Torgo - The Screensaver of Fate

I've updated my Torgo screensaver. There was a problem with the Haunting Torgo Theme playing at lightning speed after a Mac OS X update. This version takes care of this, along with another issue or two...

Some people were complaining of corrupt downloads of the file, so I have changed the format of the archive. It's now in Mac OS X Archive Zip format, so you shouldn't get any errors now... If you downloaded it before & had problems, try re-downloading it now...

Also if you want to post the link for this, PLEASE copy the url exactly as it's given in the link above. I'm trying to track my bandwidth, and unfortunatly due to the way my server is setup, I have to log everything using a script... The link above works perfeclty, I've checked my logs and other than one error that occured yesterday, I have not had any other errors while using the above link...

It appears very fortuante that my web hosting account has unlimited bandwidth. As I've used almost 3 GB in the last couple days (and this is only what I've tracked, I know one update site didn't use the right link so there were a bunch more downloads that I didn't track)... Everything on my site seems to be responding fine, so at this point I'm the happiest I've ever been with my current host... It's amazing how much can happen in a couple days if you have no way of monitoring stuff...

Thanks to the creator(s) of AWStats. I also need to thank the creator of Ratlog, as after HEAVILY modifying this script, I am able to track quite a bit without having a real log built into my website... And of corse special thanks to me, for installing AWStats as well as installing & spending a ton of time modifying Ratlog to have it keep track of oh so much more than it origionally did!!!

I was on my way to work this morning, and it's pouring rain out here in Southern California. While it is day time, the visibility is terrible...

I was driving following a car that I could barely make out in front of me (on the 101 Freeway). The car right next to him was easy to see, as they had their headlights on...

It just seems really stupid. At one point I was driving and there was a group of about 20 or so cars in front of me off a short distance, and NOT ONE OF THEM HAD THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON!!!


For the record: When it's light out, but visibility is bad, turn your headlights on! Don't think "well, it won't help me see any better..." The reason for turning on your headlights is not for you own benefit, but for the benefit of DRIVERS AROUND YOU!!! The #1 explanation given after an accident is "I didn't see him."

Turning your headlights on in bad visibility increases the chance that someone will see you (who otherwise might not) quite significantly!!! And, in bad weather (especially rain), people need all the early warnings they can get, as it becomes difficult to stop on a dime!!!

The Torgo Forums

When I origionally designed the theme/skin for The Torgo Forums, I did it on a Mac and the colors looked great.

After investing much time, I uploaded all I had done. I then logged onto the forum from my work PC & found that the color looked horible! I've been meaning to get around to fix it, and finally I have...

The color is much brigther on both Mac & PC...

Now if only I could get some people to actually use it...

While working on my site a few days ago, I noticed after hitting some random key combination by accident that something in my directory listing looked like it had changed. After a cursory look though the setup I decided that I didn't see what I thought I had seen...

I noticed for the past few days I've had a large increase in the number of 404 errors comming up on my site. I figured it had something to do with some other stuff I was doing...-

Today while I was testing something, I clicked on my link for Scridgrams and got a 404 error. I quickly jumped into action & got that page back up... So if you got any errors accessing it before, they should now be fixed...

Sorry 'bout that...

Opinion by PC Magazine: Ten to Avoid--The Worst Products of the Year

This is rather amusing on a couple levels. Ahem...

Desktop PC: For Apple, the entry-level eMac really does represent Think Different. That's because for a company that prides itself on quality, this computer is different. As in bad. On the plus side, it's stylish. On the downside, it's slow, underpowered, and pathetic. The 40GB hard drive will fill up quickly, the lack of a DVD burner makes offloading files impossible, and the Radeon 9200 graphics card won't even run this fall's hot Mac games. And at around $800, this eMac ain't cheap. If you're considering a home Apple, think different. Buy a Dell. Or be prepared to spend a lot more for an acceptable Apple computer. Our Desktop Product Guide can lead you to the best Apples, along with the best of the rest.

I have two clear issues with this, other's I may or may not mention while typing, if they come to me. To begin...

1)  For starters, the eMac he's describing has better statistics than my current computer in every area. I own a two year old (almost 2, will be 2 on Christmas) iBook G3. Now, last time I checked, the only major problem I had with my system is lack of hard drive space (the internal HD is smaller than the eMac's 40GB as described).

The solution: Buy an external hard drive. The thing is, with an iBook, you need to buy a small self powered external hard drive, as since it's portable, the drive would need to follow the computer. This is a bit of a pain, and as of now my only solution is use my older external HD which is set up at home as a storage space for things I don't use very often...

When you compare this to the eMac, however, take in to account the fact that my old external hard drive I have at home would be perfectly adequate for use on the eMac. Being the eMac was meant to sit on a desk (aka Desktop PC), the cheap external firewire hard drive can sit next to it for eternity. Problem solved for less than $100...

2)  A thing to note, which is rather evident, is that the eMac is more than qualified for the exact purpose it was designed: Education!. The evident part is evident due to the first letter of the machine's name: e. Being my iBook G3 is more than adequate for this purpose, the eMac is definitely adequate. Last time I checked, school's main goal while buying computers was not to make sure they could run Doom 3...

Up until Apple's recent release of the new iMac, the computer on my wish list was in fact an eMac. I preferred the eMac to the previous iMac with the moving lamp head...


If the guy would have spent a second thinking these things out, he could have publicly avoided making such an ass out of himself. Being his motives seemed to have little to do with what he actually wrote (since much of it was inaccurate to say the least), he obviously didn't care...

Foxlife - 'Chimp' Painting of Bush Yanked From Exhibition

This seems a bit much to me... I'm a huge supporter of President Bush, and while I don't exactly like the idea of this picture, I don't see anything wrong with it. It's simply a political statement in a piece of artwork.

I think some times political activism goes to far... People have a right to opinions, and this is one area that seems to be a reasonable place to express it...

The Torgo Forums

I've revamped the ordering of the forums to make a little more sense. They still aren't used very much so I'm hoping this will help. Time will tell...

I've done a little revamping on the site, more specifically into JavaScript setups. The changes should not really appear any different to the user at this time.

One thing you might notice is that, if you try accessing anything on The Torgo Homepage with a URL that starts with "http://torgo.org/...", you will automatically be redirected to the page your on with a URL of "http://www.torgo.org/..." instead. This is mainly for consistancy more than anything else...

I also added a script which will allow me to do a neat little fade effect durring mouseover on a link, however I need to turn on the effect in each individual page, which I have not done on any pages as of now...

Special Report w/ Brit Hume - Political Grapevine - U.S. Behind Uprising?

This is rather rediculus. Apparently it's OK to celibrate sexual desires/preferences, however it's not OK to celebrate religious beleifs. Gays & Lesbians are fighting for equal rights, and are allowed to have a float in this parade. Christians, however, can't have a float in the parade.

It amazes me how it's becomming OK to discriminate against Christians, while the same people who are doing that are screaming about discrimination against others...

It makes me wonder how much time will pass before any admited Christians will be forced to go to the middle of a stadium, where lions will be released...

A holiday parade in Denver that will include floats celebrating gay and lesbian American Indians, the Chinese New Year, and Santa Claus is barring a Christian float that features traditional hymns and a 'Merry Christmas' message.

Parade of Lights spokesman Michael Krikorian tells the Rocky Mountain News that direct religious themes are against the rules.