PHIDONG.COM . 5.0

I've completed over 30 headers for the top random portion of the site and fixed the random gallery portion on the left column. It is random image now. Yeah, I know. Have fun.

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I found this from Loc's journal. The most horrible quiz ever.

Your dating personality profile: Adventurous - Just sitting around the house is not something that appeals to you. You love to be out trying new things and really experiencing life. Liberal - Politics matters to you, and you aren't afraid to share your left-leaning views. You would never be caught voting for a conservative candidate. Wealthy/Ambitious - You know what your goals are and you pursue them vigourously. Achieving success is important to you.

Your date match profile: Conservative - Forget liberals, you need a conservative match. Political discussions interest you, and a conservative will offer the viewpoint you need. Adventurous - You are looking for someone who is willing to try new things and experience life to its fullest. You need a companion who encourages you to take risks and do exciting things. Practical - You are drawn to people who are sensible and smart. Flashy, materialistic people turn you off. You appreciate the simpler side of living.

Your Top Ten Traits 1. Adventurous 2. Liberal 3. Wealthy/Ambitious 4. Religious 5. Athletic 6. Sensual 7. Funny 8. Practical 9. Intellectual 10. Romantic

Your Top Ten Match Traits 1. Conservative 2. Adventurous 3. Practical 4. Religious 5. Athletic 6. Outgoing 7. Sensual 8. Funny 9. Intellectual 10. Wealthy/Ambitious

Take the Online Dating Profile Quiz

In reality, I could make it me. I could justify any 3 of the 10 choices, really. Online quizes are, well, a novelty. They don't tell us anymore about ourselves than we already know.

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I feel myself suddenly starting to lose a little bit of traction. I'm slipping. I woke up late today and nearly missed my Statistics quiz. It didn't help that I reset my alarm one too many times. I arrived late and missed half of it. So I missed 2.5% of my grade, I still have 97.5% left.

I might've goofed up my math quiz too. I got pi minus four for my answer, but everyone else has 4/3 . I have one midterm this week, Math on Friday. Oh wait..

bLiL V 03: did u do
bLiL V 03: the hw +2
bLiL V 03: for econ
me: not yet
me: when is it due
me: next wed right??
bLiL V 03: tomorrow
bLiL V 03: econ 20b is this friday
me: i'll hook u up if i can do it
me: wait
me: wtf
me: 20B is this friday?!
bLiL V 03: ya
bLiL V 03: buddy
bLiL V 03: the 29th
bLiL V 03: check the class webpage
me: he doesn't make announcements for shit
me: theres a class website?
bLiL V 03: http://eee.uci.edu/05s/62040/

Thanks to Vish for alerting me of oncoming doom. I didn't even realize we had a midterm this friday. So I guess I have two midterms this week.

Look what I made today. I hope I ace these midterms.

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Jeff informed me today that the intermediate pages on the gallery are not working. You can't view past page 1 when viewing albums. I'll hopefully have this fixed by Wednesday. You can still view the full galleries by viewing the image and then advancing past the first page through that navigation.

Sorry for the inconvenience, although I doubt anyone even views that stuff

edit: Apparently, copying over the php header from worked, so now you can view past page two in the gallery!

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Well, this is just as close. Breaking news for the hundreds of disappointed fans from Spring Break, Loc Nguyen has finally released his site.

This is the photography equivalent of hell freezing over.

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I updated the gallery from version 1.44 to version 1.5. There are micro-thumbnails in the view photo area now, for your viewing pleasure.

It took a little too long to implement though.

I made a random header script too.

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http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html

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Dreamhost seems to have disabled php include? What the hell is going on. :wtf:

I sent them a message regarding this, hopefully I get a reply soon.

update

Nevermind, they did in fact disable includes. But after seconds of studying the language of php, I devised a way to work around this limitation and phidong.com is now running again at full speed.

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I came out of retirement for two days and spent the beginning of this weekend detailing cars. It's kind of nice being away from everything but at the same time it is pretty tiring work. My back hurts a bit and my arms and legs ache from standing around all day, holding that damn heavy PC.

I wash and waxed Jonathan's 91 Supra (updated gallery) and did a full detail on Dan's 96 Honda Civic (new gallery). I half assedly washed my car too, updated gallery there but I didn't link it because it sucks.

1991 Toyota Supra Detail

1996 Honda Civic DX Detail

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This should be interesting.


For reasons unknown, I've decided to start a photoblog where I'll talk mainly about photography related subjects. I used to try to integrate them into posts where people might still find them interesting, but I decided to move the majority of the nerd material to a different blog. It's actually the same blog, but different categories. Anyway, you can access that portion of the site at the top left (where it says photoblog), just follow the video tutorial. Theres plenty more where that came from.

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Apparently phidong.com has decided to upgrade its software again. Version 4.7.

I'm still piecing everything together myself. I'll fill you guys in when I figure out what is going on.

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I went with Loc down to Long Beach to cover their culture night (Tim was in it). I didn't really feel like taking pictures, so didn't really move around much.

It was really dark in the auditorium. Luckily for mee, I brought my kneepod.

Tip #299
No monopod? No tripod? No problem! Use your kneepod!

Long Beach Culture Night Gallery

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Despite our most valient efforts, we cannot escape our destinies. It's like that moment when everything is going wrong. It slips out of your hand. The glass cup tumbles towards the ground in slow motion, drink and all. All you have to do is divert it's course. Grab it from it's free fall before it meets it's inevitable doom. It's easy. It's just that easy, but it really isn't. Theres no stopping it. In many ways the ball has already been set into motion the moment the cup slipped from your hand. You turn away. You ignore it. Maybe it'll go away. There is no glass on the floor to sweep, no cuts. Just a lesson to be learned.

In many ways my quarter is the falling cup. It's been falling. I turn and look away, trying to ignore the sillhouette of the cup falling. I pay attention to the things around me instead and that's where everything went wrong. I click on student access and then slide my mouse over to "grades". I don't want to see the glass shatter.

In my mind, I see the words. "Everything always turns out ok." I wish life were as simple as those 5 words, but it isn't. Life is complex, full of lessons to be learned. My lesson today is not to turn away. Face your destiny. Alter it before it's too late. You CAN stop the glass from hitting the floor. Theres a reason it all happens in slow motion.

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