1Apologies for the content deficit gentle readers.
There's nothing to apologize for--you've got more important things to deal with right now. Keep your chin up, do what you gotta do to get through the next two weeks, and we'll be here waiting for free entertainment in the new year.
Posted by: Peter the Not-so-Great at Tue Dec 13 22:09:26 2016 (jS1F0)
Much Like This Individual...
...I've been distracted by trivialities that have caused me to loose focus regarding rather more consequential things that need to be dealt with.
A Test of Testable Things
Well there's been....TALK.
I walked into the cafeteria the other day and noted that all the cool kids were talking, presumably about cool things, so I walked over to say hi, but before i did I realized that they were actually venting about some dork...and then I realized, it was probably me so I hid behind the soda machine before they saw me and then skipped lunch and then I ran home and cut myself checked the blog in Epic, Opera, Vivaldi, Safari, Midori and Chrome and didn't see a problem but realized that the complaint was about IE...which I don't use because it tries to upgrade my Windows 7 into Windows 10...so I just gave up because the day was terrible since I'd already gotten a "D" in English because of something called a "run-on-sentence".
Ahem...
I noted that my page was set at 25 posts per page, I've cut it down to 5. As a stress test, since two other posts have embedded videos in lieu of content, I'll put this animated .gif of a girl passionately explaining why duodecimal is just better.
Let me know if cutting the the page count addressed the issues.
Did Mitsuki really have 6 fingers in the anime or is this some kind of fan-sourced joke?
Certainly she's not canonically asymmetrically polydactyl
A Google Search of the image seems to indicate that it's just an animatioj glitch, like the infamous cabbage.
However, it is entirely possible that it was an intentional gag.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Sun Jun 5 20:12:29 2016 (/4jFR)
Posted by: Rick C at Mon Jun 6 09:59:29 2016 (ECH2/)
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I got one of those "helpful corrections" a while back, trying to replace a broken link to the ATF's site with a link to a commercial site filled with anti-gun "home safety" tips. When I pointed and laughed, he actually wrote back complaining about how I was cyber-bullying him because I'd included his name on the blog. It took four or five email exchanges for him to finally go away.
-j
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LOL, I guess. They are trying my to change links to point at a domain "wiht.link". It's a thing now.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Mon Jun 6 18:12:28 2016 (XOPVE)
We're trying to check out the blogs compatibility with Vivaldi, and double-checking a few things in our 5 other browsers. One annoying peculiarity is apparent right away
The banner images are not visible in Vivaldi. While It's certainly possible that this is an adblock issue, it should be noted that enen the privacy optimized Epic browser (which has an always on, near perfect ad-block) does not have this issue.
Additionally, some combination of keystrokes associated with the "BACK" key reverts the page to the previous page in the tab...thereby dumping the post.
Naturally, this is a break from format and therefore of limited appeal to our readers. Thus, sacred honor dictates that we post this picture...
Because few things over the last several weeks have been quite as refreshing as Blizzard's response to those who feel that the greatest problem in the world is Tracer's epic bodankey.
As to the upcoming game itself, I thin....
Ahem.
While I detect the foeted aroma of sarcasm in that outburst, in fairness, it should be noted that we do count amongst our loyal readers those who are not explicitly catered to by the first image.
To that end...
All nekoboys are 18 years of age or older. proof of age was on file in annex C of section 42 of the basement of the Ministry of Education Truancy Division Sector 8, Orion Arm Local Office Copies Division, Located orbiting Alpha Centauri B Planet 3 Moon 2 Quadrant 1, Sector 81, Spoo County, at the corner of 8th Street and Dogwood Avenue and was retained there until the nekoboys alluded to reached the age of majority at which point such records were burned pursuant to the child welfare act. That is our story, and we are sticking to it.
However, this can digress to an alarming degree since our diverse audience boasts a number with...unconventional interests.
,,,and there's always that ONE guy...
...which would just not be keeping with our format and so that is why we generally subcontract such matters to 4-Chan.
Let's try a quotation now
...might not be so bad, with all the lazy bums we got panhandling relief nowadays, and living on my income tax and yours—not so worse to have a real Strong Man, like Hitler or Mussolini—like Napoleon or Bismarck in the good old days—and have ‘em really run the country and make it efficient and prosperous again. ‘Nother words, have a doctor who won’t take any back-chat, but really boss the patient and make him get well whether he likes it or not!â€
― Michael R. Meyer, It Can't Happen Here
Ok...that covers most formatting tools and our ongoing nightmares..
Perhaps that's enough for now.
UPDATE: Does anyone note any oddness?
The banner images are working now. I suspect I have a broken banner in the rotation. I still cant figure out quite what selection of keys causes the page to jump back though.
Aaaand.....We're Back
Midterms are over, though, there were other distractions over the weekend. While spring cleaning, I cut on the overhead light in the spare room, only to discover...to my considerable chagrin...that the light cover was being employed as an unlicensed flop house by half a dozen of the vast numbers of stinkbugs that have been seeking asylum in southeastern Virginia this winter. As I had the fan running to air out the aforementioned room, the aroma of stinkbug flambe' was distributed through the house in a most egalitarian manner. In other news, my heater core blew Friday night, at least I THINK that's what happened since the van suddenly filled with the subtle fragrance of antifreeze. Cutting the heater off is an acceptable work around for now. The rest of the weekend involved laundry, fixing a broken toilet, intermittent connectivity issues, and a bunch of ghouls who beset me after I jumped into a whirlpool to escape a particularly durable deathclaw.
"That last item isn't so much an explanation as an admission."
Ahem...
