New Contact Form

Well, I decided to add a new contact form. Before the link at the bottom just led you to the Maple Design Feedback form. Now, I made one that fits into the style of the site. Its not that exciting, but it’s worth mentioning. You can get there at the bottom of the page, or by clicking here.

Just a nice short update on that for today. You’ll notice that there is no “Previous Posts” or “Archives” on those pages. That is because of those pages do not tie into the Blogger network, and in order for those previously mention sections to appear, you need to be, and you need the right variables. I have the varibables, but once again, those pages are not interwinded into the network. I could just have the links there, but then I would have to update them every time I post something new, which would be a big pain. So that is why they are not there. Maybe once I move to WordPress, they’ll make a reappearence, but that remains to be seen.

Well, thats about it for tonight.

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Mandrake Linux 10.1

Well, I finally got a Linux distro to work. Mandrake 10.1. I talked about it a little bit in the last one, but whatever. Anyways, I got to it to work, and I am running it with GNOME 2.6, so it still has a GUI (Graphical User Interface). I mean I could run it totally in terminal, but fir now, I think I am just going to stick with a GUI. I am trying to make into a webserver, wait not trying, I am. I just need some more permission. We’ll see how that goes.

Anyways, if I do finally get it to what I want, I will have my own webserver. I will be installing WordPress, which is blog software, and I will be moving off of the Blogger network. I will, however, be importing my archives, and I will be keeping the same style and theme. Well, okay the latter of the two is a maybe. There are also some other things that would be happening, but we will have to wait and see if I really do get to make it into a webserver. I’ll keep you posted, you three readers out there. Actually, my statistics are showing some interesting things. A lot of people are ending up here by searching things like “Jann Arden” and “When there’s Nothing Left To Burn, You Have to Set Yourself on Fire.” It’s crazy! I’ve had hits from Malaysia, and Australia.

I’m Looking For Something In Red

Yes, its that time again. It is time for another random post. If you don’t like the spontanuity, then please discontinue your reading NOW!!!! If you like the randomness, please continue.

Well, as you have probably have guessed, this post has absolutely nothing to do with the title. It does in a way, as that was the song that iTunes decided it wanted to play when I decided to write the aforementioned blog post, which you are now reading.

I recently decided to just to go ahead and put Linux on the HP. I had asked like last year, and all I ever got was “I don’t care, but what about Jamie?” So it was kind of annoying. Anywho, I decided to got with Gentoo 2005.1. Yeah, that didn’t work out so well. First, I got the second harddrive installed, then I went to press forward with the install, and I couldn’t find the CD’s. So the next day I made a new one. I started to install, got the old partitions deleted, got the new ones the way I wanted. I was installing the filesystems when something failed, and the computer seized up. It did this numerous times. I finally decided to go with a new file system, got that working, and got to actually extracting the OS, when something failed, and once again it seized up.

I then decided to switch around the drives, and try Fedora Core 4. Yeah, that didn’t work either. Something must have been wrong with the iso file or something, or maybe it was the DVD. Either way, it didn’t work.

Now I am installing Mandrake 10.1. It seems to be going alright so far. It is a graphic install however, so its a little easier, but it is not as fun. Oh well, what ever works right?

Anywho, on to other things. So far school is alright. I got my first math test back today, from Math 30 Pure, and I didn;t do as well as I would have liked. I got a 91%. The two questions I got wrong were worded really weird. I got the right answer, but because of the multiple choice, and the variables and etc, I got them wrong. Oh well, there is always next time. There goes my perfect average though.

I know you will all say something like “I wish I could get that in Math 30, I got this and that” Yeah well, I have become accustom to high nineties marks, and so a low nineties mark is bad for me okay? Is that so hard to understand? So I have high standards, so what? Some one has to do it right? Am I right?

Anywho, I could go on, but I will save you from the atrocity that is my school life. No, I am kidding, it’s not an atrocity, but it was a fun word to use, so I went ahead and used it. That’s right, I wanted to do and I did, isn’t life grand?

Well, that is my rant for tonight, I will keep you updated on the Linux situation.

New Domain

Well, this should be the last domain switch for a while, at least a year. Anyways, this blog can now be found at http://www.joelsteeves.com So change your bookmarks people. By the way, your RSS feeds do not need to be updated as the blog is staying where is it, but with a new URL that is all. The RSS feed will not be moving.

Whats To Come and Some Moving Adventures

Well, I know I have way to many of these, but whatever. I think I might add all my essays to a little section. Not 100% sure about that yet, what do you all think? Also, there is some bugs in IE that I am going to fix this weekend.

Now, for the moving adventures. Tonight, I helped the Balls move. I helped them load up their truck, and then we loaded up my truck. Anywho, we drove it over to their rental house, as there house is still being built. The drive way was pretty steep, so it was a lot of work for my truck to back up the driveway. I had to rev it so high, other wise it would start going to other way. Finally, we got it up there, and partly into the garage, got the parking brake on and all. I got out, and we heard this snap. and some other assorted nosies. Little by little my truck began to roll. I got back in, and the parking brake had come out. The only thing that had prevented it from rolling out into the streets was the fact it was in third gear. I then backed it in more, and everything was alright. So yeah, that is my moving story. Tomorrow is my last “technical” day of school. I probably won’t go all day. I then only have two exams and I am done!!

More Updates

More updates to my blog are on the way. I am making a nice new banner, and I am going to change the colours. I am think some light blues, or some grays. What do you think? Hopefully, these changes wouldn’t take long, and I can have it the way I want right away.

EDIT: I have changed the colour and made a banner. The banner didn’t turn out the way I wanted, but it is a Blogger problem. I don’t have the time right now to fix it, but I will do it sometime. There is also some other problems with it that I will fix later, but for now it will do. So what do you guys think?

Experimenting with New Styles

Well, as you have probably noticed, I am currently trying out new styles. No, I am not just applying different templates, I am modifying the one I had before. That’s the beauty of CSS, the ease of modification. Anyways, you will notice changes around the site. If you find something odd, or don’t like something, or like something please do tell. Also, if you have any general comments about it, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Joel

Server Switch

Well, we’ve switched servers. We are no longer being hosted by BlogSpot and I am now on my own server, well not quite, but sorta. Anyways, we are now being hosted by Maple Design which most of you know, is my company. Along with new servers is a new URL. I’ve owned mapledesign.ca for the past couple years, and have used, but not to this extent. Before it was just forwarding to another url. Now it is actually a site, if you catch my drift. If not thats your problem. Anyways, the new URL for my blog is http://www.mapledesign.ca/blog. Also, in my last post, I gave a link to my History of BMW page. This link is WRONG. I am no longer using that url and the BMW page, can be found right here. Also with the switch, my personal site has also moved. It can be found here.
Thanks and remember to change those bookmarks, if you have em.

Oh and by the way, no new post will be visible on http://maplefortune.blogspot.com/ so don’t go there!