Archive for December, 2009

  • Before I started my own self-hosted WordPress blog, I used a WordPress.com blog. All the articles claiming WordPress as being the best blogging platform available were indeed true. WordPress is the King. Even running a freely-hosted domain, I was blown away by all the things that I could do to...

    4 Ways to Maximize Your WordPress.com Blog

    Before I started my own self-hosted WordPress blog, I used a WordPress.com blog. All the articles claiming WordPress as being the best blogging platform available were indeed true. WordPress is the King. Even running a freely-hosted domain, I was blown away by all the things that I could do to...
  • 2009 was a great year in movies. The top ten box office movies alone amassed over $2.6 billion dollars in the United States. So, which movie made the most domestically? Which one took the number one spot worldwide?

    2009′s Top Ten Box Office Movies

    2009 was a great year in movies. The top ten box office movies alone amassed over $2.6 billion dollars in the United States. So, which movie made the most domestically? Which one took the number one spot worldwide?
  • The world depicted by Pixar’s hit movie Wall-E in which humans have become morbidly obese due to the level of sophistication achieved by technology may soon be reality. On April 15, 2009, University of Wisconsin doctoral student Adam Wilson sent out the tweet, “GO BADGERS.” Soon afterwards, his second tweet...

    Tweeting Without Typing

    The world depicted by Pixar’s hit movie Wall-E in which humans have become morbidly obese due to the level of sophistication achieved by technology may soon be reality. On April 15, 2009, University of Wisconsin doctoral student Adam Wilson sent out the tweet, “GO BADGERS.” Soon afterwards, his second tweet...
  • It was the night before Christmas. What started as a casual attempt to fix an annoying problem culminated into something truly awful. Having noticed the occurrence of several of these error messages, “Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1853353 bytes) in ….,” I decided...

    Two Dreadful Days Later…

    It was the night before Christmas. What started as a casual attempt to fix an annoying problem culminated into something truly awful. Having noticed the occurrence of several of these error messages, “Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1853353 bytes) in ….,” I decided...
  • 2009 was an awesome year, right? That is assuming you didn’t lose your home to foreclosure, get caught cheating with over a dozen women, or get sent to jail. But all is pretty swell right? Although the level of optimism has been lower than normal this year, the future can...

    The Best of 2009: Blog Posts, Videos, and Tweets

    2009 was an awesome year, right? That is assuming you didn’t lose your home to foreclosure, get caught cheating with over a dozen women, or get sent to jail. But all is pretty swell right? Although the level of optimism has been lower than normal this year, the future can...
  • Have you ever purchased a fart app? I have. Let me tell you…that’s not how a fart is supposed to sound like. Apple recently released a version of its Genius technology for applications that applies the same recommendation system for songs to applications. Other attempts to help buyers decide which...

    “Hey, where’s my refund?” The Nine Worst iPhone Applications Ever Made

    Have you ever purchased a fart app? I have. Let me tell you…that’s not how a fart is supposed to sound like. Apple recently released a version of its Genius technology for applications that applies the same recommendation system for songs to applications. Other attempts to help buyers decide which...
  • Who knew that a group called, “I hate it when mechanical pencils refuse to use that last half inch of lead” existed? Among the millions of groups that we come across everyday, there exists thousands of incredibly hilarious and funny Facebook groups that we join simply because it’s so ridiculous....

    The Funniest Facebook Groups Everyone Should Join

    Who knew that a group called, “I hate it when mechanical pencils refuse to use that last half inch of lead” existed? Among the millions of groups that we come across everyday, there exists thousands of incredibly hilarious and funny Facebook groups that we join simply because it’s so ridiculous....
  • This upcoming Wednesday, I will be attempting to pass my driving test for the third time. This goes to show that you should never ask me to give you a ride. But am I really a terrible driver? I don’t know. You see, the rules of the road and I...

    5 Reasons Why I Hate Driving

    This upcoming Wednesday, I will be attempting to pass my driving test for the third time. This goes to show that you should never ask me to give you a ride. But am I really a terrible driver? I don’t know. You see, the rules of the road and I...