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2008.02.05 - DrilNES!
DrilNES 1.00 released! People waiting for this site to update rejoice!
2005.10.28 - Uninteresting
Yeah, my page is uninteresting on account of I never update it. But I thought I'd paste a link to my dev journal on gamedev.net. In case you were interested.
2005.02.25 - Unpossible!
Two updates in a short span of time? Do I have some kind of fever? No. I decided that I never liked the silver-ish border around the Curved Green theme...so I changed it. I also fixed a slight screw-up with the Orange Pop theme.
2005.02.23 - Orange Pop!
I added a new theme to the page. It's called Orange Pop, since I like Orange Crush, and the orange really pops off of the page. I like it. The side menu on Firefox (and probably other CSS-loving browsers) contains dropdown menus. Internet Explorer does not display such a thing, but then, the code to make the menu not scroll along with the page doesn't work in IE either, so that's no big loss.
2004.08.19 - Homeland Security prevented me from eating lunch yesterday
...and I'm not a big fan. I had a list of stuff to do yesterday during my lunch break, the last of which was actually "eat my lunch." And I'm not eating out this week so I went home to make myself some scrambled eggs. However, it was not to be. I sat down at my computer to do a quick email check (which I can't do from work and there was a knock at the door. It was a guy from United States Homeland Security and he wanted to interview me. Okay, so to be honest, I freaked out at first. But it was all good. A guy in the apartment down the hall from me was applying for a job at border control, and they were simply doing a background check. But it took, like, thirty minutes, during which time I could have, apparently become enlightened or, more importantly, eaten my lunch. But it was not to be. After he left, I tried one more time to valiantly check my email, then the repair guy came by to fix my air conditioning, since it was broken. So I gave up on lunch because my lunch hour was over and I went back to work. Grrr.
2004.06.23 - Hooray! It's grillin' time!
I picked up my grill from Von Maur today. It's a Brinkmann Pro Series 2600, and as far as I can tell, it totally rocks. I'm probably going to try it out tomorrow. A little test run, shall we say. With steak. Oh yes, steak. Mmmmmmmmm
2004.06.20 - A winner is me!
Apparently, I just won a really nice gas grill in a drawing at Von Maur. That's awesome! I hope to run out and get it sometime during the week. Woot!
2004.06.14 - Harry Potter And the Crazy Azkaban Guy
You guessed it. I saw Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban yesterday. I dug it. I think it was the best of the movies so far. I was worried at first, with the new director and the new Dumbledore, but I think both did fantastic jobs. The cinematography was much improved in this film vs. the others. Plus, darker movies, I think, always score higher in my books than not. All in all, great film! I look forward to more, as well as to book six.
2004.06.11 - The Chronicles of Riddick
So I went to see The Chronicles of Riddick today. I liked it. A little bit. On a scale of -10 to 10, with -10 being "That movie was the Worst movie I've ever seen" and 10 being "This movie is supremely awesome," it'd get a 1. Maybe a 2, tops. Ignoring, if you will, the super-bad science of the fire planet (on which it gets hot enough for the rocks to melt, but simply hiding in the shadows keeps you cool), the entire Necromonger army looked like they belonged on the set of Troy. Also, Thandie Newton is not a very good actress in this movie. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. However, there is a good side to this movie. Namely, any time that Vin Diesel is onscreen, the movie is rockin'. He's perfect in the part of Riddick. I loved Pitch Black, but this movie was just okay. See it if you can for free. Or maybe a matinee.
2004.06.11 - Holy style, Batman!
Yeah, I added another one. It's ever-so-slightly less monochromatic than the last one. And it's green. Oh, so very green. Green's never been my favorite color, but it was feeling left out of the page, so I decided to appease it and add a green theme. Plus, curved corners, which were harder to make (with them also showing up in Internet Explorer) than I'd been led to believe. On another note, I fixed a long-standing issue with the Default Blue theme and Internet Explorer. Now the pages with little content (like the contact page) should display with the correct width. Unlike before, where there was no such thing. God, IE bothers me.
