Dream at the top of your lungs » Money http://betaorbust.com/blog Rants, sleep deprivation, and gadgetry... Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:46:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New: (gr)Avatars! http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/11/12/new-gravatars/ http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/11/12/new-gravatars/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:10:35 +0000 jfavreau http://betaorbust.com/blog/?p=189 So it took me about an hour but I think I have css’d everything out and now you can see the fruits of my labor. Behold! The comments section now has gravatar support!

Should you not know about these gravatars: The name comes from “Globally Recognized Avatar” which is like your profile picture on facebook or that byline image of the author next to their newspaper article. It’s an image associated with your online persona. The cool thing about doing it online is you can change it at any time and anywhere that image is used (when you leave your plethora of grateful comments on this very blog perhaps?) it will instantly update! How truly meaningless and fun!

For those of you who do not have a gravatar yet: go get one! It’s crazy simple and your icon starts showing up whenever you comment on somebody’s blog etc! Oh the meaningless joy!

For those more paranoid (and this should be ALL of you): the system works by hashing your email address (that’s generally required to comment) and turning it into meaningless (to people) gibbarish. This gibbarish is hauled off to the gravatar server where it’s linked to an image and that’s what gets displayed. Your email address is safe for another day! Hoorays!

Ok, time to go home. A certain game drops at midnight and I need to sleep some time :)

Leave comments and check out your new gravatars!

]]> http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/11/12/new-gravatars/feed/ 3 OH THE SUSPENSE!!!! http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/15/oh-the-suspense/ http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/15/oh-the-suspense/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:07:28 +0000 jfavreau http://betaorbust.com/blog/?p=111
Polishing polishing, but what IS it?
Shining it up! But what IS it?

 

A BOX! On a stage? With polishing! And corners!
A box? But what for?

 

Another box in my living room?? WHY IS IT HERE??
A box! In my living room???

 

Badier is the master of dust! It looks like some sort of… base?
Badier is the master of dust!

 

It IS a base! but what is it going to track? Planes? Does it score you more points after a touchdown?
Some sort of structure?

 

Mill mill mill…. I’m a miller! (P.S. new glasses. P.P.S. still not using the safety goggles correctly…)
Milling! I'm a miller!

 

All my work! Badier has painted it black!
I see a white box and I want to paint it blaaaaack...

 

Two things are in this picture that are (a) free and (b) necessary to complete this job…
These are two drinks that are (a) free and (b) needed for this project...

 

By the way… those starbucks machines grind the beans and brew the coffee WHILE YOU WAIT. I had 40 cups in a week or so…

]]> http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/15/oh-the-suspense/feed/ 1 And So It Continues… http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/14/and-so-it-continues/ http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/14/and-so-it-continues/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:00:56 +0000 jfavreau http://betaorbust.com/blog/?p=86 Workity work work work!

Buff buff buff. Did you know that's the sound a dog makes in Japan?

Like a damn surgeon I tell ya!

The surgeon at work...

Kids: this is NOT the way to use safety glasses…

Note the appropriate use of safety goggles...

Rivet rivet rivet! Like a frog of awesome!

Rivet rivet rivet... it's a Badier frog!

Stage? I’m a carpet man!

Stage! Kinda...

Staple man!

Innards!

Wine box pieces!

o shiny!

A wall! What is it?

Polishin’ Eyes!

Polishin' eyes!

WHAT ARE SUCH THINGS FOR??

WHAT ARE SUCH THINGS FOR???

]]> http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/14/and-so-it-continues/feed/ 1 And So It Begins… http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/13/and-so-it-begins/ http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/13/and-so-it-begins/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:52:29 +0000 jfavreau http://betaorbust.com/blog/?p=66 Design! GO!

Badier works on the design.

3D design work comes first! (and second and third... and last...)

Parts start arriving!

Parts begin to arrive!

They must shed weight! (and fans)

They must shed weight! (and fans)

Lotta heatsinks

What are we making? Tune in next post!

What are we making? Tune in next post!

]]> http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/10/13/and-so-it-begins/feed/ 0 My Credit ::crunch:: http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/05/20/my-credit-crunch/ http://betaorbust.com/blog/2008/05/20/my-credit-crunch/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 21:54:04 +0000 jfavreau http://betaorbust.com/blog/?p=45 I recently decided to get a new credit card.

I go home to Eugene a few times a year and if I can get a $50 companion ticket that the girlfriend can use as well as miles for ever dollar I spend I figured it would be worth it (and by “figured” I mean I made an excel sheet and used my spending trends from the last year to show that it’s worth it by a couple hundred bucks)

So I pop over to Alaska Airline’s site which promptly ships me to Bank of America to get my card.

As I have a trip coming up I hoped to get this process started as fast as possible and I thought that if I did it through the bank’s phone service then perhaps the process would be faster. Spying a “Can I apply online?” link I clicked it… and got SLAMMED with the screen shown below.

I know it’s just a random letter generator… and that I’ve got the credit record etc that will allow me to have this card… but DAMN if that’s not a bit… unsettling…

Credit Card Application

For the record: the one of the only things that makes this card “worth it” is if you’re willing to pay off the balance due every week or so. This card uses ADB to calculate what you owe them which is MUCH worse than AB for the card holder. Just a heads up. Make your own excel sheet or use mine to see if it’s worth it!

Have a good Memorial Day weekend!

Update:
Even with my priority code of “Faail” they deemed me worthy of this credit card.
In related news: I now have nobody to share the ticket with. Sigh… well guess that’s life.

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