Archive
I've been writing online since 2006. This is where it started — originally published on mattezell.info, preserved here with original dates.
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2015
2048 2048 2048 2048 - "The Windows PATH Can Be a Source of 2 Tons of Fun"
tl;dr Keep your Windows 7 PATH under 2048 characters and you'll be good - don't and you won't. In related news, if you already have a lot of dev tools...
Tab Dump - 05/03/2015
Tab Dump It's been a while since I've done one of these and the tab count in my always-running instance of Chrome is showing it... As you will see, I've been...
Travel is Fatal
Every time that I've forced myself to leave my comfort zone in order to experience someplace or something new, this has been my takeaway... In the wise words...
My first dance with Cordova + Ionic + Crosswalk + LiveReload... WHITE SCREEN! THINGS BROKE!
tl;dr - Since I am apparently a long winded such-in-such (ex: even my tldr is too long)... If you're having white screen issues with Ionic + Crosswalk +...
Ionic - CORS with Live Reload Part 2
Hello again, reader. I wanted to follow up (better late than never, right?!) on my previous post regarding CORS issues encountered while working with the Ionic...
Ionic - CORS with Live Reload
File this one under 'lessons learned from hours spent chasing my tail'. Recently, I've been working quite a bit with the Ionic Framework... While I can't say...
2014
Tab Dump - September 5th 2014 Ed.
Well, it's that time again - too many tabs to be able to look myself in the face (in the mirror, of course)... If you're a 'regular' reader of this 'blog', you...
Tab Dump
TAB DUMP! Hello random reader! As you can likely tell from a quick look, I am far less active on this blog than I likely should be to justify its continued...
Branchwater Apartments
After much excitement about moving into Branchwater Apartments on Rocky Ridge, we were severely disappointed with the quality of maintenance and repairs of the...
Who's Myspace?: Dear, Future. By the time you are reading this, this will be your present (but it will read 'facebook') and you will know that this was now your future. in the past...
Today I found myself up to my eyeballs in long forgotten backups - bad, I know... I should really do some spring cleaning - but odds are that won't be...
It sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays...
Things that went wrong today: - Spilled cup of coffee in mouse, keyboard and lap - Router died - Poked self in eye taking a drink of water - Poured (a...
2013
Recording your desktop in Windows 8 using VLC
I recently encountered a situation where I wished to record my desktop - specifically, to document a discovered security vulnerability in a 3rd party system to...
NTFS File System Tunneling (...is stupid ...and wrong)
I will keep this short... I've already spent far too much time on this easy to work around peculiarity of NTFS and how it associates file meta information...
The Practical Alternative To Work
2012
Festive Results - Google 2012 Holiday Easter Eggs
I stumbled across something that caught my eye a few minutes ago, so I thought that I would share... in the spirit of giving and all :) Browse to...
The loss of a friend - Rest in peace, Diamond (1998-2012)
On August 27, 2012 my wife and I lost one of our most cherished and beloved friends - our 14yr old Chihuahua. Diamond is and will always be loved and missed....
The Lenovo Nightmare - An adventure with customer service of the worse kind
tl;dr - Lenovo has decided that customer support and functional support systems are not important. If you are a masochist, by all means, go buy from...
HP Needs Better QA Process - Returning the HP DV6-7000 after less than a week
I am posting my review of my HP DV6 Quad Edition Laptop here as I am certain that HP will not allow it to be posted to their review area for this product and I...
Tab Dump - 6/9/2012
DotCloud - https://www.dotcloud.com/tour.html My Rasberry Pi Thinks It's a Mainframe - http://www.designspark.com/content/my-raspberry-pi-thinks-its-mainframe...
Tab Dump - 4/29/2012
Since the advent of the tabbed browser interface, I have admittedly "over utilized" the tabs feature - something that those who know me IRL have quite...
Building Node.js MSI Installer on Windows - Error CNDL0103 cannot find npm.wxs
Recently, while attempting to build a custom release of the Node.js Windows Installer, I encountered a handful of problems and so wanted to detail them here in...
To CM9 a0.5 or not to CM9 a0.5 - that is the question...
Of course, I have been anxiously watching the development of custom roms for the HP Touchpad... I am really happy to see not one, but TWO releases (Alpha 0 and...
2011
Touchpad Mod Upgrades - Bump to Cyanogenmod Alpha 2 and WebOS 3.0.4 while maintaining dual boot heaven (easy)
Note: I performed the below from Ubuntu 11.04 x64 After this process, you will be on CM7 a2 (newest Cyanogenmod - steps 1-2) and WebOS 3.0.4 (newest - steps...
