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Kitchen Cabinets… in the Playroom

Erik J. Barzeski — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:52:53 +0000

For mother's day this year, I bought Carey some cabinets (kitchen cabinets), a laminate countertop, and all the assorted goodies that are needed to install it (some wood, screws, a pry bar for the baseboard, a knife to cut the carpet, and so on. We also picked up some paint.

The plan: convert one wall of the downstairs playroom into a craft table. We'll put one 18" three-drawer cabinet on each end. In the middle, we'll have a 30" cabinet (one drawer, two doors). That will create two desk areas for scrapbooking.

We're currently trying to decide between cutting the carpet to put the cabinets right on the subfloor or setting them on (preferably "into") the carpet. I think we'll go with the former.

I'll try to post some before/after pictures later, but since we've already moved stuff either out of the room or into the center, any before image is bound to look pretty silly.

Potato Chips

Erik J. Barzeski — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:40:25 +0000

I can't be the only person who enjoys a potato chip…

… on top of some pizzas.
… on burgers.
… on a hot dog.
… with ice cream, preferably chocolate.

Okay, maybe the last one, but I know enough people that eat them with the others. Are you one? What unusual combos do you make with potato chips?

iPhone SDK Beta 5 is Out, Still Has Glaring Hole

Erik J. Barzeski — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:33:14 +0000

The latest (beta 5) version of the iPhone SDK was released, and in a move that surprises absolutely nobody, synchronizing (or even copying) with a desktop app is still not possible.

There is still no way to even copy data from a desktop app to the iPhone (or vice versa). The most likely avenue for this would be via iTunes.

We simply need the ability to copy an XML file from our desktop app to our iPhone app's "space" and to copy a file from our iPhone app's space onto the computer. Why is this not possible?

Not everyone will have a "network" to send data, yet everyone will, from time to time, plug their phone in and synchronize it with iTunes.

Bizarre Safari Bug?

Erik J. Barzeski — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:28:17 +0000

A user on The Sand Trap forum linked to his online Scorecards at this URL: http://home.comcast.net/~2624/.

The URL works fine in OmniWeb, iCab, Firefox, and even Internet Explorer for the Mac, yet Safari (and any WebKit-based browser) shows a 404.

Changing the user agent in Safari doesn't fix anything, either.

What gives?

P.S. I've yet to fire up Parallels to see if it behaves the same in Windows browsers, including Safari.

Penguins vs. Flyers

Erik J. Barzeski — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:16:30 +0000

The Pittsburgh Penguins knocked off the whiny, whiny Rangers in five games and in overtime today, and will now face the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers, last year's worst team, deserve credit for making the Eastern Conference finals, but I suspect that's about as far as they'll get - the Pens are the better team at every position.

It will be an exciting run. Exciting enough that, for the first time, I dug out my copy of NHL '08. Unfortunately, there's no way to set up a "Playoffs" mode and create a Pens/Flyers matchup. P'shaw!

GTA (not) IV (me)

Erik J. Barzeski — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:20:04 +0000

I have absolutely no plans to buy the game. None. It interests me about as much as a swift kick to the groin (or most of the other things you can do to other people in the game). I don't care to reward people for making glitzier versions of games that lack much merit, and from everything I've seen, GTA IV is basically GTA I, II, and III warmed over.

I played Vice City once on my PS2 for about six hours. It had, for me, no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

For the Presidency

Erik J. Barzeski — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:19:53 +0000

If I had to choose one right now for the Presidency, I would choose…

Embedding Google Maps in vBulletin (BBCode)

Erik J. Barzeski — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:50:42 +0000

Has anyone seen a method for embedding a google map into a vBulletin forum via bbcode? I've yet to see one, and the ones I've tried to make myself fail miserably. Either they're too complex, you can only have one per page (which messes up people who might quote the map or wish to embed more than one map), or the site blows up when someone has JavaScript disabled… something goes awry every time.

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Received the Mexican Coke

Erik J. Barzeski — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:24:50 +0000

I'd like to thank the two folks with whom I worked out a deal for some smuggled Mexican Coke. I received my first set and, well, it's great. Not only is it nice to drink from a bottle again, but the taste is very, very clean. There's no syrupy after-taste. Mmmmmm.

Apathy in Blogging

Erik J. Barzeski — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:20:20 +0000

In case you haven't noticed, I've been a bit apathetic lately in blogging. Actually, a mild case of apathy has met with spring weather (i.e. "Erik is out golfing and reviewing golf equipment a lot") and a few little projects here and there.

As such, I've started several little entries, but never gotten around to finishing and posting them. So, instead, you get this little passage.