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Need to count something using TECHNOLOGY?

FreakyT — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:31:09 +0000

Now you can! Thanks to my new ~~Web 2.0~~ HTML5 Web App, you can count anything you want! Any time!

Check it out here!:

Countmaster 3000

But wait! There’s more! The count is saved on your computer, using delicious, delicious cookies, so you can come back to counting anytime! And remember…

With the Countmaster™ counting system, It’s your count that counts!™

Some restrictions apply. Any time only includes time spent online. Times not at your computer not included in calculation. Your results may vary. No purchase necessary.

Getting rid of the ugly “pause” icon in Parallels 6

FreakyT — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:31:46 +0000

Yes, that is a logo.

Recently, I installed Parallels 6 on my mac so I could run OneNote. (Why won’t you release a native port already, Microsoft?? It runs pretty well — in fact, with “Coherence” mode I can even make Windows apps run as if they were real Mac apps, complete with a Dock icon, drop shadows, and Exposé support!

However, there was one visual thing that constantly bothered me: every dock icon had what appeared to be a red pause icon. After some internet searching, I found that it was, in fact, not a pause icon at all, but the Parallels logo!

Luckily, it turns out to be pretty easy to remove!

First: In “Configure…” under the “Virtual Machine” menu, go to your virtual machine options, and disable “share windows applications with mac”.
Quit Parallels
Open Finder, and navigate to the Applications folder on your hard drive.
Find the Parallels Desktop icon, right click, and select “Show package contents”
Once there, under the Contents/Resources folder, select the following files:
- SharedAppDocumentIcon.icns
- SharedAppIconMask_128.png
- SharedAppIconOverlay.icns
Move those files to somewhere as a backup.
Now, download this set of replacement icons that I’ve created.
Unzip those files and copy them to that Contents/Resources from before.
Finally, start Parallels again, go back to the virtual machine configuration, and re-enable the “share windows applications with mac” checkbox.

And congratulations! You’ve just removed Parallels’s horrifying abomination of a logo from your Windows programs and file associations. The best part is, they probably paid a graphic design firm thousands of dollars for that logo!

But enough rambling — go enjoy running Windows programs on your mac!

1:40am Style Updated Yet Again!

FreakyT — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:10:17 +0000

The custom style sheet for the K2 WordPress theme used at this site, 1:40am, has been updated once again, this time to add compatibility with K2 1.0. Admittedly, K2 1.0 isn’t as good looking as it was in the RC days, I think, but nonetheless upgrading is necessary…FOR PROGRESS!

Download the new version here.

1:40am Style Updated!

FreakyT — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:06:39 +0000

And even WordPress image captions!

1:40am, the K2 stylesheet used on this site, has been slightly updated! It now features support for…

Headlines

In all sizes!

They worked before.

Just not particularly well.

You can go all the way down to H6.

Like this.

And there’s more! Why not download it and give it a try?

The Greatest Comic of All Time

FreakyT — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:56:02 +0000

Introducing…

The New Adventures of Scrappy Doo: The Later Years

Featured in some college newspaper for the past several months, this comic follows the epic post-retirement adventures of the world-renowned detective, Scrapinold Dooington, as he interacts with a host of memorable characters.

Now, you can enjoy Scrapinold’s many adventures from the comfort of your own internet! Well, what are you waiting for? Go now, before it’s too late!

Watch Out

FreakyT — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:57:42 +0000

Well, that’s one way to put it, Wal-Mart

FreakyT — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:23 +0000

/Pokemon/

FreakyT — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:00:20 +0000

To continue the “pictures of DS games I saw at a store in Austria” series, here’s a picture of the only version of Pokemon to feature a robust regular expression engine:

Learning English

FreakyT — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:54 +0000

I’ve heard time and again that English is a difficult language to learn. However, during my stay in Austria (where English training is mandatory for all students), most people I talked to expressed their view that English was a very easy language to learn, especially compared to their native language, German.

This DS game is clearly the reason why:

After all, who wouldn’t want to learn English from that guy?

Happy 4th of July!

FreakyT — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:32:05 +0000

It’s the 4th of July, the 232nd year anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s writing of a politely indignant letter to Great Britain. As such, you should probably watch this video: