yea….thats kinda what dreamhost did yesterday. not intentionally though. around 7:30 yesterday it seemed like the site was down for an hour!! so was some of their other servers. i was kinda pissed cause i couldn’t code because the ssh, ftp and svn servers were all down. ok, some of those services are shared on single servers. oh yea, their main site http://webpanel.dreamhost.com to log into the webpanel was down.
what sucked is it was down so long and their “system status” page says nothing. useless. well at least it is back up today but then i started thinking, are there good alternatives to dreamhost? so i’m looking around and seeing what i can find.
dreamhost has pretty good uptime. i still want to see what other hosting is available.
more foursquare. i got my badge. and i’m also mayor of the chicago blackhawks united center. so when coach q checks in, he can see my picture posted up as mayor.
21 badges. this one is very cool.
ubuntu does a great job at backing up dvds. i just ordered this drive which seems like a good deal considering that the selection at the local frys was a total joke. i dont have bluray on any of my computers and was avoiding it but it seems like it would be a good compliment to netflix especially considering that downloading all these bluray vids is taking a serious toll on my internet cap.
sold. and i get the 3d glasses. i'll be wearing those around the town.
to date, union station has been my hardest takeover. its hard because soooo many people check in there. its the most popular place i’ve found so far. there have been over 15,000 checkins by over 4300 unique people. so it is VERY high profile. since i’ve been using foursquare, i’ve only seen the mayor change there once.
and now it has changed again. to me. and all the people checking in there everyday get to see me. bow in the presentness of greatness!!! the city is mine. its only a matter of time. wha?!? its just a hardly known internet game?!?
take this h8rz.
oh man….so i went over today and was like making a cash up offer on this sweet ass brand new vulcan 1700 classic.
like i just bought a bike and was driving around on it today at 120mph (~200kph for our international readers) but wouldnt a street bike and a cruiser bike be the shit for all situations?!?
i was dicking around with $500USD over getting it or not. i dunno. i’m never like that. but 2 bikes?? OMGWTF bike spree.
what i like about the bike:
- its all black just like and picture (and like the black stain on my soul)
- its just like the picture
- its 1700cc….that will dominate you.
- your mom will ride on the back and wear that tank top that shows off her leathery skin and faded tats. wow. i just threw up a little in my mouth.
1700cc. yea. thats about right.
if you could be anything you want to be….wouldn’t you be the mayor of 12 white castles in foursquare?
well sorry to crush your dreams but that job is filled. hey, i’m just living the dream.
12 white castles. best place ever. EVA. fml.
i’m now the mayor of city hall and also the mayor of google chicago–where i used to work. kneel before zod.
i had to take over my old work.
imma bee mayor of the town. imma bee doing all that shit....doing one handed flips. imma bee running this shit. imma bee.
got chicago loop back. and wont be losing it again.
this “a.j” duche bag is just going around having fun using foursquare and i’m all serious and acting like a dick when somebody takes the mayor away from me. yup. i’m kinda like that.
the doood is also mayor of his “house.” i should take that away too. nah i got getter things to do. like go to the chicago loop and grab a beer. and since i’m the mayor there, its my mayor duty.
once again, i retake the mayor at chicago loop. were in control.
my foursquare friends suck (if i had any) so i decided to take on all of chicago.
it turns out i’m number 9 in chicago. with that and a dollar i can get anything i want off the dollar menu.
very soon now, i will be taking over.
so first off, i hope the hell you are not using internet explorer on windows. if you are still using that then there is no hope for you and you will never be one of the cool kids and i wish you luck in life. you prolly often wonder why the internet is slow or broken.
if you are using firefox, at least you have a clue or somebody that setup your computer has a clue and convinced you that firefox was a better choice. but you might want to rethink that because firefox has gotten slow, clunky and its development team has lost their momentum.
if you are using safari then your best bet would be to draw a warm bath, write a goodbye note and get a razor ready for your wrists cause your so in love with apple you should prolly just end it all. really.
lets not even get into opera. if you actually use that then you should be taken out back and hose whipped and then cut up into pieces and stuffed into organizer bins.
so what should i use oh great one??
you should take a look at google chrome. even if you looked at it before, its gotten serious good in the last 3 months and you need to look at it again. this is the browser that really started off as a joke. but it has serious ambitions and serious momentum. firefox is dead. ie was always dead. and well opera and safari are opera and safari.
i was recently impressed with the developer tools that are automatically part of chrome. no need to download firebug or other extensions because chrome does a much better job. i was able to launch a javascript console that always keeps your history. with firebug you have to “turn it on” and the event you were after prolly already happened.
and chrome is FAST!! and it has a wealth of quality plugins. i would say if you havent tried it in the last 3 months, you havent tried it. quit reading this and give it a try. or die in ignorance.
before you die in ignorance, look at the snappy developer tools built into chrome.
were back!!! i was cleaning up some database hostnames last night and i had another domain that was expiring and we lost connection with the database for a short bit.
luckily i’m on this super comfy metra train with my sweet ass mac book pro and i’m able to login and adjust my php conf file with dreamhost as necessary. too easy.
in the meantime, say goodbye to clearandvalid.com. yea right. clear and valid dot wha?!? exactly. my mom doesnt go to that site. 1 person went to it looking for pr0n. fail.
so this is pretty much the only site i have left and it will die in a fire soon enough. but for now, were back. the bills are paid and the lights are on. so sit back, chilax and stfu.