Another weekend gone...
And as you may or may not know, this is a subject I am not generally super happy about... Here I sit, 30 until midnight - acting as if I am a 4yr old fighting...
A New Home
So, this is the first post of mattezell.info in its new home. I decided to export my posts from my wordpress.com hosted account and post them to my newly,...
Droid X Bootstrap - APK [Bookmark]
After much scouring, I came across this gem hosted on Google Code - http://code.google.com/p/xdroidx/downloads/detail?name=DroidXBootstrap.apk The pre-compiled...
ASP DropDownList DataBind Woes - Invalid SelectedValue Error
Yesterday, as I was plugging away on an ASP WebForms application to add some new features, I encountered an error I had not yet seen. "SelectedValue which is...
Critical error on Couchapp push with Ubuntu
I am hoping that in posting this, someone is able to save a little time and frustration. On my Ubuntu 10.10 machine with CouchDB 1.0.1 installed, I began...
2010
Restarting Vino-Server from CLI
As is often the case, I am posting this here just as much for myself as I am for others Googling this problem... Sometimes Vino-Server on Ubuntu can be flaky,...
Wow. I never use this thing. [Inception]
So, I came to post a quick quip about how much I liked Inception today and realized how little I use my blog anymore. Not that I have ever been a competitive...
nVidia Drivers with Compositing on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
Ok. I will admit it. I love compositing (Compiz) in Linux. I absolutely adore it. Clearly, this can be a bit of a problem as compositing on NVidia cards (more...
GRUB2 - Link worth mentioning
After countless wasted hours, I feel this link is one worth making note of : Grub2 Ubuntu Community Documentation . The defacto since 9.10, things are a bit...
Google's URL Shortener and QR Code Generator - goo.gl
Apparently, Google has been working on a URL Shortener - think tinyurl.com or bit.ly . I was unaware that Google was getting in the URL shortening business,...
Practical Django Projects 2nd Ed. (Apress) - CH3 TinyMCE Problem
Updated : April 6, 2010 9:50pm CST - Correction ( Below ) When reading/working through the 2nd edition of Apress' 'Practical Django Projects', I hit a hang. A...
Linux Method: PS3 3.21 Firmware Update Bypass - OtherOS
Just as was the case with with other dozen or so people in the world who use the OtherOS functionality of the PS3, I was very disappointed to learn 2 weeks...
That time again...
As I roll into day 2 of f'Unemployment, my inbox is quickly filling with auto-response emails thanking me for my application. As I am sure will occur in the...
Google Code University
I saw a posting about the Google Code University on Hacker News this morning. A quick inspection of the site shows a nice set of tutorials on Python, C++, Java...
Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Upgrade - 1000HE EeePC
So... I decided to bite the bullet and forge forward with the dist upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 last night... Ok, so let's be honest - I let curiosity take...
Genuinely Perplexed
I am genuinely and generally perplexed. My family and my friends are the things of which I feel most certain. The other facets of my life, less so. Of one...
February 28, 1983 - February 22, 2005
Looking at these dates as I type them in the subject line....far too short of a life... Especially a life with so much to give to the world. We still love and...
2009
Google's Newest Toy - Installing Go in Ubuntu 9.10
Setting up Google Go in Ubuntu 9.10 Google Go Go is Google's newest offering to the development community. According to the project's page, Go is an...
Ubuntu & Python Shell: Code Completion
OK, so I know this is an old one, but one I felt is worth mentioning none the less. Ubuntu does not, by default, have the PYTHONSTARTUP variable set -...
The Exorbitant Price of Movies Today
06/22/2009 RMP LEE BRANCH $12.25 (Coke and Popcorn) 06/22/2009 RMP LEE BRANCH $19.50 (2 tickets) Total: $31.75 Summary: Yes, I paid it - doesn't mean I think...
Support Alabama HB 373 - Remove Antiquated Alcohol % Beer Restrictions
*HB373* In case you are unaware, Alabama is currently in the process of attempting to reform its antiquated Alcohol Laws. The bill has passed the house and now...
EzEeePc - 1000HE Eee PC + Jaunty = Heaven
It all works - out of the box! You name it - Webcam, Wifi, Audio... It all works - at blazing speeds, no less! Comiz - no sweat, works great on this chipset......
Shat Happens.
Ok, so admittedly I am not the biggest Bible buff. And, yes, I have read the book. I tend to agree with Einstein on this one - "The word god is for me nothing...
