A friend of mine bought me a Creative Versa-Tool wood burner but I never bought a book for it because the Michael's in town has a very small wood burning section. So I was looking around and asked someone about it. I asked if I am wasting my time with this cool tool or should I save up for the expensive big boy tool and this person told me that I can just get a lamp dimmer and use that. Well, I just so happen to have one of those. I tried it and it works great.
The only issue that I have with this light dimmer is that it doesn't really have a dial, it has buttons instead. Like "Bright" and "Dim" so I had to plug in a lamp into it and press the dim button while counting lol. It does 0 dim to 15 bright so when I use the wood burner with it I have to just count lol. I think it would be a good idea to buy a piece of wood and trace like a checkerboard and number it 1-15 and just do shading in each of those boxes so I will get a better idea of what each shade looks like so in the future I will know the exact shade I need lol. Good idea eh?
If someone has a Creative Versa-Tool wood burner, I would love to hear your comments if you have some good suggestions on how to do things.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ed McMahon, Farah Faucett and Michael Jackson
Yesterday morning on my bike ride I was listening to the radio instead of mp3's and they said that Ed McMahon died from cancer. That was sad but I knew he was dying so I hope he is at peace. My condolences go out to his family.
But I just heard that Michael Jackson died! What?! OMG I can't believe it. That was so unexpected. Wasn't he just going to make his 10th come back? Well, same goes for him as with Ed, he is at peace now and he doesn't have to worry about his looks anymore or his pedophile charges anymore.
Ok if that wasn't enough then I heard about Farah Faucett. Ok now they've gone too far. Farah is dead too? That is so sad. Ok I also knew about her cancer and I thought she was doing good. My condolences go out to her family.
They say it always happens in threes right? Well, I hope that Blanket and MJ's other kids go to a good home, like maybe their mother who they should've been with the whole time.
As I said, my condolences go out to the family of all the recently deceased.
But I just heard that Michael Jackson died! What?! OMG I can't believe it. That was so unexpected. Wasn't he just going to make his 10th come back? Well, same goes for him as with Ed, he is at peace now and he doesn't have to worry about his looks anymore or his pedophile charges anymore.
Ok if that wasn't enough then I heard about Farah Faucett. Ok now they've gone too far. Farah is dead too? That is so sad. Ok I also knew about her cancer and I thought she was doing good. My condolences go out to her family.
They say it always happens in threes right? Well, I hope that Blanket and MJ's other kids go to a good home, like maybe their mother who they should've been with the whole time.
As I said, my condolences go out to the family of all the recently deceased.
WordPress Update
If anyone tried visiting my blog today they may have noticed that it wasn't accessible. I was trying yet again to update my WordPress blog to the next version which is supposed to be better. I really don't care about the new features, what I care about is getting that stupid notice at the top of the screen off. Also one of my plugins is telling me that it won't work until I update WP to 2.8.
One of the things that I was told to do before updating is to deactivate all my plugins before attempting to update and for some strange reason that keeps slipping my mind. I don't know why but I've deactivated EVERYTHING so that I may proceed. If it doesn't work again then screw it, I will just deal with my plugins not working and with that warning at the top of my control panel.
UPDATE: Ok, I finally got it all working again and the upgrade is installed. Here is what happened. I am a hard headed idiot who cannot follow directions that's what happened.
The first time I tried doing the upgrade I read the full instructions and at the very beginning it said clear as day "deactivate all your plugins first" so what do I do? I don't deactivate all my plugins, I just proceed with the upgrade. Then I had to delete it all and reupload my backup then I tried upgrading again WITHOUT deactivating my plugins then again it didn't work so I had to delete it all and reupload my backups.
So today I did the same exact thing lol. Finally after I made the above post I did it again lol. Then after I reuploaded everything AGAIN I decided to deactivate all my plugins and did the upgrade and it worked. However, as I was reactivating plugins things started going south again so I was luckily able to click back and deactivate them. So I went and reactivated them one at a time while looking at the blog site in another tab, I kept hitting the refresh button to make sure it was all working. There were a few plugins that I lost that were not compatible with WordPress 2.8 but I don't mind.
Those plugins are:
So that's it. I'm going to try to get number 1 and 2 back soon.
One of the things that I was told to do before updating is to deactivate all my plugins before attempting to update and for some strange reason that keeps slipping my mind. I don't know why but I've deactivated EVERYTHING so that I may proceed. If it doesn't work again then screw it, I will just deal with my plugins not working and with that warning at the top of my control panel.
UPDATE: Ok, I finally got it all working again and the upgrade is installed. Here is what happened. I am a hard headed idiot who cannot follow directions that's what happened.
