News
His Dark Materials Book Review
Author: Kevin Date: 3/19/08 Time: 11:57AM
I finished my review of the His Dark Materials Trilogy. It scored a 8/10 just in case you don't feel like reading it, but I suggest checking it out. I also cover a couple of points about why the people who flipped out over the movie (The Golden Compass) are a little off their rocker. See, I can still be productive... Now I need to find a better way to organize news, this file is gettng awefully long. Maybe I should just archive the older stuff..?
New Layout and a BUNCH of New Content
Author: Kevin Date: 3/17/08 Time: 2:45PM
This new layout is much less cluttered and I think it puts a lot more focus on the content. Your ideas? Also, New Tutorials found here and New Hardware Review found here (Asus EEE PC as promised). It has been a busy week. I was holding a lot of this content until I got the new layout ready. The old one was a real eyesore in my opinion. Hope everyone enjoys, and have a great St. Patty's day!
New Tutorial and Software Recommendations
Author: Kevin Date: 1/24/08 Time: 1:23PM
The new tutorial (found here) explains how to let your users log into your site using your forums password like mine does. It shows you all the steps to checking a PHPBB hashed password and gives you a copy and paste function to do it as well as EXCESSIVE comments on how it is working. Took about an hour to write so I hope someone gets use out of it. I also wrote up a list of free software that I recommend using. If you are geeky enough to be reading my website you probably know about must of it already, pretty mainstreams stuff, but for those who are looking for a free alternative check out the list here.
Site Logins, Project Status, and New Movie Review
Author: Kevin Date: 1/23/08 Time: 3:08PM
I got the site logins working, it uses the same username and password as the forums... this was a pain, PHPBB does some goofy stuff to it's passwords, but I eventually got it going. Now you have to log in to post comments (that way web bots can't post) and you have to login to get special downloads (like pre-release games, check software project page). I added the project status updates you see in the right panel above the google ad. It will tell you where I am on things around the site. Finally, I wrote a movie review about the movie Juno, which I liked. It got a 7/10. Check out the movie reviews link on the left navigation panel. Also, Hack Wars is in progress. That link will tell you what it is (or will be is more like it). It has a been a prodcutive few days. The entire code for the site is different. Even the comments work differently now, it is all database driven for easier administration... Why do I rewrite everything all the time? I'm not sure. I just find things that I think I would like better and sometimes implementing them means taking everything apart and starting over. :)
Updated the Site, but you can't see it!
Author: Kevin Date: 1/16/08 Time: 10:32AM
I spent a little while updating everything. The site is completely modular now, loaded from a series of files (everything that is static anyway). Also I updated all the Randomness-es and every other page for that matter, to be XML compliant. That means not using breaks or inputs without closing the tags (usually breaks wouldnt have a closing tag, but adding a space and a / makes then closed by default. Take a look at the source of this page.) So, in the event that I randomly die and someone else decides to keep hosting this, the page is ready for the future. I sometimes have bad coding practices, I should have fixed that when I first made the site (a mere 4 weeks ago now), but I like to leave the work for later so I have to go back through and completely reorganize. Basically, what I'm saying is, I spent a bunch of time changing stuff you can't even see :) isn't that spectacular? But it also means I can add new features. I intend to allow you to log in to any part of the site with the same login that you use for the forums and then allow you to access special content (like games I'm making that are still in testing). I figure why have two signups? So, soon, you will be able to log into this site with your forum logins (will have to relogin to use the forums, but you use the forums signup page and then can log into both with the same username and password.) Enjoy the lack of new features, but know that I am future safe.
MOVIE REVIEW!
Author: Kevin Date: 1/06/08 Time: 5:03PM
I just finished my first movie review... and I promise they will get better. I decided I didn't really know what I was looking for during the film so I'm going to make up a list of criteria that I can comment on to make the rating proper. Deducting and adding points for this or that. You should read it and tell me what you think. Don't Worry! I've decided to try and not spoil any movies in these reviews, so there is nothing about the story in there, except that it's glorious.
