Blog Theme
Not that I have many readers on here, especially since I don’t update as often as I’d like, but for those that have viewed it before, you’ll notice that I changed the theme for the first time in like 2-3 years. I really wanted to keep the old theme I was using but apparently some change in WordPress (no idea when) broke the damn thing and I’m too lazy to try to rewrite it from scratch to match the new engine. In this case “broke” means that the site worked on laptops and desktops (although one or more plugins made it slow as shit) and if you opened the blog on an iOS device (confirmed in Safari, Atomic, and Chrome) it would crash the entire app after about 20-30 seconds. From the quick tests I did after changing the theme and tweaking some stuff I believe it fixed the above issues. If any of my readers still notice anything wrong, please let me know… I guess if this doesn’t work my next step will be back up the database and start from scratch since it’s not like any of the old posts are really archived for posterity.
iOS issues
Aside from the browser issue above, Apple amazes me yet again with some of their so-called App Review Policies where they appear to let useless apps, obvious scams, etc. through into the AppStore on occasion but when a good legitimate app gets ‘too’ popular or the ‘right’ kind of person complains they strong-arm the developer into “You have 24 hours to change the core of your app and remove features or we’ll pull it”. The reason to bitch in this case is there are literally dozens of apps that include similar (or damn near identical) features as the ones being forcibly removed from this app and it’s not a case of “Hey, they stole my copyright” or “Hey, they copied my shit” it’s integration of 3rd Party services that Apple doesn’t seem to have much problem with in other applications. (Think similar to how a lot of apps use Dropbox or Twitter or whatever)
The reason I’m not mentioning the app name or developer is that I’ve been a fan of theirs practically since day one and even help with their tech support etc. I do NOT work for them and I don’t want them to get any backlash for me rambling on a stupid blog.
Random Shit
Back to the random crap I normally put in posts… (for the most part)
*What I’m Watching or Listening to Now*
Marathon of the current season of Royal Pains (from Episode 2 forward)
*Random Question* OR *Random Quote*
Yes, I meant it when I said cows don’t bounce… (thankfully no damage to the car)
*Dates* – B = Birthday; E = Event; W = Weekend; X = Closed
| Holiday/Event | Date | Notes | Marker |
| Rosh Hashanah | Sept. 16 | Jewish New Year | X |
| Yom Kippur | Sept. 25 | X |
*Work*
See new “Dates” area for a few details of office closings.
I’m most likely going to strip down all my sites (well, most of them) and put up new/updated ones for the (sub)domains I want to keep. Also, after replacing my main laptop that I used for my programming environment I started the HTPC Portal Project again and have built a PHP Framework back-end that should allow for better expand-ability for modules in the future. (I’m not exactly sure when I’ll push the new version to GitHub but after I correct one last thing that has been ‘bugging’ me I’ll push it… if I can’t fix that, I’ll push it to a new branch to see if others can help)
*Medical*
Don’t ask… but a SHITLOAD of pain.
*Gadgets*
If the rumor mill is true, Apple should be at least announcing the new iPhone5 in about 4 days… Obviously Apple knows what they’re doing with releasing new devices on a yearly schedule, although at that pace it’s hard to technically add enough ‘new shit’ or enhance what they already have to the point of ‘needing’ each and every upgrade they release (which is a good thing for consumers that understand that as opposed to the die-hard fan boys that blindly ‘need’ every single device).
Anyway, mainly due to the fact that Apple are dicks with the new iOS6 (read as: NO iOS6 for 1st Gen. iPad and certain features turned off/removed for iPhone4) I plan on upgrading to the iPhone5 if I can afford it… (I’d have to pay full retail for the phone to keep my Unlimited plan on Verizon which probably wont happen…) but even though I want a new(er) iPad as well, wouldn’t even have to be the 3rd Gen. there’s no way in hell I could afford that anytime soon.
Seeing as I’ve been writing this post for well over an hour (mainly distracted by TV) and it’s now 7am… (I hate being nocturnal) I’ll finish the tweaking and this post later…