The first time I tried doing the upgrade I read the full instructions and at the very beginning it said clear as day "deactivate all your plugins first" so what do I do? I don't deactivate all my plugins, I just proceed with the upgrade. Then I had to delete it all and reupload my backup then I tried upgrading again WITHOUT deactivating my plugins then again it didn't work so I had to delete it all and reupload my backups.
So today I did the same exact thing lol. Finally after I made the above post I did it again lol. Then after I reuploaded everything AGAIN I decided to deactivate all my plugins and did the upgrade and it worked. However, as I was reactivating plugins things started going south again so I was luckily able to click back and deactivate them. So I went and reactivated them one at a time while looking at the blog site in another tab, I kept hitting the refresh button to make sure it was all working. There were a few plugins that I lost that were not compatible with WordPress 2.8 but I don't mind.
Those plugins are:
- Global Translator which I can find another one that will work for those who read my blog but do not speak english.
- Custom Smilies... what? I can't smile in my posts anymore? Well I'm gonna have to find some new ones then aren't I?
- Flickr - This actually didn't cause any issues but I just never use it so I got rid of it.
- WordPress Greet Box - This is something that would greet my visitors from any website they came from like for example if you came here from Google it would say hi google person or whatever it would say lol. Yeah, I don't need that.
So that's it. I'm going to try to get number 1 and 2 back soon.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Atlah Worldwide Church
Check out this video from YouTube called Hail Hilter, Hail Obama.
The preacher compares Barack Obama to Hitler and talks about how Obama has hypnotized people just the way Hitler did. And he also tells his followers NOT to like Obama.
Ok, I don't really want to get into a debate with anyone about this because it is both religion and politics all rolled into 1 post but you know I just think that people should be allowed to make their own decisions. I don't think that a church should be able to influence people to vote how they want them to vote, to like who they want them to like, to ban movies that the church doesn't like. I think that as individuals, we as people should be allowed to make our own choices.
I remember when the DaVinci code movie came out I asked the lady at the post office if she read the book and if she was going to see the movie and she said "well you know I asked my pastor if it would be ok if I read the book but he told me that I can't". Are you kidding me? You mean to tell me that a church pastor is going to tell someone that they cannot read a fiction novel? When I asked her about Harry Potter she gave me the same response. Her church doesn't like Harry Potter because they use magic in the movie, not because the story has gotten dark because of Lord Voldemort but because they use magic.
Whether I like Barack Obama or not is not the issue here. I think that if someone likes him they should be allowed to. The pastor in that video was using like a whiny voice where he was making fun of one of his church members who was saying that they liked Barack Obama and "I know you said that I can't like him but I just don't know what he is doing to me but I can't help it" and you know, just generally mocking this person in front of them.
I seem to remember when people were comparing George Bush Jr. to Hitler as well. What is it with people comparing the president to Hitler?
Well, that's all I have to say about that. Watch the video and decide for yourself whether or not you think that this pastor is right or wrong.
The preacher compares Barack Obama to Hitler and talks about how Obama has hypnotized people just the way Hitler did. And he also tells his followers NOT to like Obama.
Ok, I don't really want to get into a debate with anyone about this because it is both religion and politics all rolled into 1 post but you know I just think that people should be allowed to make their own decisions. I don't think that a church should be able to influence people to vote how they want them to vote, to like who they want them to like, to ban movies that the church doesn't like. I think that as individuals, we as people should be allowed to make our own choices.
I remember when the DaVinci code movie came out I asked the lady at the post office if she read the book and if she was going to see the movie and she said "well you know I asked my pastor if it would be ok if I read the book but he told me that I can't". Are you kidding me? You mean to tell me that a church pastor is going to tell someone that they cannot read a fiction novel? When I asked her about Harry Potter she gave me the same response. Her church doesn't like Harry Potter because they use magic in the movie, not because the story has gotten dark because of Lord Voldemort but because they use magic.
Whether I like Barack Obama or not is not the issue here. I think that if someone likes him they should be allowed to. The pastor in that video was using like a whiny voice where he was making fun of one of his church members who was saying that they liked Barack Obama and "I know you said that I can't like him but I just don't know what he is doing to me but I can't help it" and you know, just generally mocking this person in front of them.
I seem to remember when people were comparing George Bush Jr. to Hitler as well. What is it with people comparing the president to Hitler?
Well, that's all I have to say about that. Watch the video and decide for yourself whether or not you think that this pastor is right or wrong.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Spoke Wrench
I just came back from Snider's Cyclry, I had to get a spoke wrench for my bike. I was going to wait until I got my check then have them "true" the wheel but I wasn't sure how expensive it would be. The guy at Snider's told me it would only cost $17 but probably more depending on how bad it was and it's pretty bad lol.
He asked if I've ever "trued" a bike before and I said no but I've been doing a lot of research on how to do it with watching YouTube videos and reading tutorials and stuff because I've read if you don't do it right you can screw it up and you'll have to buy a new wheel. He said yeah and he showed me how to do it which was nice.
