Lightboxing and Flickr

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CONTENTS NO LONGER APPLICABLE

The content discussed in this post is no longer valid; as I’m now using a different “lightbox” implementation.
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JC made me check out his installation of a cool WordPress plugin that does lightboxing. I decided to apply the same stuff in my blog – and modify it a bit to be able to link to the image’s Flickr page somewhat dynamically.

Results

If you’re not interested in the details, then just spot the difference between these two lightbox-enabled links (I just hope it does work as I intended it to).

Here’s an image which I linked to Flickr

Here’s an image which I linked to the Gallery within my domian

LINK REMOVED (as the old gallery doesn’t exist anymore)

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AllofMP3 – did you know?

After watching Lewis Blacks’ “gay banditos” skit on YouTube, I decided to buy his albums. Hahaha, don’t you just hate it that I can now use the word buy without batting an eyelash? Anyways, the variable pricing scheme AllofMP3 has on its encodes made me realize something when I was comparing them with one another.

You see, when it comes to simple audio (as against music) I tend to pick the lower bit-rate to save on money. Because lets face it. A live performance by someone who simply talks doesn’t need much fidelity to be appreciated. Since I love comic acts so much, the process of analyzing a good price-quality ratio seemed very relevant to my predicament.

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Using your head

In what was arguably the only interesting development that happened in the world of Soccer (hehehe), I just had to know what the hell happened with the French team captain Zidane. Just go on YouTube right now and see what the most viewed videos are.

What can I say, I’m a sucker for sports violence. In any case, it’s about high time things got messy in Soccer… gimme some more of that and maybe I’ll consider calling it football.

Marco Matterazzi called the French star the Italian equivalent of nigger, and then insulted both his mother and his Muslim background by saying he is the “son of a terrorist whore.”

Read full article here

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Killing the board

In an attempt to streamline the sections of the site, I’ve decided to junk the discussion board. For one thing, there aren’t any “discussions” going on there to begin with. I basically keep them up because of the anime reviews I used to do years ago.

What I did now is migrate those reviews to the blog – hence the new anime category you see.

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Programming is like sex

… because:

  • One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
  • Once you get started, you’ll only stop because you’re exhausted.
  • It takes another experienced person to really appreciate what you’re doing.
  • Conversely, there’s some odd people who pride themselves on their lack of experience.
  • You can do it for money or for fun.
  • If you spend more time doing it than watching TV, people think you’re some kind of freak.
  • It’s not really an appropriate topic for dinner conversation.
  • There’s not enough taught about it in public school.
  • It doesn’t make any sense at all if you try to explain it in strictly clinical terms.
  • Some people are just naturally good.
  • But some people will never realize how bad they are, and you’re wasting your time trying to tell them.
  • There are a few weirdos with bizarre practices nobody really is comfortable with.
  • One little thing going wrong can ruin everything.
  • It’s a great way to spend a lunch break.
  • Everyone acts like they’re the first person to come up with a new technique.
  • Everyone who’s done it pokes fun at those who haven’t.
  • Beginners do a lot of clumsy fumbling about.
  • You’ll miss it if it’s been a while.
  • There’s always someone willing to write about the only right way to do things.
  • It doesn’t go so well when you’re drunk, but you’re more likely to do it.
  • Sometimes it’s fun to use expensive toys.
  • Other people just get in the way.

from Digg