~the management.
doood. omgwtf!! so from time to time, somebody tries to take over one of my places and we end up having a serious MAYOR WAR!!
well i’m having a mayor war with this aj dood. i will soooo take over this bar and i will crush your house!! dont fck with me. too much? while i dial it down a bit, i’ll take the necessary steps to make sure aj is out of the game.
diaf. die in a fire.
a hostile takeover of a small internet cafe in michigan. the shoopers. now what are you going to do? try the chicken salad. its AWESOME goodness.
the shoopers
about a year ago, i noticed this building on google earth in chicago has a picture on it that says “i’m with stupid.”
funny thing is, that is where i work. its a small 5 story building built in 1883. its the glessner center and its almost certainly haunted. :)
i dunno….i just thought it was funny to see it with a sign that says i’m with stupid. there is no billboard or advertising there that i know of. dont know if someone at google added it for fun or what.
i'm with stoopid. yup. i work here.
yes, i’m still obsessed with foursquare. i just looked up the rankings for four square checkins in chicago and i rank in at #33. sweet.
oh...since ive taken this picture, i've climbed to #28
omgwtfblueberries!! what am i gonna do with 5 lbs of blueberries. this is what happens when you go to michigan blueberry festival. they are selling these things for like $1.25/lb. insane.
omgwtfblueberries!!!
oh yeah!! if you know me, you know how much i love this place. today, i’m wearing my tilted kilt tshirt and i also became mayor of the place in four square!!
awesome!!
i'm the pimp mayor of tilted kilt
my co-workers are trying to kill me. its mostly known around the office that i consume energy drinks and i have a drink menu at my desk for 20 different drinks that use energy drinks. jager bombs. h-bombs. pick your poison and line ‘em up.
somebody (unknown) at work put this venom death adder drink on my desk. it had a nice heavy aluminum can. and today, i drank it. so i’m a little reved up writing code and adding lots of posts.
i like the name of it. death adder. its actually a type of snake. and also a gaming mouse produced by razor. and definitely something you should drink. death adder fruit punch. really? fruit punch?
death adder. really? dont try to scare me with some marketing shite.
white hen in the west loop was a real bitch. but now its mine. next up is starbucks and union station. union station has TONS of checkins and unlike your mom, will be hard to get.
white hen west loop was a tough win. my toughest to date. bigger shit is gonna fall.
still on the waiting list. i’m sure that is not changing now that my mighty blackhawks have won the stanley cup. i’m sure i will attend at least 10 regular season road games this year and maybe one or two away games. :)
still on the chicago blackhawks waiting list
bam. top that bitcho! thats right, i’m mayor of 5 white castles in foursquare. i’m down. are you?
this is all part of my quest for total world domination in foursquare. don’t get it? neither do i. i’m drunk and on my way to work. nothing like jager bombs on the train at 8am. that shit is so good, i could shower in it.
5 white castles. not even mayor mccheese can top that.
once union station falls, then i suspect that city hall, trump tower, willis tower and the john hancock wont be far behind. no, this is not some sort of terroris attack. its my attempt to take over some major landmarks in chicago on foursquare. and by take over i mean become the mayor. and i’ve been hard at work making sure i check into all these places every day. only time will tell if all the time i’m using to do this is just crap.
in the meantime, i’ve become mayor of 4 white castles and managed to put on a few pounds in the process. what amazes me is that this is the first time i eat their food before 1am. the food tastes better and fresher at 8pm. or maybe i’m less crunked.
for now….i wait. but i believe union station will be the first to fall.
i'm mayor of 25 places and i've earned 15 badges...and i'm just getting started
so i was kinda getting tired of the bose quiet comfort headphones that i’ve had for a while. i really dont think bose is really good at making anything. srsly. their speakers have sucked for a long time.
so i’ve been seeing the beats by dr dre headphones on lots of stuff lately…commercials, music video, etc.
i’ve tried them before. but tonight i picked up a pair. i got the solo hd ones. let me tell you, if you have bose headphones. throw them away. chuck them in the weeds. the dre beats have way better bass and just better sound. and they look kick ass.
