http://percentsign20.com/wp Zealously overcompensating for perceived ignorance. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:06:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Specifically Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, but that difference isn't important. To get something out of the way quickly: I've never been good at fighting games.  My ascent up the playstyle ladder usually stops around "find a couple moves that work and stick to them".  This isn't through lack of desire to ... http://percentsign20.com/wp/2009/06/23/how-virtua-fighter-4-ruined-fighting-games-for-me/ My life expectancy (based on gender, nationallity, and current age) is 76.42 years...  that gives me until until Monday, June 18, 2063, which is 74 days after the Vulcans make first contact. While it does a lot of neat things with one piece of information: a name, a date, some math, ... http://percentsign20.com/wp/2009/05/16/playing-with-wolframalpha/ Upgrading to the latest WordPress has introduced the 'Â' character into a number of posts. As I have no idea why this happened and my phpMyAdmin-fu is weak, this fix will have to wait for a while. EDIT: Just fixed it today after a rather simple find-and-replace on the wp_posts ... http://percentsign20.com/wp/2009/03/13/where-did-this-thing-come-from/ In the spirit of the Stock Tips post on the lovely DreamHost Blog, I bring you TypeFrag's totally rad gamer pics: Obviously a badass. Hey... how you doin'? How you doin' take two. HERPES! ZOMBIES! Token minority! What the fuck is up with her eye shadow? HERPES take two! http://percentsign20.com/wp/2008/06/04/stock-photo-showdown/ Just added a couple of new plugins to the site: Twitter Tools and WordPress Mobile Edition. Twitter Tools is pretty slick.  Right now I have it set-up to post a daily digest of my Tweets (see default version here) and also allow me to update Twitter when I make a ... http://percentsign20.com/wp/2008/05/02/new-toys/ Right as soon as I log onto Xfire: [09:31] matty: do u play mohaa [09:31] Cal: no... [09:31] matty: kk [09:31] <This user is now offline> What the hell? http://percentsign20.com/wp/2008/05/02/dot-dot-dot/ Yes folks, economics does work out.  Exports Help Economy to Modest Growth, from the NYT. I just find it hilarious that people fail to understand that a falling dollar makes our exports more attractive.  That of course helps close our insanely-high trade defecit and guess what, helps the economy. It's just like ... http://percentsign20.com/wp/2008/04/30/gdp-grows-slightly-as-a-result-of-falling-dollar/ So, I just watched Secretary (on the prompting of f13) and... I really don't know what to think.  Well, outside of realizing that "Yes folks, James Spader can get more creepy." I liked it quite a bit though, I must say. http://percentsign20.com/wp/2008/04/21/secretary/ Just upgraded to WP 2.5 today (which is like two weeks late, heh).  You also may have noticed the new theme.  I was looking though WowAceUpdater for a couple mod modules and stumbled upon a mod called ClassButtons and found the author's page and wanted the theme (and header) ASAP. I ... http://percentsign20.com/wp/2008/04/14/upgrades/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://percentsign20.com/wp/2008/03/25/interesting-war-info/