How to install Windows XP SP3 on Mac OSX Lion and get drivers, too. [updated 5/2/12]

I considered various triple and quad boot options for my new (to me) MacBook Pro, but eventually decided on a simple dual-boot, OSX Lion and Windows XP.  If you’re reading this via a Google search, you likely ran into some problems too.  If you have been trying to do this without involving Boot Camp at [...]

Read My Lips, No New Fart Apps

I took the plunge, bit the bullet, followed the crowd and clichéd all the clichés. I bought a Mac, specifically a MacBook Pro from Late 2008. I’ve already pre-emptively deleted a paragraph that sounded like gushing because I’m honestly very impressed with OS X, moreso than I expected to be. Anyway, the reason I’m writing [...]

The Toolbelt: Some of my most-used code snippets for PHP, MySQL, HTML and CSS.

I’ve meant to work on this for quite a while. These are some of my most used code snippets to shorten a process, handy workarounds, pieces of code I need all the time or other such things. HTML: The Meta Redirect Use case: You need to redirect someone to another page, and don’t want to [...]

Dreamweaving Again

So the good news is I’ve gone longer without posting on here, but that’s like saying midget murder is more condonable because they’re about half a life. I’ve started on a new web project, and with the number of features I want to build out it stands to be my most ambitious project yet, and [...]

On The Love And Loss Of Friends

The holiday season is a trying time for most of us, for a whole variety of reasons. This year, many former coworkers of mine and friends had to deal with the suicide of Jon Vance, a guy that was as intelligent as he was sociable, and one who I never would have thought was capable [...]

PHP Lessons to my 16-year old self.

Over the past five days I’ve turned a sketch for a Basenotes March Madness site into a real, working application, and did it with efficiency, normalization and security in mind. Web design was something I started messing with when I was about 10 or 11 years old, with a little 64-page book that actually gave [...]

Chanel Platinum Egoiste – The Prophet Biggie Smalls

How does an early 90s aromatic fougère get street cred? “…easy, call em on the phone and Platinum Chanel cologne and I stay, dressed, to impress…” -Notorious B.I.G., Nasty Girl I’m fairly sure Platinum Egoiste is the only bottle in my collection that has been rapped about, but smelling it, it’s hard not to see [...]

Remembering August

Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated. This month has been the best, busiest and most life-changing month I’ve ever experienced. Let me bring you up to speed. Back in early August, Diana and I moved in together, which involved moving out of our respective cities and into a new town. We knew where we [...]

I thought I was following @BestBuyPaducah

Alright, I need to address this if I’m going to be posting on that particular Twitter account again. If you’re receiving this blog post via Facebook you’re more than welcome to ignore it. So from August last year to January this year you’ve been reading the Twitter feed from BestBuyPaducah, which has been my endeavor [...]

The Prophet Ice Cube

Today was a good day. Okay no that’s all I’ve got in relation to Ice Cube. Today just went about as well as I could ever hope for a day to go. Woke up with no pain or stiffness in my ankle, got out of bed refreshed and sat in front of the new 32″ [...]