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Re: 10 episodes of screwball hilarity and social commentary from <i>WKRP In Cincinnati</i>

metazai — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:35:39 -0000

Love this show.

Re: RESPONSIVE filemanager 8.1.0 | free open-source php responsive filemanager for tinyMCE 4

metazai — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:23:23 -0000

I've emailed it to you.

Re: RESPONSIVE filemanager 8.1.0 | free open-source php responsive filemanager for tinyMCE 4

metazai — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:39:04 -0000

Nothing, then?

Re: RESPONSIVE filemanager 8.1.0 | free open-source php responsive filemanager for tinyMCE 4

metazai — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:36:24 -0000

Excellent stuff, really, as I've seen it demonstrated. I've already donated a little to see this continue, and thanks for doing it!

On my end, however, I'm having some problems getting it working in tinymce 4.0.8. On my installation, all the files and folders are set correctly, but it won't display or use images that are already there, and even freshly uploaded ones do not display. It sees a file, but not its name or correct location, just the correct amount of default blank icons. When I click on, say, the first blank icon to insert an uploaded image, It writes the following code:

.[1]

When I look on the FTP, it's uploaded the image, but renamed it to .[1]. -that's right, no extension or anything. If I pull that file down and rename it to whatever.jpg, it's intact.

From the root of my site, the filemanager folder is under ROOT/admin/filemanager, and I'm using a folder off the root called /uploads for the uploaded images and the thumbs go to ROOT/images/thumbs/ since you said thumbs can't be inside the same folder as the uploads. Here's my config:

$base_url='http://MY URL'; // base url (only domain) of site (without final /). If you prefer relative urls leave empty
$upload_dir = '/uploads/'; // path from base_url to base of upload folder (with start and final /)
$current_path = '../../uploads/'; // relative path from filemanager folder to upload folder (with final /)
//thumbs folder can't put inside upload folder
$thumbs_base_path = '../../images/thumbs/'; // relative path from filemanager folder to thumbs folder (with final /)

my tinymce code looks like this:

Re: The Bookstore Strikes Back

metazai — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:26:19 -0000

Well, rantguy, it's a little late to say "not to be quite cynical". You were very cynical. The point I took away from this was not "everybody go and open a brick-and-mortar bookstore because it was easy for me"; I understood it as Ms. Patchetts' expressing that such a place has value that cannot be replicated online, and to explain how and why she committed to it. I have been to Parnassus and it is wonderful, but I understand that it is, in fact, unique, born of a once-in-a-lifetime situation. That does not mean that people should not strive to revive the independent bookstore, and her supposed "ease" in doing so does not render the attempt "not reproducible" (although I would TOTALLY go to Neil Gaiman's bookstore if he had one). More difficult, perhaps, but this was about the value of such a thing and not about its feasibility.

Re: Disney Acquires Lucasfilm; Promises Star Wars VII in 2015; Lucas Passes “To a New Generation of Filmmakers”

metazai — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:25:06 -0000

I don't know . . . I can IMAGINE an AWFUL LOT . . . .

Re: Sex in a Box: The Twisted History of Twister - Mental Floss

metazai — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:27:58 -0000

You mean fabulous, dahhhling.

=+)

Re: Topless Robot - Rob Bricken - Neil deGrasse Tyson Says the Enterprise Is the Greatest Starship Ever

metazai — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:57:39 -0000

"Kneel before Neil!"

-Stephen Colbert

Re: Topless Robot - Rob Bricken - The Amazing Spider-Man Is Amazingly Annoying

metazai — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:28:51 -0000

My favorite thing about this screed, hands down, is that Rob "like"d it. And Tobey McGuire aside, this is a franchise that didn't need rebooting, just less micromanagement from Sony, which is why the third movie sucked so hard.

