Art is either something that touches you or not. When you walk through an art gallery, you revel in the beauty or the ugliness of pieces. As I have stated many times before, if art produces any kind of response, it has succeeded. Death of any art form is disregard. There are two types of …
I almost did not see this movie because the previews indicated that they ghettoed it up. I decided to give it a chance due to the unique “2/3D” animation and the affinity for the horrible voiceover specials from way back. So, up-front-it’s not ghetto!! If you liked any of the specials, you will like this. …
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Goodbye, Project Fi. It is with a heavy heart that I have to say goodbye to Google’s Project Fi. I was very excited when I first heard about their plans to combine cell providers and seamlessly switch between cell and wifi calling. With baited breath, I signed up and waited for their invitation. It came …
After upgrading/updating wordpress to 4.4, I could not log into the admin area. It kept giving me a permanent redirect loop. I spent quite a while pouring over possible fixes, and ended up with the following: In FTP, make sure all the top level files are 644 permission. These are the files directly under the …
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Every year, I attempt to find a new and exciting Christmas Tree theme. I see some brilliant designs out there, but nothing that soothes my high-tech desires. So I came up with my own. I call it Xack’s Projexmas Trees. (Pronounced Pro-jecks-mas) Here’s the concept: Like pop-up tents and toys, this tree will be made …
I was called for jury duty at the West Palm Beach Courthouse recently and ran into a snafu. I spoke with my supervisor and they said that they would pay for up to 5 days of jury duty. I read the paper that was delivered to me and it stated that they pay $30/day (after …
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Recently, I ran across this video of An Ha Lim on a French cabaret show on youtube: First, let me explain what you SHOULD be appreciating. It doesn’t matter if you know how this is done. What matters is the skill and showmanship of this piece. An Ha Lim, so far in my viewing of …
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Update: The kickstarter campaign ended, so now this is on indiegogo: Daytime Ghosts by Steven Langston on indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/daytime-ghosts-by-steven-langston/x/2618584#/ I had written the first chapter of “Daytime Ghosts” a while back and filed it away for a future project. Today, I decided to try to get the novel funded via kickstarter. I put the first …
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I have been toying around with the idea of a mobile slot game that would allow you to insert your own images as the pictures on the reels. (Just because I would love to play a Spongebob-themed machine!) So, it blossumed into a full-on app design. Of course, my first thought was to attempt to …
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