My gripe : Sony, sometimes you really suck.
I have bit my tongue for 3 months now and just can't do it anymore. Why in the hell is it that every time I turn on my PS3, I have to wait for 20 minutes...
Free Knowledge... Free as in Beer... Welcome Academic Earth!
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="97" caption="Academic Earth"] [/caption] I recently stumbled upon this article and was shown the marvel that is...
2008
Stop your laptop from whining at you in Ubuntu...
If you are reading this, chances are you know exactly what I mean when I say “whining laptop”. If you happened here by chance and are still curious, in short,...
Test Driving Mozilla's Ubiquity Shell...
I took a bit today to play with the recently released Mozilla 'Ubiquity'. Ubiquity is a new "browser command shell" for Firefox that allows you to interact...
Microsoft no longer forcing Firefox users into "Classic" mode - "Full" version now available to Firefox users!
So, I logged into my Hotmail account (aka the Spam Dump) and was surprised to find that Microsoft has stopped their blocking of Firefox for the "new" mailbox...
Gnome Do Goodness
Because of my extensive use of the tool as of late, I now feel compelled to write a small bit on " Gnome DO ". This launcher has really reduced my required...
CompTIA a "Reported Attack Site" Hosting Malicious Code?
So, I recently decided to go ahead and get my A+ certification from CompTIA since I have been unable to get a job as either a computer tech or a programmer (no...
Ubuntu Bliss... VirtualBox with USB support...
I could not be happier. I am writing this post from within my Hardy Heron install while VirtualBox churns away behind my firefox window. Churning away at...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull : Sneak Peak
I will try to discuss this without revealing too much about the story, so I will refrain from specifics and will speak generically where I feel a spoiler risk...
Political "Science"...
Admittedly, I am skeptical of the 'definitive semantics' line of thought in relation to political science - with a system so largely contingent on the human...
Educated and Unemployed...
Well. I have not posted anything here for a while... lack of inspiration? eh. Lack of time? eh. Perhaps, a bit of the two in tandem most explains the lack...
The Influence of Technology on the Sex Industry
I recently was assigned to write an essay for my "special topics in computer science" senior class. The essay was to be on an industry that had been affected...
Year Three.
It has been three years now without my little bother. I do not think about 'it' as much as I used to; though, that is not to say I don't think of him daily....
Halo 3 - v 1.1 - February 20, 2008 update
Well, Bungie released the Halo 3 v1.1 update in the early morning of Wednesday February the 20th 2008. In short the update is intended to fix some of the...
WINBUNTU >> WWWRRRAAAAARRRR!!!
Wwrrraaaarrr... The new quad running Ubuntu with VirtualBox deployed with XP - on which I was installing Visual Studio 2005 (so now I can dev .net in Ubuntu :)...
Shiny new toy...
I am writing this post from my shiny new toy (as shown). This beotch is bad. Quad cores and 2.4 Ghz each, Dual Nvidia 512MB 8500GTs in SLI configuration and...
Snowing In Birmingham
So it is snowing in birmingham. It is nice to see a bit of the white fluff (although this is a bit more icy than fluffy). It has been quite awhile since we...
Vulcan Park Birmingham, Al
Been a minute, so I figured I would stop and drop a blurb. We are in Birmingham now (as many of you know) and there are many sights to see. The other day while...
2007
Christmas Festivities 2007
Hello all (who are interested), Here are the pics of our 2007 Christmas festivities... As most everyone knows, we have been moving and doing the holiday...
Upgrading: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Alpha 1
So, as soon as I read of the Ubuntu 8.04 release I decided that would be a weekend activity. As always in these cases, I read the provided tid-bits, crossed my...
The Orange Box : Portal
There has been a lot of talk about the newest Valve release; The Orange Box . On the disk is Half Life 2, HL2 Episode 1, HL2 Episode 2, Team Fortress and...
Happy (belated) Birthday Gutsy Gibbon!
Hello again boys and girls, Being that yesterday, October 18, 2007 (the day before my Bday (coincidence? I think not)), is the release date of the latest...
The Limitless Potential - NIN Remix Album from Open Sourced Tracks
Awhile back Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails released tracks from the album Year Zero for remixing by fans. The source files were released free of charge in...
Alabama in the news - and for once, its positive... and tech... go figure.
Thought that this was kinda cool. Popped into Digg for 'one last fix' before I call it a night and what do I see as the 3rd story link on Digg's main page (aka...
Thursday...