Re: Time to face the music

metazai — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:44:15 -0000

I agree with your list completely, but oh, so many I'd add, from delightfully cheezy:

Hardcastle & McCormick
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

To the even more delightfully cheezy:

Greatest American Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

To the stolen from the movie soundtrack:

The Odd Couple
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

But, seriously, you must have been going from the seat of your pants if you left out this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Topless Robot - Rob Bricken - Agent Coulson Makes a Phone Call in New Avengers Clip

metazai — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:14:46 -0000

"Phil Coulson, Agent of SHIELD comic" -nothing . . . I want the Agent Coulson movie!

Re: Topless Robot - Rob Bricken - Harrison Ford Plays Star Wars Kinect

metazai — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:30:04 -0000

LOL at the stitched-together madness. Who is that pleasant-looking old man?

Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat

metazai — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:01:33 -0000

I meant nothing so glib, I'm afraid, I was merely pointing out that many who criticize such pieces may be guilty of the reverse version of what you describe (If it DOESN"T speak to you, it ISN'T art). I am, however, backing away at warp speed at the massive oversimplification of ideas that would equate art critique with abortion.

Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat

metazai — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:47:44 -0000

You best point is the one regarding "public" art paid for by the public. The rest is still personal opinion which is certainly appropriate, but also the point on which we differ. Again, I don't understand this piece of art, no do I want it in my living room, but that does not immediately cause me to believe the artist is a con man.

Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat

metazai — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:41:31 -0000

Not what I'm saying, Bob. For that matter, I don't know what the freaking thing is supposed to represent, nor do I much care. But to assume, as the tone of many of these comments do, that it CAN'T represent something or convey an artistic message to others is somewhat disingenuous.

Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat

metazai — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:16:56 -0000

Yes, because if the art piece doesn't speak to me personally, then it is worthless and wrong in every way.

Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat

metazai — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:50 -0000

It's your blog, but I have to say I agree with PFPorlock.

Re: Bill Gates is Better Than Batman (Infographic)

metazai — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:41:11 -0000

Wow ... I mean, wow ... I'm not going to defend Gates' business record, but, man, do you have your priorities screwed up. It's an unfair comparison, like apples and oranges. I could forgive almost any amount of business skullduggery if the person stopped that behaviour, turned around, and saved 1,000 lives, let alone 5.8 million Human life is more important than software patents.

Re: 3 Ways Game Studios Still Reinforce Negative Body Images For Women [Opinion]

metazai — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:05:12 -0000

I support the second point if only to encourage someone to create an update of "No One Lives Forever". One of the most enjoyable FPS franchises of my youth . . .

Re: Christmas Gifts: Expectations Vs. Reality

metazai — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:31:41 -0000

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Topless Robot - Rob Bricken - The Green Goblin That Might Have Been

metazai — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:55:46 -0000

LOL . . . I mentally read the headline, before the image of the video had loaded, like Yoda for some reason, as in "The Green Goblin, that might have been". Then the picture loaded and I realized I'm kind of an idiot.

Just wanted to share that with you all.

Re: Four Video Games That Parents Can Enjoy With Their Children [MUO Gaming]

metazai — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:54:46 -0000

Portal 2 . . . Multiplayer with my son. Awesome.

Re: Topless Robot - Rob Bricken - Someones Gonna Get Edgar Allen Poe-wned

metazai — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:27:24 -0000

It's kind of like how "Time After Time" turned H.G. Welles into an inventor of a Time Travel machine, who then chased after his friend Jack the Ripper.

Wow. It was actually a charming little movie, but that sentence made it look REALLY lame.

Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat

metazai — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:10:00 -0000

RE: Thankgiving Day variances in the 40's . . . One of Bob Hope's lines at the time comes to mind . . . "Happy Thanksgiving! Won't it be, Republicans?"

Re: LILEKS (James) :: The Bleat

metazai — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:06:30 -0000

The episode where Les tries to commit suicide.

The episode that is, in its entirety, a "reality show" format about Herb's family.

The episode where the station gets robbed.

The episode where Venus is caught as a Vietnam deserter.

And, timely enough if you can find it, the episode that uses the standard "Christmas Carol" plot.

I won't go on, but anyone who actually watched and loved the show will have no problem going beyond that one episdode.