Sexy Update: Open Source DeskHedron attempts to fill the void left by Yodm’3d selling out: http://blog.ozmonet.com/2009/deskhedron-yodm3d-killer/

Chris’Soft has sold out and now a dirtbag company will be producing Yodm’3d under the name DeskSpace. Naturally, these slimes will be charging for this software now.

What they don’t tell you is that Chris’Soft’s version is still free to download. v1.4 might still have minimal bugs, but if you feel that you shouldn’t have to pay for a global find and replace of a program name to a company for software that someone else made, you can still download Yodm’3d v1.4 for free

(Mirrors: http://www.winfuture.de/downloadstart,1185376417,1924.html ~ http://www.portablefreeware.com/download.php?id=1286 ~ http://www.mininova.org/tor/808321 )

ChrisSoft – Thank you for a wonderful piece of software. But true computer lovers aren’t in it for the money. Otaku Software – I wish the worst for you.

Here’s an intellectual curiosity that piqued my fancy: The number 9 spot on the top 10 google searches that point to my website.

Apparently in an effort to dominate the PageRank at Google, I have successfully cornered the niche market of risque text-editing.

What could “nsfw vi” possibly mean??

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I’ve always been obsessed with art. Especially since I’m not artistic. I can draw a MEAN stick figure, I’ll tell you. Everything I create from scratch is a disaster. Unfortunately, I’ve always had an knack for it. I can pick out colors, shapes and figures that are most pleasing to the eye. I am more adept at refining the rough edges of a draft to a masterpiece than having the imagination to create anything from a blank canvas.

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It seems like I’m always reinstalling and forgetting which files should and shouldn’t be checked in. Here is a good pattern to get started with:

*.suo *.user obj Debug *.pdb *.application *.Cache *.scc Thumbs.db RECYCLER

Some people believe nothing in bin/ should be checked in, however, I use my repository as a software distribution site as well, so I allow bin/Release to be versioned.  This pattern should work for most of .NET but I haven’t fully tested it, I only use C#.

As an alumnus of Drexel as well as a former employee, I’m quite savvy as to the inner workings of a few departments. Unfortunately, most notably was IRT, the IT department for the university. As both a learning institution, especially in the field of computers and technology, and an employer for co-operative learning, this policy seems to demonstrate how they really feel:

Authorization/Access Control
End Users are to be provided with the minimum access privileges required to perform permitted tasks.

That’s right kids, “trial and error” is not part of the learning process, you are not permitted to test the limits of your creativity and the machines you must control. Academic learning consists of following ideas from books discussing the revolutionary ‘Windows’ operating system written by professors who have long since enjoyed teaching to new open young minds.
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