Pictures of Thursday... Hello all (or all who are reading),Here are some pictures I snapped 'in the wild' on Thursday. The sun was out and the sky was blue...
In Loving Memory...
Billy Don Ezell October 1, 1959 - August 16, 1996 It was 11 years ago today, when I was 15 years old, that I lost my father to an auto accident in...
Blue Screen.
Oh the love of Windows, let me count the ways.... 0..... 0.... So, I return to Vista (aka WindowsME2007) after an extended foray into the world of Linux –...
Recent happenings and what-nots...
Recent happenings and what-nots... Here are some pictures of happenings and what-nots... more to come soon I am sure... busy, busy summer! 4th of July...
Escape to your paradise on the web...
Matt
Browser HiJacking in FireFox under Linux (on Charter Service)
Browser HiJacking in FireFox under Linux (on Charter Service) So I booted Ubuntu (I became annoyed with vista - happens frequently) and loaded up SwiftFox....
Visit With The Shirley Family
Here are the pictures from our most recent visit with our friends, the Shirleys. It was a great time for all with minimal mishaps ;) Note to children readers:...
Evans/Radford Union...
Here are the pictures from the Evans/Radford Union and the surrounding festivities. Rest @ myFlickr
Canoeing and Camping on Blackwater
Here are the pics from our Blackwater camping adventure this past weekend. We had a good time on the two day trip. The water level was a bit low, but the beer...
The Gipson Wedding.
Attended/participated in the wedding of Joseph and Jess Gipson (now, though not then). The service was conducted at the Rawls historic hotel/restaurant in...
Conspirators apologize?! Earth 1, Mooninites 0!
!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } -- So, apparent the birds are singing a different (apologetic) tone . Initially...
A.S.H.
Asymmetrically Symmetric Honeysuckle (flower * ) *Disclaimer: Selected words have been eliminated from official Title Tag for aesthetics alone. Words...
Jess and Joseph's Wedding Shower
Here are the pictures from Jess and Joseph's wedding shower this past weekend. It was a good time for all and some laughs at the expense of the bride and groom...
Who knows?
Random check in. Hopped online and things were flying so I decided to do a speed test... yea... I think that the 'free preview' of the 5mbs service started...
Ubuntu : Feisty Fawn x64
Liking Ubuntu. I am getting used to the interface of gnome (used KDE a good deal – don't want to anymore; nothing against KDE, but I am getting tired of the...
My DV6000T
Okay, so I have now had my DV6000T about a week and a half. I have to say that so far, so good. I have been impressed with this machine both aesthetically and...
Wow! Freegin' Gnarly Solar Eclipse Video as Viewed From Spacecraft
On March 12, 2007 NASA scientist calibrated observational equipment with a unique tuning technique... via solar eclipse... The tests were obviously planned...
Another reason to love Calvin and Hobbs
In case you needed it, here is another reason to love Calvin and Hobbes... So simple and yet so obviously logical. " An eye for an eye, and soon the whole...
Cheeky...
Just wanted to share this because I feel that it will otherwise never see the light of day... First, pop over to "Top Gear" a BBC publication/television...
Baby Maddy
Some of our best friends lost their daughter, Madyson, this past Friday morning. My heart and thoughts go out to them during this time of excruciating pain in...
Update: Day One: War on lights, wires and batteries.
So, weak Boston has crumpled and let the terrorist out – and on $2,500 bond. Tough on terror my ass. Okay, so I am kidding… but not really… but yea,...
TERROR LEVEL ELEVATED: MOONINITES UNITE!
To Whom It May Concern: We, America, need to get our collective heads out of our collective asses. We live in a free country;Â a free country where we are free...
Update on the terrorist mooninite invasion.
Disclaimer: Yes, I am likely overly agitated by this example of incompetence in regards to those which govern our cities and country as a whole. This...
2006
Holidays are the time for…
… eating things you could kill an animal with (in a years time) and drink enough to do the same… Happy Holidays* Everyone! I obviously have had a couple of...
Oh wonderful device of reclusion and premature deafness how I love you.
As many of you already know Mrs. Clause and myself have had this ‘thing’ for some time now. Because of my closeness with her she visited me a bit early...
Done and Done.
I just recently finished my CS2265 - Advanced Programming with Java exam and am now officially done with the semester! Woot! I have attached a screenshot of my...
Quick update 12:45am and 65
I just took the dogs outside one final time before turning in. I took them out wearing flip-flops, a t-shirt and shorts - nothing else, and I didn't catch the...
I Survived Kristy's Night on the Town!
