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Give Blood

Jun

10

2013

Apparently we are genetically designed to expect some blood loss, so you should go lose some. Right now. Men, in particular, have no way to excrete excess iron besides blood loss or chelation (dangerous). This probably applies to all heavy metals as well. Simple solution? You should go hit up a Red Cross location and ...

Unity Extension for Logging Syntax

Jun

8

2013

I have grown tired of writing the line of code required to log a variable to the Unity console. It gets old. In C# there is a concept by the name of “Extensions” that lets you extend classes that are locked and cannot be inherited from. Using extensions I was able to improve the syntax ...

Grim Fandango and Windows 7

May

9

2013

Hi Internet. I recently found that my formerly working Grim Fandango was crashing The facts: I have Grim Fandango installed using the Grim Fandango Setup that moves the disc files to hard drive This setup also installs Grim Fandango Launcher Grim Fandango was working correctly months ago, and then I find it is no longer ...

Bacon “Creamed” Spinach Paleo Recipe

Apr

26

2013

Bacon “Creamed” Spinach Paleo Recipe This recipe seeks to replace the traditional cream fat with bacon fat, achieving a “creamed” texture while complying with Paleo ideals. The additional use of balsamic vinegar makes a dish that tastes like an deconstructed slow-motion salad dressing. Ingredients 16oz Frozen Spinach 1/2 lb Bacon (smoked preferred, not lean) 2 ...

TVersity Screeching Music on Xbox 360 Solved

Aug

27

2012

I’ve spent several hours trying to diagnose why only some of my music, streamed to my Xbox 360 via TVersity, sounds something like The 99 Most Essential Classical Pieces For Shattering Your Priceless Crystalline Goblet Collection and Key Human Sense Organs. Despite thorough examination of every measurable detail (codec, bit rate, meta data, file size, ...

Trello Card Cover Preview Template for Photoshop

Jul

19

2012

This is my template for making great card cover previews. I hope this helps people out. I’m a big fan of Trello. If you’re reading this Fog Creek, thanks guys. Best, Justin Trello Card Cover Preview Template for Photoshop TrelloCardCoverTemplate-PSD.zip Features Safe zones to predict auto-cropping by Trello Wide-screen format (2.4:1) Sharp & opaque ...

Open Letter to Netflix

Apr

1

2012

Dear Netflix, I was calling to report a minor bug, but seems like I stumbled upon a few more issues, eh? Issues My Instant Queue keeps changing from 161 movies to 148 movies, and back again, roughly half the time I click “Instant Queue.” (This is the problem I was originally calling about.) This is reproducible ...

Open letter to Zynga

Mar

16

2012

I will never stop trying to improve things. Here is my open letter to Zynga about Hanging With Friends for iPhone. I do take software tweaks seriously. Good work guys. Great game. Some feedback regarding woes of auto-forfeit: Description: I’m usually a very busy person and when I finally sit down to play Hanging With Friends ...

The Power of Now Review 1

Mar

1

2012

The Power of Now is the most bizarre book you’d ever find me reading. I remember turning on the audiobook and the first 16 seconds were so existential I burst into laughter. I was up for the challenge and so I continued to listen and I have since learned to respect Eckhart Tolle’s somewhat unique philosophy. ...

iPhone backup prevented due to symbolic link

Oct

13

2011

Attention nerds. This post is about how I solved my problem upgrading to iOS 5 on on my apple device. If you aren’t a total nerd who has setup a symbolic link for iTunes, you can totally tune out right now. I have an Solid State Drive (SSD) in my Windows 7 64-bit PC which–while ...