I hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.

Willow ,'First Date'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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askye - Mar 02, 2014 3:19:45 pm PST #23666 of 25496
Thrive to spite them

You can get mlb.tv through the Roku. I'd suggest a Roku 2, there's some minor differences in the Roku 2 and 3, mostly the Roku 3 is faster, has a sd slot on it, and you can pair a smart phone or tablet with the 3 and it has YouTube, the other versions don't. But Roku plans to add YouTube to Roku 2 at some point.

You can get Netflix, AMazon Prime, Vudu, NHL, PBS and tons of other stuff with the Roku.


Theodosia - Mar 03, 2014 4:10:45 am PST #23667 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Consuela, have you ever dealt with a WordPress template? They're not just for blogging any more, since you can use the same back-end interface to set up static pages, connect to e-commerce, and so on.

Also, some providers offer very pro-level-looking templates with most of the grunt design work done for you, plus hosting. I haven't dealt with those much, so I don't know specific good providers, but it's something you may want to investigate.


Jessica - Mar 03, 2014 4:16:38 am PST #23668 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Squarespace is good, if a little pricey.


juliana - Mar 03, 2014 9:33:06 am PST #23669 of 25496
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I'm hosted through DreamHost, and I use WordPress for my sites and the sites I build for my bar owner clients who want to be able to update with a minimum of fuss.


Consuela - Mar 03, 2014 11:06:26 am PST #23670 of 25496
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Wordpress sounds pretty good. Can you host through WP, or is it just content-management?


amych - Mar 03, 2014 1:16:00 pm PST #23671 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Wordpress sounds pretty good. Can you host through WP, or is it just content-management?

There are two (REALLY confusingly named) options -- WordPress.com is a hosted service that starts at free and has some paid options you can add on to that; you get the choice of a hundred or so themes, many of which have some kind of customization options.

WordPress is also open-source content management software (available at WordPress.org -- see? REALLY FUCKING CONFUSING!) that you can host on pretty much any hosting service you choose. On that path, you can pick whatever themes and plugins (a.k.a. functional add-ons) you want, or build your own stuff.

I help build the core software that runs both of those options, as well as making my living building sites with it, so I'm happy to help with sorting out the confusions. Can't do anything about the stupid dot com vs. dot org naming, though.


DCJensen - Mar 05, 2014 11:48:43 am PST #23672 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

I think I'm going to do it.

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Now, to find another G4 case, or use my G4 MDD with a bad power supply?

Decisions, Decisions.


DCJensen - Mar 07, 2014 2:48:17 pm PST #23673 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

Ripping apart my MDD G4, I have it nearly gutted. I think I can keep the MDD look with a hinged piece of mirrored plastic, or the old doors itself, with a knob where the power button was.


dcp - Mar 07, 2014 4:15:43 pm PST #23674 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Anyone else having trouble with Yahoo mail?

It works for me from phone/tablet/iPad, but not from my regular Win7 computer. I can log in, but when I try to open email, I get a blank white screen.

It is apparently a widespread problem.

Workaround for now is to access the "old" version using [link]

eta: 30 minutes later, it's working normally for me now.


Jessica - Mar 10, 2014 8:20:41 am PDT #23675 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I want to set up a production bible wiki for my team so that people will stop emailing me the same questions over and over.

What are my options for a free hosted wiki that I can make private? (Or if not free, low-cost. Basically I don't want to set up a server anywhere.)