Well, we survived Kristy’s graduation nights at the D.B. Fortunately none of were stabbed and the night went off without a hitch. We went to Monarachas for...
Graduation...
Well, Kristy’s graduation went off without a hitch. The ceremony was as those things tend to be – a pain in the ass – literally as you are setting on the...
I am married to a college graduate (who is going to get rich and give me lots of money)!
BREAKING NEWS! As of approximately 10a.m. this Friday I will be married to a genuine, real life, bona fide college graduate! Kristy has successfully completed...
FREE EDUMACATION FROM M.I. to tha T-izi.
I just had to stop what I was doing to pop in and tell you about on the of the coolest free offerings I have seen on the net. This one I think possibly has a...
Happy Turkey Day
Happy Turkey Day fools. As I sit here, waiting for the wifey to finish her 'getting ready' ritual I thought I would piece together some stuff I have written on...
End of the honeymoon...
Well, I am writing out of a realized shortcoming. A dream now shattered and brought to reality. Okay, so I have a tendency towards melodrama and it is not the...
Homecoming Weekend?
Here I sit, Sunday, the weekend nearly over. So... What did I accomplish. Little... nothing? Well, I had a good time, and I think that is all that counts....
Untitled
I have not written here in some time, so here I go. Life is hectic. That is the short of it. That is why I have not written here in so long. Between my...
Notice: Spam Filter...
For anyone who reads my blog (okay, me... I am talking to myself here...), you likely know that the subject is a complete contradiction to any policy or setup...
Untitled
Well…. I felt surprisingly good today. I fully anticipated a day of being worthless as a result of an expected hangover as a result of 12+ hours of drinking...
Something I wrote...
Just wanted to pop in and do a quick post (at 2am) about a small project I just finished. It is really little to nothing but I am still proud as I think that...
I will be a proud father in a couple months.... all thanks to Mr. Beer!
Hello again reader(s). I wanted to let everyone know that I decided to get a child; to nature and nourish into a fully mature…. Beer…. Yes, sir. I am now a...
23 miles under the belt and none the wiser....
The canoe trip to Blackwater River went off without a hitch.. It was fun in the sun for all. As stated previously, we took the (long ass) 23 mile canoe/camping...
It is so on....
Aight... Its summer and I have been cooped up at the office and the house the majority of the time. Not only that, but school started this week..... "the...
Nana na-na na na!
Okay, so… I am forcing myself to at least sit down and compose a post before I pass out on the couch watching some adult swim cartoon. I swear, I am not old,...
The Strokes Concert.... Eww fun.
Well, this is just going to be a breif post, I just wanted to get some of the pictures up from the Strokes concert lastnight. It was rad! Kristy and I had an...
Pheww...
Well, it has been a busy week... This past Wednesday was Kristy's B-Day… a whole 26 years old…. We will be in walkers before we know it! I think that she...
Montgomery Zoo
Hello friends! Here are the pics from our trip to the Montgomery Zoo. It was neat… You cannot help but to feel bad for the little guys tho… Some of them...
May Showers....
Update: I must admit.... I do love the spring time.... the may showers... the thunderstorms.... I am writing this while listening to the rain on the roof as...
Ol' Blackwater.....
Well, we had our first adventure of the summer. Kristy and I along with Green and Richard headed down to Blackwater River in Milton Florida and hit the water....
Summer Fun.
Oh Please, Oh Please, Let this be a good summer (I will settle for a "not-bad" summer in reality). I am sitting here listening to the newest Pearl Jam......
Recovery from a hack.
If anyone sees any annoying pop-ups after visiting my page, please let me know! FriHost, my webhost, was hacked and some jackass spread a worm on there that...
Thinking about thinking.
I often times find myself blankly thinking about nothing in particular. Thinking about thinking. I am thinking, I guess, but I don’t know that thinking about...
Google Pages is here.
The long awaited "google pages" service is finally rolled out it would seem.. The service is available on a limited basis but should be rolled out soon. The...
Summertime
Man 'o' man. Its coming. Summer is just around the bend and I am getting sorrier by the moment. Something about the summer makes me want to grab a 12pack and a...
One Year.
Suicide is pointless. Because of suicide I lost one of the people I held dearest in this world. I lost a friend of nearly 22years because of a minute of err in...
Ubuntu 5.10 Install.... Wohoo! Pretty Nice...
Well, I installed the new Ubuntu 5.10 "The Breezy Badger" linux distro today and I must say..."Windoze, best watch your ass!" The install went smooth as a XP...