dr dre solo hd beats...better sounding than bose quiet comfort headphones. fck bose.
hey it wasn’t me. or was it. seems like foursquare was overloaded today for a few hours. yeah. it was my code.
dont mess with the king of nynex
too many bikes in the garage. the car has to sit outside. the newest edition is the kawasaki vulcan in the front and it has about 10 miles on it. i think i need 3 or 4 more motorcycles since the garage is still not full.
the new bike...ok...its not mine.
the training continues. i took a week off around the 4th of july to fit in some “core training” that involved alot of alcohol and pork ribs. but now i’m back on track and racking up the miles.
so far i’ve burned 15,911 calories. doing some math that would be 43 kfc original recipe chick breasts. or 32 mcdonalds large french fries. or in my case 81 pints of guinness. i better quit blogging and get drinking.
to offset this training, i will need to drink 81 pints of guinness just to break even.
when your mayor of 25 places, you gots to have a bad ass suv with bad ass custom rims to go with it.
this is my 2007 ford explorer. i decided to put 22×9.5″ rims on it. the folks over at wheelsnext were great and fast. i highly recommend the place. the picture doesnt do this thing justice. you just got to see it. i’ll show it to you when i come down to pickup your mom.
between this and the motorcycles....i'm a badass now fo sho.
yea…the little graphic in the right panel has nothing to do with what i’m doing. it is being powered by my python scripts that are running as cron jobs to check me into various spots in the city.
the point? does there have to be one? i just want to take over the major landmarks in the city. like hancock, willis tower, trump tower, united center and city hall. i have to be the mayor of city hall. duh.
then from there, maybe i take over all the white castles in the state. or maybe all the tilted kilts. or the airports. who knows. maybe i take over your mom. deal with that.
yea. weird i'm at the trump tower the exact same time every day of the week
my phone is telling me to stay and relax a minute?!? gfy. srsly. i’m too wired up on red bull and jager bombs to be relaxing.
this can only mean one thing. more senseless foursquare hacking and the api has locked me out again. seems i cant even check into gabby’s orange attic. die in a fire.
now its time to take over the sears tower….errr willis tower. epic building rename fail.
no points?!? die in a lake of fire.
yea. i’m kinda hooked on foursquare. they had me when i got a crunked badge after bar hopping and stopping in at white castle. i was like….yes….i am crunked.
then i started looking at the api and sniffing packets from my phone to see what i could figure out. turns out, the square api is simple and there are good python libraries out there to use.
so with that in mind, i’m planning on going badge crazy and taking over the world. here’s a basic snip of code to show how easy it is to checking to a venue from python.
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| #!/usr/bin/env python
import foursquare, time
fs = foursquare.Foursquare(foursquare.BasicCredentials("your@user.com","mypass"))
# trains / lines
print fs.checkin(1593117, 0,"",0,0,0, 41.99228, -88.187801)
time.sleep(60)
print fs.checkin(101479, 0,"",0,0,0, 41.99212, -88.1839) |
and just like gieco, it’s so easy, even your mom can do it.
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yea. that was interesting. shut up!! i’m running out of shit to post. its not like i can build a new stereo cabinet everyday. you start a blog. its hard. and theres all this pressure!! and then there’s the bottle of alcohol going “hey you! yeah you! dont post some dumb shit. come here and drink me. get over here! i’m not gonna drink myself!!” damn you bottle of alcohol!!!
wow.
a little extra security in the garage. make thieves work a little harder. yea…i have insurance but i just dont like ppl taking shit from me.
in the awesome blurry shot we have some 1/4″ lag bolts with lead anchors in concrete.
i need to get a real bad ass cable. this aint that cable.
enough already. i gotta quit buying bikes. or do i.
having 2 bikes makes you clean up your garage
maybe. ok. its on the way.
i did manage to find one of these bikes. also price out insurance at $764/year.
done.
i will most likely die. but some people die and never really live. yup. i running on a full tank of testosterone. young. dumb. and full of cum. and always remember kids, your best decisions are made while drinking at the bar.
not the best picture. trust me. its one sick bike.
i had “comcast” back in the day when they were called @home. does anyone remember that service? yup. bought cable modem at that time which switched me from ISDN 128k service…..before 56k modems were released.
ok…enough bullshit. enough past. the past is past. now for the future. this is futurecrue. not pastcrue.
i returned all of the comcast equipment. and cleaned up my yard and put the cable in the trash. maybe one day, i will return to them. who knows. i think they would have to offer greater than 50mbps speed and also remove that 250gb cap. but like i said, who knows.
in the meantime, i will be with internet only at&t uverse at 24mbps. will it deliver? stay tuned.
make sure you keep your equipment receipt that shows you returned your shit. i know somebody that got screwed and had to buy equipment
News, Tech June 21st 2010
