TheDrunkenEpic

Hello, I'm Wilhelm, a PHP developer, and this is my little corner of the internet where I can discuss things that interest me and, hopefully, you too. :-)


20Aug 2008

A handy little project ...

Just to, ironically, show how far behind I am of current web design trends and projects, I'd like to post about something cool I found today.

I've been working on a project for my new boss to implement a ribbon-styled (think Office 2007) navigation system for our intranet homepage. The problem was that a 2-columned layout ate up far too much real estate on our pages. The left column being used for second-level "drill-down" navigation and the right for displaying content. A ribbon-styled navigation system allows you to free up all that space so you have plenty of room for displaying all sorts of data.


19Aug 2008

Discussion board naming conventions ...

Forums, categories, topics, threads, posts, replies, blah, blah, blah. Has anyone ever really given any thought as to whether or not we're using these terms properly? Lately, I've been doing a lot of thinking about forum software in general and this is probably one of the more nit-picky subjects of the lot. I just think we're naming our parts wrong.


18Aug 2008

People are dumb ...

As some of you might know, I currently live and work in Australia. It's been a huge change for me since I left Chicago about 2 months ago, but some things stay the same no matter where you go. People, for instance, never change. They have been and always will be completely retarded and self-important.

Case in point, this morning I was on the bus going to work. It's a pretty boring ride that lasts between 45 minutes to an hour every morning, so I try to amuse myself by watching people in traffic. Well, about 2 blocks from my current gig was a small red car trying to merge with a cross lane at an intersection. There was a guy driving a very pricey BMW directly behind this car. He wanted to pass and was impatiently honking his horn. The moment the red car budged, he hit the accelerator to take him over. Well, he put a little too much pressure on the peddle and slammed right into rear of the little red car.

What happened next? Did the guy in the BMW stop, get out, see if anyone got hurt and then assess the damage? Of course not! That would make too much sense. so instead of doing the right thing, he did the typical thing and attempted to speed off. You can guess what happened next, right? In his attempt to avoid accepting responsibility for his douche-baggery, he tried to escape by speeding off into the merging lane and ran right into another car.

What would have been a simple fender-bender and call to his insurance agency, now became that as well wreckless driving and attempted hit-and-run.

People are dumb.


17Aug 2008

FlipSquare's payment system is active!

Well, it's about time. After a good long while of development and testing the team and I thought that now is a good a time as any to start charging for listings at FlipSquare.com. Even though all amounts of user credit are now reset to zero, people who signed up during the beta phase of the project will be getting $75 worth of credit for free.

Now, it's time to seriously market and finesse this thing!

For those of you who don't know what FlipSquare is, I wrote an article about it a few months back that explains it quite well.

I know I've been absent for the past few months, but I have some pretty big announcements coming up within the next few days!

Stay tuned!


6Jun 2008

Friday Feast #10

It's that special day of the week again ...

Appetizer

Q. When you drink soda/pop/coke, do you prefer to drink it from the bottle, a can, or after pouring it into a cup?
A. I don't like soda/pop/coke, but if I happen to drink it, it'll be in a cup... as a mixer.

Soup

Q. What television show are you willing to stay up late to watch?
A. Battlestar Galactica

Salad

Q. Name one person, place, or thing you think of as brilliant.
A. Me. I'm brilliant.

Main Course

Q. Would you be willing to work 4 10-hour days instead of 5 8-hour days in order to save gas?
A. I'd rather not work at all. Score one for me and the environment.

Dessert

Q. If you were a superhero, what would you call yourself?
A. The Man From Nantucket



Spam is cool only in Hawaii

posted on May 22nd 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense


The $100 House & Essay Contest!

posted on May 12th 2008 and tagged with The Funny, General Nonsense and Distractions



Ze Spam Goggles... ZAY DO NUTSING!

posted on May 8th 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense


Friday Feast #9

posted on March 14th 2008 and tagged with The Funny, General Nonsense and Friday Feast


Pseudo Membership Campfire Service

posted on March 12th 2008 and tagged with Free Goodies, Code Monkey and Symphony



Symphony Search Walkthrough

posted on March 11th 2008 and tagged with Code Monkey, Tutorials and Such and Symphony


There's Something About MyTopix ...

posted on March 10th 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves, Code Monkey and MyTopix


Hurray for Jaia!

posted on August 27th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense


Introducing, The Dev Lounge!

posted on August 27th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense and Distractions


Are You A Douche?

posted on August 22nd 2007 and tagged with The Funny, General Nonsense and YooToob


Friday Feast #8

posted on August 17th 2007 and tagged with Friday Feast


I think it's about time I RE-learn ...

posted on August 16th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense


Seriously, WHERE ARE YOU!?!?

posted on August 15th 2007 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense


So, Where Have You Been?

posted on July 8th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense


Happy Birthday America!

posted on July 4th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense


Friday Feast #7

posted on June 29th 2007 and tagged with Friday Feast


Checking if PHP is loaded as a module in Apache

posted on June 28th 2007 and tagged with Free Goodies and Code Monkey


Adding YouTube to Markdown

posted on June 28th 2007 and tagged with Development, Code Monkey and Tutorials and Such


Using Markdown in MyTopix

posted on June 27th 2007 and tagged with Code Monkey, Tutorials and Such and MyTopix



Time to blow some stuff up!

posted on June 27th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense


Friday Feast #6

posted on June 22nd 2007 and tagged with Friday Feast


Building MyTopix Modules

posted on June 16th 2007 and tagged with Code Monkey, Tutorials and Such and MyTopix


Friday Feast #5

posted on June 15th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense and Friday Feast


Upcoming Series on OpenId

posted on June 13th 2007 and tagged with Development, Tutorials and Such and OpenId


A Use For PHP 5's Directory Iterator

posted on June 11th 2007 and tagged with Development, Free Goodies and Code Monkey


The Endless Zombie Rampage

posted on June 10th 2007 and tagged with General Nonsense, Distractions and Zombies


Japanese Tetris?

posted on June 10th 2007 and tagged with The Funny, YooToob and Me Rikey Flied Lice