2004.06.10 - New style
Since it's so easy for me to add styles now, I went ahead and added a red theme (in keeping with the monochromatic color sets I seem to like). I made this circuit board pattern for the background (using a photo of an actual board as reference). Then I pretty much made everything red. Maybe it's boring. But maybe it's not. Maybe I like it anyway.
2004.06.09 - Fixed links
Okay, so the most recent page update broke a few links. I'm pretty sure I've taken care of all of them, but it's hard to say for sure. I'm too lazy to do a full-on check.
2004.06.09 - (Yet) Another page update!
I totally redesigned the way the page works. With PHP running the show in the background with the help of MySQL, it's considerably more flexible than it used to be. Plus, it's easier for me to update various chunks of the page now! Also, I decided to redo the menu. Again. The drop-downs no longer amused me, so they're toast. Now the entire site is 100% JavaScript free! Finally, there are now "styles" to choose from (check the menu). Right now, I only have two styles available (Default and Lite), but I'm sure I'll add more in the future. Behold the power of CSS!
2004.03.12 - Another update
I updated the page such that the background remains fixed. I think I like it better this way.Also, in those browsers that support it (Mozilla, I'm looking at you here), the background is now translucent-looking, using a slick trick I found at css/edge, coupled with a hack to preventInternet Explorer and Opera from displaying the page badly that I found at Albin.Net's "Owen Hack"page. All that's left is to figure out why the menu across the top does not display in my friend's browser (Internet Explorer for the Macintosh...not sure what version).
2004.02.15 - Page finally updated! New look!
After well over a year since my last update, I've made some changes to the layout of the page, the mostsignificant of which being the changes to the menus. No longer bound solely to Internet Explorer, themenus now work in all the browsers I tested with (including Netscape, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox).A few minor layout changes later (new logo), and it's all set!
2002.10.15 - German RIOsitude version updated to 3.12
Finally, all you German users can finally use RIOsitude in your native language again! Thanks to the excellent work of Nikolaj Schumacher, an updated German verson of RIOsitude can now be downloaded.
2002.10.15 - drilsej.com Server Changed
I've changed the server that drilsej.com runs on. Sadly, I couldn't get the old forum software working on the new server, so I've switched to a new forum program.
2002.09.14 - RIOsitude updated to 3.12
Finally, say goodbye to the dreaded "Memory Format Invalid" errors, all you Rio300 people! Word from my elite street team of testers has it that you can finally reformat the Rio300 memory (internal or otherwise) when theformat gets corrupted. RIOsitude users, rejoice!
2002.04.30 - Pointless Update
Scott's been complaining that the web doesn't update fast enough to entertain him. So, Scott, here's twoseconds of entertainment. Merry Finals Week.
2002.01.25 - RIOsitude updated to 3.11
More bugs fixed. One of these days, I'll start getting to those new features I keep talking about. Anyway, check out the newest version.
2001.12.19 - RIOsitude updated to 3.10
After ages and ages of no updates, here we go! I fixed a bunch of bugs and can now finally start adding new features in the next version. Check the new version of RIOsitude out.
2001.06.21 - RIOsitude updated to 3.02
Yet another connection problem is fixed! These things are all over the place (well, WERE all over). Check it all out at the RIOsitude page.
2001.06.19 - New Forum software!
Coolboard was getting slow, and they were going to shut down their service soon, so I decided it was a good time toswitch forum services. So I got YaBB to run the forums.
2001.06.17 - RIOsitude updated to 3.01
Connection problem is fixed! You can now get the new version of RIOsitude.
2001.06.12 - RIOsitude updated to 3.00
Tons upon tons of new features in RIOsitude.
2001.06.12 - Updated Webpage Layout
I changed the webpage menu a bit. It's closer to what I wanted it to be when I made the menu the first time. It's also much more maintainable than it was previously. Sorry to all Netscape users! Also greatly redesigned the RIOsitude webpage.
2001.04.08 - RIOsitude updated to 2.03
Fixed a few minor bugs in RIOsitude and added 128MB card support for the Rio500.