He said that a truing stand would cost like $75 or so which I don't have that kind of money but he told me that you can put the wheel in your front fork where the front wheel goes and put a zip tie on the fork about where the top of the wheel is as a guide so when you are moving the wheel near that zip tie you will be able to see if it needs to go in which direction.
I'm not quite sure I remember everything he told me but I'm going to do my best. I just want to save the $17 or so so I can buy my seat next in 2 weeks.
Well, I'm off to go try to "true" my back wheel in the front fork hehe. Wish me luck. And as always I will edit this post when I'm finished with a YAY I did it or oh crap I screwed it up and now I can't ride my bike until I can get a new wheel lol.
Edit: I am happy to say that it worked out. I didn't totally 100% true my back wheel but it doesn't wobble anymore. I tried doing what he said by putting the back wheel on the front fork but it's not the right size because of the freewheel (the thing that the chain goes on) made it too big. So what I did was I put the zip tie on the fork for the front wheel and did a little practice test on the front wheel. That worked out perfectly because the front wheel needed to be trued a little too. So then I put another zip tie on the back wheel and I trued that as best as I could and then went out on a test ride and perfection. Well, 95% perfection lol. I didn't want to mess with it too much and end up screwing it up. But it was much easier than I thought because of that zip tie.
He asked if I've ever "trued" a bike before and I said no but I've been doing a lot of research on how to do it with watching YouTube videos and reading tutorials and stuff because I've read if you don't do it right you can screw it up and you'll have to buy a new wheel. He said yeah and he showed me how to do it which was nice.
He said that a truing stand would cost like $75 or so which I don't have that kind of money but he told me that you can put the wheel in your front fork where the front wheel goes and put a zip tie on the fork about where the top of the wheel is as a guide so when you are moving the wheel near that zip tie you will be able to see if it needs to go in which direction.
I'm not quite sure I remember everything he told me but I'm going to do my best. I just want to save the $17 or so so I can buy my seat next in 2 weeks.
Well, I'm off to go try to "true" my back wheel in the front fork hehe. Wish me luck. And as always I will edit this post when I'm finished with a YAY I did it or oh crap I screwed it up and now I can't ride my bike until I can get a new wheel lol.
Edit: I am happy to say that it worked out. I didn't totally 100% true my back wheel but it doesn't wobble anymore. I tried doing what he said by putting the back wheel on the front fork but it's not the right size because of the freewheel (the thing that the chain goes on) made it too big. So what I did was I put the zip tie on the fork for the front wheel and did a little practice test on the front wheel. That worked out perfectly because the front wheel needed to be trued a little too. So then I put another zip tie on the back wheel and I trued that as best as I could and then went out on a test ride and perfection. Well, 95% perfection lol. I didn't want to mess with it too much and end up screwing it up. But it was much easier than I thought because of that zip tie.
Monday, June 22, 2009
ZipIt Wireless
I'm at YouTube watching another installment of Fred the episode where he is swimming lol. Anyway at the end of the video he is texting on this device called the ZipIt Wireless. There was a link at the end of the video which goes right to ROFL w/Fred but you can click ZipIt Home and it takes you to the websites homepage (or just click here).
I like this device. It's only $50 for the device and of course you have to pay a monthly fee of $9.99 a month or $109.89 for a full year and you get 1 month for free. Go ahead, get your calculators... I'll wait.
Ok now that you have verified that you get 1 month free you'll want to know what it is. This is a device that you can buy either for yourself or for your kids. It has unlimited texting and IMing to any cell phone or any device. Basically you can chat on AOL/AIM, Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger or cell phones. There are no other fees.
But it's not just a messenger, you can view your photos on there and listen to mp3's that are on a miniSD card which is very nice. It also streams radio stations too.
Personally, I don't have enough friends that I chat with online to require needing to carry this with me everywhere I go. If I had a job that I went to everyday that I couldn't chat with on my work computer, or if I didn't work in front of a computer then maybe but I don't.
I am a huge fan of IMing with friends/family and I think the amount of money the cell phone companies rip you off for is terrible and $10 a month is great for kids because it gets them off the family computer and it helps out with the cell phone bill in this economy.
But this thing has parental controls too so you can feel safe knowing your kids aren't talking to creeps from Dateline NBC. You can make it so they can only talk to certain people and you can also set a time limit so you know they aren't wasting their life IMing everyone around the universe all freakin day and night. Obviously you don't want them going to school with it so when they get home you can set it for maybe 2 or 3 hours or so AFTER they do their homework of course lol. Sorry kids, I know you are calling me names right now. Stay in school and just say NO to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol!
So, it would be smart to buy one of these if not for your kid then for yourself. Don't drive and text PLEASE!
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