I have two good reasons why I haven’t posted in three weeks: 1: I’ve been busy. 2: I forgot the administrator password to this blog, and couldn’t reset it because the MX records on the server are set up weird to accommodate for Google stuff – so I manually changed the password in the database [...]

I was having some issues with XUL running local Flash 8 content. A warning dialog would appear, which really made my years worth of work look malicious the second someone opened my program. Anyway the fix was to create the file “myTrustFiles.cfg” within the Application Data directory on the user’s account and fill it with [...]

I took the hefty 20 seconds to upgrade from WordPress 2.3.3 to 2.5, RC1. I haven’t looked at their bug-tracker, but the upgrade went smooth and everything appears to be working. The three steps I took to upgrade: Downloaded WordPress 2.5RC1 (click here to download) Unzip and upload everything except for the following files to [...]

Every three months or so, I get a envelope in the mail from some lonely soul at the I.R.S. Apparently, I.R.S. stands for “I Really Suck (at doing my job)” because for the past two years they’ve misspelled my name as ‘Jeffert Hood’ despite my repeated attempts to ignore it. You might blame my handwriting, [...]

I bought a slightly outdated computer through eBay last Christmas. It was actually a steal: 3.2GHz Pentium 4 with a 250GB drive and a gig of memory for $100, and while you won’t find it featured in Best Buy, it was a great machine. As a matter of fact, I don’t think you’d find a [...]

I’m creating a new logo for the hoodmonkey moniker (monkier?). Click on the thumbnail below for full-size. Very rarely can I say “I drew a one-armed turd with eyes, and I’m proud of it!” without trying to cover up my lacking art skills. I’d like your opinion before I develop it, though. Would this look [...]

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