I need this…
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Archive for October, 2007
Nothing was deleted since I stayed with the same OS. I now have:
- 120 GB Web Space
- 1,200 GB Monthly Transfer Volume
- 2 more domains
- And much more!
I also created a .htaccess file to redirect traffic from my URL.net to URL.net/wp using this as a template:
Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.example.com/newpage.html
More information on .htaccess files here.
…from the fires. This was taken at about 7:30 at night. And a weird wallpaper I made from one of the shots and a Yoshitoshi Abe sketch… late night art…
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Here is a picture I took 5 minutes ago during the 2007 California fires.
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I’m still surprised that Bandai decided to dub the concert in their release of the Haruhi Suzumiya series. Bad idea in my opinion.
Just found this online, an actuall decent fandub of the concert scene ‘God knows’ from Haruhi Suzumiya:
And since I’m posting youTube stuff: ‘Lucky☆Star OP Full Dance by Zombies’
Today, we replaced the fuel pump in my Camaro after a troublesome diagnosis.
 The symptoms were similar to an electrical problem, misfiring under load only, hesitation. We finally diagnosed the fuel pump with a fuel pressure gauge after replacing the plugs/wires/one coil. The spec psi at the fuel rail is about 45 (1997+ V6 or V8), I had about 20. We ended up checking the pressure at the filter so as to take most of the lines and that regulator out of the circuit.
[thumb:1672:l]The easiest way to get the pump out was to cut a hole in the body. Included here is a picture of the plate needed to cover the hole in the body. The pump is a Carter brand with a one year warranty from Pep Boys, purchased today.
How do I start this? Well, Koi Kaze moved me. It’s rare that a series would affect me like Koi Kaze did. Something this original only comes by every few years.
The show, about a 28 year old emotionless dating-service-counselor and his 15 year old sister who comes to live with him and his father after many years apart, was not very popular in the US it seems. This is likely due to the age difference and blood relation of the two main characters of this love story. I only bought it because of excellent reviews on ANN and it was part of a Geneon studio sale.
I started watching this series not knowing anything about it, I just pick up the DVD and started watching thinking it was a normal high-school romance from the School girl on the cover (Nanoka). I quickly took a liking to the series and by the last DVD; I was emotionally attached to the two main characters.
The series was unpredictable, which is exceptional in Anime today. The series well-rounded animation style is much like ‘Voices of a Distant Star’s creator Makoto Shinkai’s style with elevated importance on backgrounds and dynamic elements such as falling Cherry blossoms, which is perfect for a love story like this. Additionally, the music is similar to a work by Makoto Shinkai; along with a perfect intro animation/song becomes another big plus for Koi Kaze. The quality of the animation was unusually high for a series that’s aimed towards the older Anime fan. And the English dub was simply perfect, after finishing the series dubbed, I watched the last episode again and flipped from English to Japanese, the English dub is not only well scripted but the characters seemed to fit the animation better than the Japanese voices.
I haven’t been this affected by a series in awhile, not in this way. It kind of reminds me of after I watched Onegai Teacher, the love for the characters and the desire to see them again. Although Koi Kaze did not have as great an effect on me as Onegai; since I am not hurting from the fact that the fictional world of the series does not exist and I’ll never be able to visit it or live a similar life. Still, I cannot get Koi Kaze out of my thoughts …not that I’m trying. This is something I’d like to remember which is why I wrote this.
Still, after I enjoyed watching the show, questions linger in my mind as do they with any deep series which I take interest in: What was the female anime fans response to this? Is it just too unrealistic that Nanoka could fall in love with her brother like she did? What exactly was the relevance of the closure of the amusement part in the last episode? Why isn’t the Manga released in the US?
I consider Koi Kaze one of my favorite series, and would love to see more from the same author. However, the manga is not even licensed (and by now I doubt it ever will be) and the author does not seem to have many (if any) projects going on now according to ANN and the authors website is just a blog with Makoto Shinkai like photography.
Maybe I’ll scan the DVD packaging and make some wallpapers.
Current Mood:
Happy
It was not as easy as the other plug-ins but I did it, I can now browse my Coppermine database easily within Wordpress. I even installed a random image widget!
This is what to do:
Find “Coppermine Integration for Wordpress 2.3“– this is the modified version for WP 2.3…
Follow the instructions included with the .zip, THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE COPY-PASTE INTO PLUGINS FOLDER install!
The instructions are decent but lack one key part; Where to find the information to configure the plug-in. You’ll find it in the include/config.inc.php file of your Coppermine install.
Example:
EXAMPLES DISABLED, K2 DOES NOT WORK WITH COPPERMINE PLUGIN!
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A very usful page if you are trying to decide which software to use for blogging.
These are the files you must edit and the edits themselves if you want to resize your header to 150px and use an image instead of the text/gradient.
***note*** The white ‘page’ and curved borders are not css, they are a image. Open kubrickheader.jpg and you’ll see. I selected the blue, cleared it, then adjusted the selection to raise the bottom selection up about 2 px for a cleaner look for the border.
This is my new *150px* image:
changes I’ve made:
STYLE.CSS
#header {
background-color: #73a0c5;
margin: 0 0 0 1px;
padding: 0;
height: 150px;
width: 758px;
/* height: 200px;*/
}
#headerimg {
margin: 0;
height: 150px;
width: 100%;
}
HEADER.PHP
<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>
<body>
<div id=”page”>
<div id=”header”>
<div id=”headerimg”>
</div>
</div>
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***I recommend Programmer’s Notepad for editing, free, fast, featureful, easy to use.  Yes, featureful is a word, just check the Bectionary
