The big ordeal is over. I have defeated the last bug and put the blog onto the new server!The last problem I had to overcome involved moving to a newer version of mySQL that was causing problems with the character set used in the old database. Let me know if you encounter any problems.
Month: June 2007
If beer money worked like taxes
I know this has been floating around the Internet for many years but it is such a great illustration of how the American tax system works that I would like to share it.Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.If they paid their bill…
Technorati can’t count?
It has recently come to my attention that the blog tracking site Technorati is suffering with a math problem. Yes, the site that tracks millions of blogs (and rates them by popularity) does not understand that their Top 100 list should be just that, a top 100 list. Instead their Top 100 list appears to…
Dude, Where’s my Lake?
For those of you who haven’t yet heard, a lake in Southern Chile disappeared at some point in the last two months. That’s right, disappeared.The lake itself, situated in the southern Andes Mountains, was almost 100 feet deep and had a surface area of 10-12 acres. That’s a lot of water, about 39 million gallons…
Pokemon Farming: Charmander
Welcome to my first farming event: CharmanderFirst, I’d like to start with an introduction. Here, and elsewhere online, I tend to go by the name Robottnik. There’s a bit of a long story behind the name (it involves a senile gym teacher in high school who couldn’t remember anybody’s name), but in a nutshell I…
How To: Sell a blog for far more than it is worth
I read a lot of blogs, a lot. One of the blogs I used to consider a daily read was recently sold… for $20,000! That’s a lot of money for a blog that has not been around for very long.The blog in question is careerramblings.com. According to the Whois database the site was first registered/created…
Pokemon Farming: Squirtle
Welcome to another (and my FIRST) edition of Pokemon Farming.Today I’m going to take some time and introduce myself to you and give some general guidelines for the trading I’ll be conducting.First – A little about me: My online handle just about everywhere is the same as it is here – Whitdjinn – it originates…
Nintendo News of the Day
I’ve got two news items dealing with Nintendo for you today.Item Number OneThe Wii is now on MySpace. I can’t really tell you anything about the site because you can just follow the link and see for yourself.Item Number TwoGamers Worldwide Already Have Downloaded More Than 4.7 Million Retro Games, at a Rate of 1,000…
Are you ready for WiiWare?
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 27, 2007 – The search for the next ingeniously ground-breaking video game has begun. At a private developers conference this week, Nintendo announced the introduction of WiiWare, a game-creation service that will allow developers large and small to create new downloadable video game content for sale by Nintendo through the Wii…
Kiko and the Fawn
Just the other day I was doing some yard work when I came across a small fawn sleeping at the base of one of my trees.I get a lot of deer in my backyard as evidenced by their droppings and the crushed vegetation where they bed down for the night. This is the first time…
Pokemon Battle Revolution: First Glance
I just picked up my copy of Pokemon Battle Revolution for the Wii and I’m reading through the instruction manual. I have not played the game yet so this will just be a “first glance” article where I cover things from the instruction booklet that I feel will interest you.On the back of the box…
Who did discover the Americas first?
In a recent issue of the Knights of the Dinner Table gaming magazine I read an article about ideas for seeding real world treasures into your fantasy RPG games. One item mentioned was that of roman artifacts being found in Texas long before they should have been there.Roman coins found in Texas. The most convincing…