In any event; as compensation for the disrupted posting we have provided some Hestia cheesecake below the fold.
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You can see why voters think that way when AEI (yes, the AEI) hosts a secret meeting between all the tech nabobs, starting with Tim Cook, and the GOP elite from Mitch McConnel down, at an island in Georgia. You know how much mileage Soviets got from the fake, made-up negotiations between CIA and Nazis in Italy on the topic of the separate peace. But this meeting has actually happened. Do GOPe think we pay no attention?
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Tue Mar 8 14:39:13 2016 (XOPVE)
Midterms Are Upon Us
Posting is, therefore, likely to be intermittent. Here, as atonement, is something to tide you over that seems to cover all bases.
Artist Unknown, but it appeared recently in Nyan-Type
Another Test Post
I just upgraded Parallells and now the blog looks all wonky on windows via my machine.
I looked at it through a couple of other computers today and it looks fine there, so it's probably something to do with the recent software upgrades to my iMac, or it's specific to Midori.
Let's see if pictures work:
It's the Martini-Henry that really sells that picture.
Now lets try some tags:
Lt. Niimi can ultimately get away with betraying everybody because she looks really good in a skinsuit and glasses.
Superscript test
Nope.
Subscript test
Nope.
Some things are just stupid. Some other things occasionally transcend that stupidity by embracing it. This may be one of those other things.
UPDATE: Well, we won't be using Midori for a while. Posting will resume shortly.
2WebM is an open media file format designed for the web. WebM files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 or VP9 video codec, audio streams compressed with the Vorbis or Opus audio codecs, and WebVTT text tracks. The WebM file structure is based on the Matroska media container.
It's designed for streaming the video. You can stream fairly high quality video content rapidly, although smaller servers can still suffer. It's getting increasingly popular on image and video sharing sites. Primarily as a replacement for turning scenes from movies into gifs.
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Steven, they've always worked for me, so I don't have a good frame of reference on getting them to work. FWIW, I've been using Chrome since I started seeing webm appear, and I haven't updated any codecs or anything like that. So I suspect support is built in to Chrome. It's supposed to be an open format, but you know how everyone interprets that a little differently.
Parallells is a program that allows one to use Windows on a Mac. Unlike Boot-camp it does not partition one's disc into two discrete and separate entities that cannot be used simultaneously. Rather, it allows one to run Windows effectively while still running the Apple OS. The downsides to the latest update include rendering my 1TB backup disk read only and modifying the binding spell between the mouse and cursor so as to render the mouse/cursor relationship tenuous enough that gaming is not practical. Nevertheless, one can even drag and drop files between the the Mac OS and Windows thanks to the powerful sorcery wielded by its creators.
2. What is a .webm file and how do you play it?
A .webm is exactly the thaumaturgy described by Ben above. It can be played by most video players with the right codec, and it will play when viewed through a browser (Epic, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Midori work). However, a little bird just told me that Firefox does not possess this arcane ability. .Webm can be imbedded in some websites much like a .gif though it is usually set up not to run the animation unless clicked on (this is fortuitous as it does have the capability for sound) note though that imbuing ones site with this ability seems to involve a specific arcane ritual that must be done 100 leagues from any non-placental mammals and within view of Polaris. File linked above should play if you follow this link.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Sat Jan 9 11:59:00 2016 (AaBUm)
I Have Been Remiss in My Blogitude
Rooster Teeth has been remiss in getting the next episode of RWBY out after that gut wrenching cliffhanger they foisted on us two weeks ago.
To partially address both issues, here is Ruby Rose doing a dramatic reading for your enjoyment.
I swear. It sounds like Random House has figured out how to print cooties.
Full Disclosure: I don't...strictly speaking...know what she's actually saying, but I can make some problematic assumptions based on her background and the fact that she obviously suffers from turrets syndrome.
Despite, (or perhaps because of) the fact that the economy has been so-so and is looking uncertain moving forward, online orders are surging, with the result that a full week before Thanksgiving we are already getting the kind of hours we got in early December last year.
That Comment Problem
I've been informed that people not logged into Mee.nu have been getting the following message when they attempt to comment:
COMMENT REJECTED BY AKISMET
I inquired to Pixy as to why my commentors were being harassed by what appeared to be an obscure Egyptian god.
Pixy informed me that he was able to acquire the services of the Egyptian god of what translates very loosely as spam busting for a remarkably reasonable rate.
Unfortunately, this had unforeseen consequences as the contract required that all mee.nu users be registered as "Members of the Temple" and those who are not member be registered as "Unaffiliated". Fortunately, none of our commentors were sent to Duat before the issue was discovered (except for Wonderduck...He got better).
Pixy has made arrangements so that non-menuvians can comment by presenting offerings of hieroglyphics via captcha. Note that since Egyptian gods have not been in the deity business since the abdication of Nectanebo the second, and in any event, as this is "payment" for admission to a secular web service, it is not actually considered apostay.
Anyway...The comments should be fixed and we have captcha now.
Art by Abusoru, who, to the best of our knowledge, has at no point denied this is a representation of Akismet...and that's good enough for us.
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Indeed we do have captcha. I like this kind better than the distorted text kind, and I like it a lot better than the "echo back the advertising motto" kind.
OK
For less than 5 minutes, there was a post here that expressed my extreme outrage at a particularly outrageous outrageousness. Only belatedly did I realize that that the original (and sole) source for this tale of venality was not a Newspaper article quoting witnesses as I had initially thought, but rather a solitary REDDIT post where some Anon claimed to have been at an event and behaved outrageously.
Well...
Here are some aqueducts that are about as well supported as the former post.
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