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Windows Explorer Rant
2009-11-07 15:25:52
I hate Windows Explorer.
So, I had to copy files from my girlfriend's sister's laptop hard drive because she had screwed up a Windows Vista update by turning off the computer in the middle of the update. There were no recovery DVDs or recovery partition either.
So instead, I had to do the brutal method - copying all her files in the user folder and reinstall Windows Vista. I copied them by connecting her hard drive with a SATA to USB cable to my girlfriend's laptop. In total the files were appr. 50 GB.
First, I tried copying the whole user folder in one sweep; not a good idea. In the middle of the copying, I got an error saying that one of the files couldn't be copied. I pressed OK and the copying stopped! Instead of ignoring the file and letting me continuing the copying, it cancelled it, leaving everything half finished.
Now I just can't seem to understand why anyone would want a file handler to behave like this. I don't know anyone who wouldn't find this extremely annoying.
This meant that I had to go through a bunch of subdirectories, comparing the file sizes of the original and copied versions, just to find what stuff had been copied.
Some of the directories had been left half finished, meaning that I had to select all the files in the original directory and copy them over to the half finished one. This of course meant that I also had to press No in all the "Replace file?" dialogs because Explorer doesn't have a "No to all" button, only a "Yes to all" one. That's another quirk that annoys the hell out of me.
*End of rant without ending because I just can't care to make one at the moment*
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AresDB Splash Website2009-10-26 22:11:14
My latest project is the AresDB website. AresDB is a open source World of Warcraft private server database project now lead by my dear friend Bandit and some other guy called Jenkins, I believe.
Bandit asked me to make a so-called (according to him) "splash page."
I made my first template out of a bunch of grunge brushes. Unfortunately it didn't turn out very well in the end so I started over again from scratch, this time using using vector brushes.
I'm pretty satisfied with the result, being the first splash page I've done (actually the second). I'd actually like to make more in the future.
The final result can be found at the AresDB website.
Images coming soon
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Designer Chateau: Web Designing Blog2009-10-26 19:45:05
I've decided that I'll be using this website as a blog for my design projects. Mostly they'll be web designs, problems, workarounds - but probably also some music projects. Everything on this website has been designed by me (unless stated otherwise).
I'll most likely never get any readers, but I don't really care. :P
Expect a new post very soon.
Update: I've imported some of the updated article code. It's a little glitchy but I've commented out most of it, since it isn't necessary for me at the moment anyway.
Update: Everything should be work now. :) I found out what was causing all the problems.
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A World of Warcraft Private Server2009-09-22 19:28:41
Me and Bandit are working on creating a World of Warcraft private server on the old PowerMac that I talked about in an earlier article.
The private server will have support for both The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King expansions. We'll be using the popular Arcemu with the NCDB database and extract map files from one of our WoW installations.
We're hoping that the server will be up and working and fully function within the next few weeks or so.
Stay tuned!
Side note: We're not sure if it's gonna be a fun server or Blizz-like, or we might just make one of each.
Update: Unfortunately we can't run the World of Warcraft server on the Bluebox machine (PowerMac) since Arcemu won't compile under PowerPC. So we're doing it on the main server (Chateau) instead.
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An Additional Server2009-09-16 21:21:07
I found a 10 year old PowerMac G3 that nobody's been using for ages (obviously). I've crammed it with a bunch of RAM which totals to 640 MB RAM (overkill 10 years ago.)
I'm having a few problems installing Ubuntu SE (9.04) on it but I've asked my good ol' friend Bandit to help me solve them.
I'm also still not sure what to put on it, but I'll come up with something.
Update: I finally decided to try installing Ubuntu 8 (which is what this server is running) and everything worked! It was probably a stupid Ubuntu 9 bug....
Update: So I had unplugged the computer to move it to a better place. But when I had plugged it back in, it didn't boot. I finally came to the conclusion that it was the main power button that was kind of broken. Good thing I found a tiny backup power button on the motherboard!
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Another Website (plus design)2009-09-14 19:53:50
I was bored so I thought I'd start yet another website. This one of course with a new layout.
I won't be abandoning this one (it's the best website I've ever made), so don't worry. The new website will be called Programmer Chateau. However I'm still not finished with the the design yet (need to add more colors and do some final polishing to make everything look perfect) and after that I still have all the markup coding to do.
Most of the website interactivity will probably be ported from this website, luckily (since that's the most difficult part).
P.S. I'm also exploring RSS and eventually implement it to the website (for the articles and blogs).
Update: I deleted the old lorum ipsum articles, since we don't need them anymore (because we have so many real articles now).
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Layout Refresh2009-09-10 14:42:43
I've refreshed the website a bit, adding things to the look of the website (hopefully for the good). I also added icons for the titles in the side bar, just a nice touch.
Update: BTW Bandit if you feel like doing anything to the website, go ahead!
Update: Also, there a few different versions of the logo in images/ now. You might wanna check em out.
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A Few New Things2009-08-26 16:41:26
codeHey Bandit, just wanted to tell you that I've ported the File Manager from Groundwork to this website. It's only available if you log in, with the help of a nice, really simple login session checker function added to the auth_handler include. You can add it to any page using the function auth_verify();.
I should also tell you that I've added a To-do list table in the database, printed in the side bar. I'll probably also add a create and delete functions soon or later.
Update: Added a str_replace for the <pre> tag that replaces it with a class instead, since the <pre> tag makes a bunch of line breaks (and there's no workaround).
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Um.... Forgot What The Title Was2009-08-17 02:08:28
Hey man, It's Aug. 16 and I'm here to tell you that I've overhauled your site's code while you slept...
login.php no longer exists (renamed to index.php)
I've managed to complete a prototype (fully functional) login / logout system. You can make your own user / pass in the DB.
Btw, I redid the Server Uptime and Server Time stats. I also added a script to tell you the Average load of the server.
I still got around 2 hours before I go to sleep, so I'm sure I'll probably finish quite a bit more. Hope to see you tomorrow.
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I have decided to help2009-08-16 00:51:47
Me, the infamous Bandito, has decided to help my amigo, Renegade, with the website. Of course, I also have to finish my report due next week for school... Summer has died and school regains control, yet again.
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Same Website; Completely New Layout2009-07-21 20:59:22
Finally I/we got a really good looking website layout up and running. I worked a few hours to make this website look just perfect with no virtual glitches (I won't even try to render it in IE). But the website looks nice and it's running and blah blah blah...
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