{"id":933,"date":"2009-03-09T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T11:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/03\/10\/a-little-here-and-there\/"},"modified":"2017-02-11T09:56:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T09:56:06","slug":"a-little-here-and-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/03\/09\/a-little-here-and-there","title":{"rendered":"A little here and there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My blog has been acting up the whole of last week &#8211; which is why I haven&#8217;t been able to post about the other mundane stuff I&#8217;ve been up to. <\/p>\n<h2>Some geek shit<\/h2>\n<p>I had just upgraded the core WordPress engine, and for some reason, my index page won&#8217;t display articles. All other pages work though. There was nothing wrong with my code; and I don&#8217;t say this arrogantly, but because I tried plugging my code to a default template and it worked flawlessly. (Of course it did&#8230; why shouldn&#8217;t it? Ok that was a <em>tad<\/em> arrogant \ud83d\ude09 hehehe.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I had the time to sort it out today after finishing work. Turns out the new version wouldn&#8217;t play nice with concurrent database connections like the older one did. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">my peer list, and social network icons, are stored in another database<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Anyways, nothing that a simple <code>mysql_select_db();<\/code> switch couldn&#8217;t fix. So back to regular programming<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/p>\n<h2>Some man shit<\/h2>\n<p>So I finally got my carbon fiber hood installed:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1266\/4712581813_6b98fe0577_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"click for more\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1266\/4712581813_3425164e15_m.jpg\" class=\"wb\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>To tell you the truth, I was kinda iffy if the hood would look good. I mean honestly, I had a feeling that CF hoods look good the same way a pair of Crocs would &#8220;look good&#8221; to their respective owners. Not because they actually look good, but because they&#8217;re &#8220;iconic.&#8221; You buy Crocs because they&#8217;re Crocs. Fine, fine, they&#8217;re also also light and comfortable but seriously, I have yet to meet a person who would actually buy Crocs because they truly believe Crocs as a product <em>look<\/em> awesome. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">For the record&#8230; I HATE Crocs. I don&#8217;t know why, I just HATE them<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>From a designer&#8217;s eye&#8230; I had always thought the car already looked classy\/sexy <a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3330\/3264267937_162a87ccce_o.jpg\">without the hood.<\/a> so it was quite a dilemma for me to decide wether I should spring for a new hood <em>pa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That was all before they actually installed the hood. Now that they have, I&#8217;m quite happy. It looks great! I wouldn&#8217;t go as far as saying the car <em>needed<\/em> the upgrade to make myself feel better, but worst case, it doesn&#8217;t look worse, and has a lot of practical advantages as a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and I hadn&#8217;t mentioned the other stuff as well (has it really been that long?): I had some rain-guards installed early on (but didn&#8217;t make the first posting), they make the side windows look larger (which is a good thing). I also had some custom stickers made:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3410\/3313598033_7464707b60_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3410\/3313598033_93d265865a_m.jpg\" class=\"wb\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The new hood has also got a bit of a sticker treatment by the headlights if you would notice. And I found a <a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3537\/3334628458_7a116abe05_o.jpg\">better front plate bracket with a faux-CF finish<\/a> &#8211; which goes well with the new hood.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that&#8230; the car&#8217;s basically <strong>done<\/strong> for all intents and purposes. The rest of the additions I&#8217;m waiting on (brake caliper covers, and new floormats) are not really high-priority.<\/p>\n<h2>Some gay shit<\/h2>\n<p>The same day I got the hood, I went with Cris to the mall and we both had our toes pedicured @ that <em>California Nails Day Spa<\/em> in Hypermart <em>hahahaha.<\/em> Another first in my book&#8230; and that&#8217;s all that I&#8217;m going to say about that hahahaha. That, and my feet now actually look &#8220;better&#8221; than the feet of some women I know&#8230; yes I do take notice of women&#8217;s feet &#8211; just like Eddy Murphy in <em>Boomerang<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Not a deal-breaker for me though<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I guess it doesn&#8217;t hurt to have a little bit of everything for some balance.<\/p><div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_933_1();\">Notes<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_933_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_933_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_933_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">Notes<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_933_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8673;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">my peer list, and social network icons, are stored in another database<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_933_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8673;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">For the record&#8230; I HATE Crocs. 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