Optimus awesome-us

It’s Latin for optimal awesomeness, and it
describes what I’d like to do in college and beyond.
As mentioned on my “About” page, I want to go to MIT. Not mentioned in my about page (until now, just updated) is that I also want to work at Google.

Why Google?
Location
For one, their offices in Cambridge are less than [...]

The end of commercials, a proposition.

My dad is one of those people. You probably know
a couple. They never watch commercials. Never. They switch between channels, often missing a lot of the show (unless they have PiP).
It annoys me. I miss so much of the show when I watch television with him. I also hate commercials. I’ll watch ‘em, but I [...]

What is Hollywood Flow?

Hollywood flow is a future section of
my site. It’s more a Wiki than anything else, as anyone can edit it.
It’s an enormous flowchart (in a different style, though…) which contains community-edited reviews of shows (not info, just reviews and a Wikipedia link), and The Flow.
The Flow is my [revolutionary? I think, hehe.] idea. It represents [...]

A usability standard proposal and a rule for forum owners.

You know how the nice people put
a warning when they link to a PDF? I like that. You know what else should have a warning associated with it?
JAVA!!! I cannot stand this: osphp.net’s 404 page includes an applet. It’s like punishing you for a 404. Do you know how LONG it takes for an applet [...]

What I want to do before I graduate high school…

The biggest thing I want to do before I graduate high school,
for my school, is to set them up with a high-end, dedicated server network. I couple for backups, one for network programs, and one or two to host their website without bandwidth or space limitations!
Once I move out into the big world, I’ll do [...]

Alyson Stoner, what have you done? A star in serious need of a good nerd.

 
IT BURNS! Alyson Stoner’s website is a site
to make sore eyes. Using a remotely hosted blogging platform (who uses Blogger on their site anyway?) and too much Flash (not even a Low-Fi version available) and little to no scripting, it makes a mockery of a website….but, I don’t blame her.
I blame the de-de-de behind the [...]

“Contests” – or a way to keep a site going without begging or showing ads

Here’s my idea, so don’t be stealing it!
I’m going to, in order to support my site without putting in ads or begging for donations, hold “contests”. See the quotations? It’s cause it’s technically (and legally, which is important) a contest with an entry fee, but practically it’s a raffle. See? I can be getting around [...]

A rule of thumb for bloggers…

If you have an auto-generated RSS feed from your blog script
you can follow this rule of thumb.
The RSS feed takes awhile to update, mine is around about 1-2 hours. So, the rule is: if you can at all, make a post within 24 hours of your blog’s RSS feed updating. It’s simple, keeps traffic, and [...]

Hiding your affiliate links, a take on a post from Cash Quests

This post on CashQuests.com is about
methods on hiding your affiliate links through PHP and redirection. It doesn’t have a comment system, so I am commenting via my blog (ain’t that convenient?).
People always overlook JavaScript’s functionality in hiding things.
Say your affiliate link is: http://amazon.com/linky_affil.aspx?linky=foo-bar.com
So, here’s your hidden link: <a href=”http://amazon.com/linky_affil.aspx?linky=foo-bar.com” onMouseover=”window.status(‘http://amazon.com’)”>
Easier than redirection, and faster too!
Just [...]

The Machine // Web 2.0

A quick video today…
Enjoy it.