2001.03.21 - RIOsitude 2.01 now in German!
There is now a German language version of RIOsitude, with a translation done by Dirk Richter! Thanks, Dirk!
2001.03.20 - RIOsitude updated to 2.02
Fixed a really stupid problem with song randomization. Get the fix from the RIOsitude page.
2001.02.06 - RIOsitude updated to 2.01
Fixed a minor problem with the auto-registration of Rio500Remix.dll. Get the fix from the RIOsitude page.
2001.02.06 - RIOsitude updated to 2.00
RIOsitude has a whole LOAD of new features (such as Rio300 support)! Check out the RIOsitude page.
2001.01.30 - RIOsitude message board
RIOsitude now has a message board (now I'll see if there really ARE any of you out there!) You can reach it from the RIOsitude page.
2001.01.29 - RIOsitude updated to 1.51
RIOsitude now correctly calculates the lengths of Xing VBR MP3s! Get the new version at the RIOsitude page.
2001.01.22 - Rio500Remix 1.0.1.1 source uploaded.
I posted the source to the most recent version of the Rio500Remix DLL. You can get the code from the RIOsitude download page.
2000.12.17 - RIOsitude updated to 1.50
Loads of new features in RIOsitude! Check out the RIOsitude page.
2000.10.17 - New Song Added
Locura added. A slight remake of a song written originally in Impulse Tracker a while ago. You can listen to and download it from my Music page.
2000.09.13 - RIOsitude updated to 1.10B
Check out the new version of RIOsitude (with new features already!).
2000.09.03 - RIOsitude Released
Finally, another program to keep the Penny Arcade Screensaver company! I just released RIOsitude 1.00 Beta, a free program that allows you to interface with a Diamond Rio500 MP3 player. Great for listening to my music (hint, hint)
2000.06.06 - Music Updates
Long time, no update. Wow. Not that anyone's watching anyway. :) I moved my music off to http://www.mp3.com/Drilsej. Plus, a new song, Curse, is available. Check it out!
2000.03.22 - A Moment of Silence
At the age of merely 21, Seumas McNally, the man behind DX-Ball 2, the Particle Fire Screensaver, and most recently Tread Marks (and founder of Longbow Digital Arts) passed away yesterday (March 21, 2000) due to Hodgkins Lymphoma, a malignant growth of cells in the lymph nodes. This man was one of my personal heroes: Not only was he a great programmer, who proved that you don't need a million dollar budget to produce a good software product, but he was also a great person: Eager to listen to suggestions, always willing to help others, and always very kind. The game development community (and the world) has lost a brilliant and thoughtful mind. Seumas, you will be missed. Please visit GameDev.net's Memorial to Seumas McNally.
2000.02.01 - New Page Layout
This is my first attempt at doing anything major with JavaScript and/or CSS...I have tested the page with Internet Explorer 5.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.08...Let me know if something doesn't work right on your browser. Note that Netscape requires you to click the menu items to get the dropdown menus, but in Internet Explorer the menus popup on a mouse over...due to some lacking functionality in Netscape, this whole project took about four times longer than it would have. Netscape users, I hope you appreciate this!
2000.01.21 - New Song Added
Visions added. This is, as far as I remember, the first song I have composed. This is a greatly redone version, using only a piano (my beautiful Alesis QS8). Once again, you can snag it from the Music page.
2000.01.21 - New Song Added
Mysticosity added. Written for fun, I just added it. Check it out from the Music page.
2000.01.08 - New Song Added
Tycho and Gabe added. This song was also part of my Penny Arcade Contest entry. Check it out from the Music page.
2000.01.08 - Penny Arcade Screensaver added
Uploaded the Penny Arcade screensaver! I wrote it for the Prove Your Love contest by the wonderful boys at Penny Arcade. It didn't win, but I thought some Penny Arcade fans might enjoy it. Check it out from the Penny-Arcade Screensaver page.
1999.12.05 - drilsej.com Created!
First version of the page created...Check back for more stuff soon!