Archive for July, 2009

Windows Equivalents of *nix Software

Friday, July 31st, 2009

There are a lot of pages out there that will give you a long list of Windows software with Linux equivalents. I decided to go the other way, and provide a list of Windows equivalents for common Unix and Linux software.

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Back Up

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Mattventura.net and all of its services are back up after a power outage last night.

Roundicity Theme

Friday, July 24th, 2009

The Wordpress theme Roundicity that I made (well, actually modified, read the style.css file) is sort of complete, just needs better IE support. If you want to help, just send me an email. (mattventura.at.mattventura.net)

Feedback is welcomed in the comments, along with any questions you might have.

This theme does not work well in IE6. If you have IE6 users visiting your site, you should probably tell them to upgrade.

roundicity-0.9-alpha.tar.gz

A Big Boom

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

This is what happens when you follow the instructions in the previous post.

Video (WMV)

Video (mpeg)

Video (ogg/theora)

(The voice in the video is not me)

Part of it sounds like a bottle rocket is going off. This is because part of the firecracker was effectively a bottle rocket, and it should have exploded like the rest, but instead went to the side.

Read more for an awesome picture.

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A Quick Home-made Firecracker

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Since it’s near the 4th of July, I thought I’d post a safe (as safe as any other firecracker) way to get a nice big bang out of $5. Read on for instructions and photos.

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