What did I ever do to you, Mickey?

September 19th, 2006

We were in a ritzy hotel. He was standing at the top of the stairs, silhoutted against the warm lights and maroon walls. His round forms looked more friendly then anything. I was stepping onto the first step at the bottom when I heard a high-pitched shout from above, “I won’t eat you, but this will!”

Like something out of Donkey Kong, a giant oil drum filled with bleach appeared in Mickey Mouse’s hands. He raised it over his head and threw it down the stairs. A second one spawned and he hurled it down the steps at me. The lids flew off, and bleach splashed around the stair well. The burning hit my face as the barrels knocked me over.

And then I woke up. What did I ever do to you, Mickey?

Writing articles is meh

September 18th, 2006

At least I got to mess around with Zen Cart. I’m trying to encourage people to try 1 and 2 column layouts, and I had some fun with the Free Red Zen Cart Template while I was at it.

Zen Cart, 2 Column, deliciously bubblefied

Zen Cart, 1 Column, floating in the middle

Look for the finished article whenever I remember to finish it.

Good Stuff on Listible

September 12th, 2006

Listible has lots of lots of lists. Here are some that I like:

These will keep me busy for a year or two.

Blue Man Group does Baba O’Riley

September 10th, 2006

I saw them live this summer, hell of a show. Then they went and did this on America’s got Talent and put every other performance to shame.


My head hurts from the wholesome blue goodness. I love the sound of their tube instruments and sideways piano, and the rest of the band compliments those really well. So much percussion!

This one is just funny.

fun with Google Trends

September 7th, 2006

Just a comparison to see what Open Source PHP/MySQL software people are searching for.

CMS

CMS Search trends

It’s pretty cool to see Mambo fall as Joomla rises above it and all the competition! Interest in PHPNuke is dying off. The nearest competition is WordPress. Drupal (my favourite) is barely on the graph.

e-commerce

e-commerce search trends

osCommerce blows Zen Cart out of the water in terms of interest, which I find very surprising. Few people are searching for simple PayPal carts.

Image Galleries

image gallery search trends

4images and Coppermine have a similar amount of interest, though Coppermine is slowly gaining more. Gallery2 spiked quite suddenly without taking a chunk out of the other galleries searches. I wonder why…