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How to redirect images in WordPress

By on Feb 20, 2012 in Blog Posts, Internet | 0 comments

Today I had the pleasure of having one of my websites slammed with traffic. Normally this would be a wonderful thing, filling me with the joy of a thousand nerds meeting Jeri Ryan in person. I quickly determined that I wasn’t getting the kind of traffic I wanted. Some wanker had directly linked to an animated GIF on my website EnjoyTheRandom.com from Reddit rather than linking to the post it was on. This is generally considered awesome by Redditors and heinous by webmasters. We spend a ton of time combing the interwebs for content, so the least you can do is ignore the rest of the site while you get a chuckle out of the free content we’re providing.Normally I’d just let it slide, but this was a nearly 2MB animated GIF and the site was burning through over 5GB of bandwidth per hour. Since a moderately popular post on Reddit can generate that kind of traffic for a day...

Kristen Wiig is Ruining the Entire World

By on Oct 24, 2011 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

Since 2003 Kristen Wiig has been ruining America and to a greater extent, the world.This character is not funny.It’s been a fine how-do-you-do over these past six years. With her anniversary as a cast member on Saturday Night Live approaching in November we can all look back and, in hindsight, see that Kristen Wiig has brought more pain and suffering to the world than any single human being has in our entire recorded history.This may initially seem shocking, but the facts don’t lie. Since 2003 when Wiig was first seen on television in The Joe Schmo Show America has been involved in no less than four wars, simultaneously, costing millions of lives and over a trillion dollars. Rather than peace there is further unrest in the Middle East. We’re on the brink of war in Pakistan, and we’ve recently dispatched troops to Uganda. Coincidence?Only two...

Mr. Muggles is one of the 99%

By on Oct 19, 2011 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

Mr. Muggles, on a casual stroll pondering world peace and tachos, today ran into one of the last bastions of the elite – the yacht club. The Norfolk Boat Club, to be precise.For more than 100 years this has been an exclusive sanctuary for the 1%, where they can hide from all of the hunger and pain they have caused by being successful.Well, that can’t be allowed. This country wasn’t built by enterprising men who risked everything to form a more perfect union. No sir. It was built on the backs of those who couldn’t afford custom made carriages from London. Then later made improved upon by immigrants, aka the ancestors of most of the people you know (and probably you).Unite! Down with the man! Unless the man is paying your salary. In that case, pardon my shouting. Can I get you a gyro, sir? Well, Mr. Muggles is having none of that nonsense – he quickly spots...

I want to have friends

By on Jun 19, 2011 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

Over the years I’ve found that instead of becoming more socially graceful and therefore accepted by the rest of humanity, the opposite has happened. I’ve blossomed into a misfit of the curmudgeon variety who, despite his best efforts, can not seem to create any deep friendships.In an effort to curb this trend with positive thoughts, I’m going to write something purely kind about each and every friend on my Facebook profile. This should be interesting and if it doesn’t work, I give up. Let the love commence:Adrianne Hairston – I like how you rarely go more than a minute in a conversation without a smile and know a little something about everything.Aja De Coudreaux – You have are one of the sexiest, more creative and interesting people I know.Alexandria Clayton – I’ve never seen you angry. I wish I had half of your positivity.Alisa Dunn...

New toys and Star Trek nerdiness

By on Mar 4, 2011 in Blog Posts, Hardware | 0 comments

The past few months have brought a few interesting, and of course nerdy, new toys into my life.In my ongoing search for the best wireless headset ever of all time, I’m now using the Logitech G930. After a few months of use I can safely say this is the best wireless headset I’ve ever used – and I’ve had quite a few. It has 8+ hours of battery life, works 10 feet further than most others at about 40ft of operating range, and comes equipped with the most comfortable ear cups I have experienced so far. They could still be a little more comfortable on my giant head, and there is no button on the headset to answer Skype calls. Other than that, these are truly gets cans.After reading about the resurgence of mechanical keyboards over the past year or two I finally decided to take a risk and purchased the Rosewill RK-9000. This cherry MX switch keyboard is affordable,...

Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Review

By on Nov 3, 2010 in Blog Posts, Hardware | 0 comments

After a few years with a pretty generic Logitech wireless mouse, I decided it was time for an upgrade. I wanted something sturdy, affordable and equally useful in gaming and daily computing tasks.I recalled a review I had read about the R.A.T. 7 Gaming Mouse by Cyborg. They proclaimed it “the best gaming mouse ever”, and although I wouldn’t go that far, the R.A.T. is a great mouse.I won’t go into how customizable it is, or how great the sensor is, or even how cool it looks – that’s all been covered better by others. I will simply say that after using it for two months I’ve been very pleased. The only problem I can see so far is that the sensor gets a little dirty since it’s somewhat recessed which leaves a small area for dust to gather.Go get one, or get the wireless R.A.T. 9.