month and I believe I still need to take a placement test too.

Got me the Flu Shot

December 18th, 2006

I was still recovering from being sick when flu shots came round the first time where I work. Fortunately, they came around a second time. I got the shot today. I hear that the earlier shots were of the wrong strand anyway for the flu this year. Who knows. What I do know is that I didn’t get sick all year until flue season came round again a few months ago.

The trouble with iPods

December 14th, 2006

I’ve been having probs with my iPod for such a long time now. The white head-phones died out pretty quick. Speakers don’t work in either bud. Click wheel seems not to work, but is easily solved by rebooting the iPods operating system.

I don’t know if it was iTunes via upgrades, or the iPod, but i’ve lost 66% of my music collection some how.

Lately, the iPod has been corrupted. It gives me errors complaining that it can’t write to disk, or that it can’t read. It prompts me to revert back to factory settings. Even then, it has trouble reading and asks me to revert again.

currupted ipod.jpg

I am starting to have doubts about getting another iPod. For the price, it just isn’t worth 1 1/2 years of service. Would you pay 16 $US per month for a device that plays music, but gives you such problems until it finally goes bad? I’m just glad I didn’t pay for the thing to begin with.

On top of all this, a coworker had problems with his click wheel on a different model iPod. Rebooting didn’t help and he ended up getting it replaced free since he had only purchased it a few months before it started happening. He also had the same problems with the ear buds too.

My next addiction

October 23rd, 2006

Just heard about a game comming out called Spore. Perhaps one of the most ultimate sim games to come out. Check out this spore gameplay video to see what I’m talking about. Here is a spore demonstration video from E3.  Game comes out in about a year.

Brighter Worlds is back

October 14th, 2006

I started up brighterworlds.com a few years ago as a place to play around with the hopes of making some kind of web-based game.  Eventually I let it go because I stopped using it.  Today it is back with a like-minded purpose.  I’m going to use the website to support my second life projects.  It’s hosted with ASP.Net 2.0 and an SQL 2005 database.  Angel likes the idea that it is comming back and that it goes well with second life.