Comment Forms added to Appropriate Pages
Author: Kevin Date: 12/30/07 Time: 8:15AM
If you click on some of the pages on the left navigation bar (like the randomnesses and the projects section) and then go into thier sub files (like the page for the mp3 renaming software) you will see the new comment form at the bottom of the pages. This allows users to write whatever they want and it will be added under the comment section of that page. I will keep an eye out for anything vulgar and I would prefer that bugs go to the forums, but other than that have a ball. I had to learn two new languages to accomplish this, but didn't take too long. I am, however, very happy it's finished. I am still working on some of the formatting. It doesn't look quite right, but I'll be able to modify that later.
Mp3 Organizing Software Up and Functional!
Author: Kevin Date: 12/28/07 Time: 6:32AM
My software for renaming and reorganzing Mp3s based on their tags is up and fully functional. Download it Here It allows you to customize the desired output name using variables such as %TrackName and %Artist. It also copies the music to a new folder where it is organized into subfolders based on ArtistName and AlbumName. I think it is a pretty handy piece of software. I know I had a lot of tracks that were named properly in my media player library, but the file names made it impossiblle to navigate. Well no more. This is a free alternative to Mp3 Tag and Rename which I believe goes for around $20. I know, you guys love me! :)
Believe it or not!
Author: Kevin Date: 12/22/07 Time: 7:56AM
There are 19 Randomness posts up todate, One piece of software (good software too mind you), Fully Functional Forums (the 3 F's of the Web), and no dead links (that I am aware of). That means, that as of right now, I am declaring KreepyIndividual.com a functional website! This is very exciting... It means that I actually managed to semi-complete something I started working on. Couple this achievment with that PPC thing I built and I have had a pretty productive 2 days. And if your wondering about all the 6-9AM posts I've been making, I'm not an early riser, I just haven't been to sleep yet. Actually, come to think of it, I haven't seen the sun in 3 days, I've been sleeping from about 10AM-5PM and I am currently residing in a basement which means no windows. I think I've actually become whiter than before.... Wow.
First Piece of Software Posted!
Author: Kevin Date: 12/21/07 Time: 9:00AM Updated: 12/22/07
In the Projects section you can find my Media Manager for the Pocket PC. NOW WITH SHUFFLE AND FULLY CONFIGURABLE TO USE WHATEVER HOTKEYS YOUR MEDIA APP USES! It basically acts as a remote control for you Media Player on your computer. It's pretty nice because I use my computer to listen to a lot of music and now I can change the song from anywhere through SMS. It was a good deal of work, but I wanted to learn how to program for Windows Mobile. I think it was a worthwhile effort. Tell me what you think if you have a Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 5/6 and have tried it out. I hope to have more software posted soon as well as a few reviews, it has been a busy few days trying to get this all running. It's having all this spare time and nothing to do that is actually getting me in a productive mood again. Look out world!
Randomness Up and Functional
Author: Kevin Date: 12/20/07 Time: 8:11AM
The php code I wrote for my randomness section is up and working, so give it a look. I wrote the first randomness of the series up real quick (just wishing everyone merry christmas and telling of what is to come) but it will get much more entertaining later I promise, the code was the big part. There is only one randomness page and it will dynamically load a randomness depending on what variable is in the title bar. (If you click Start at the Start it will make that number 1, if you click latest, you will see whatever number is the latest one) Anyway, I hope to have more content on here in the next few days, It's only been several years in the making, no worse than the wait for Team Fortress 2 I assure you.
New Layout
Author: Kevin Date: 12/20/07 Time: 6:28AM
Only took 4 years to get it looking this good. No more temporary place holder for once. Now just to get everything else up and running, only this page actually works as of yet so I don't recommend trying out the links unless you like 404 pages and I don't have a custom one so don't bother :) but here's to actually doing something more productive than sleep for once.