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Jerks you meet on facebook

Ryan — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:26:58 +0000

The picture says enough.

Star Trek: First Contact and Generations now available through Hulu

Ryan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:29:50 +0000

Everyone’s favorite online ad-supported streaming service has now released Star Trek: First Contact and Generations. You can even embed them in your website. So I suggest you watch it now and remember, Resistance is Futile.

Firefox freezes up after upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04

Ryan — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:57:39 +0000

Every time someone would attempt to send me an IM on facebook, Firefox would go gray and stop responding for a moment. I have discovered the quickest way to solve this problem, is to delete the .mozilla folder in my user profile.

CAUTION: This will remove all settings, extensions, and bookmarks in firefox.

Windows won’t boot after upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Ryan — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:11:00 +0000

Today I updated my Ubuntu 9.10 install to Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS. My machine also dual boots with Windows 7. After I upgraded I came to discover that I could no longer boot into Windows, in fact when I would try to boot to Windows it would just return to the GRUB boot menu. If you are experiencing this issue, feel free to check out these two websites for the answer.

Ubuntu Forum thread that led me to the second site.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9204201

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Boot_Sector

Also, feel free to post any questions in the comments section and I will try to respond.

-Ry

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Release

Ryan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:37:01 +0000

Finally an update

Ryan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:20:43 +0000

Well today is my 22 birthday… exciting huh? No, not really. Just feels like another day, just with a lot more posts on my facebook wall and a lot more text messages on my phone.
I know its been a while since I last posted (almost 5 months but who’s counting?) so here’s whats been going on.
As you should know I am a Computer Science student, so most of my classes this semester have been CS classes. I am currently in the process of learning three programming languages… yes three. Java, MUMPS, and IBM assembly. The assembly is quite interesting and I’m glad I won’t have to program with that in “the real world.” Academically this has been the best semester of college for me. I currently have the best grades ever, and this is my final semester in the dorms. In June I’ll be moving to an apartment complex with 3 other guys. It shouldn’t be as cramped as it sounds. I’m kind of excited to having my own bedroom again. Also, I won’t be stuck with all of the stupid rules that the Department of Residence forces on us. Plus I’ll save money by moving to an apartment!!! What could be better than that?

Streaming Some Nasty Weather…

Ryan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:35:49 +0000

RyChannel is now streaming the weather in Cedar Falls from 3 different vantage points. Just click on the Live Cams link above!!!

Stolen Wisdom, Forums, and Some New Data Structures

Ryan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:15:15 +0000

It has been an extremely long time since my last post. In fact, way too long… So here’s whats been going on.

First of all, I’ve had my wisdom stolen… Ok, not really, but I did have my Wisdom Teeth removed. It was a most interesting experience. I went to an oral surgeon and was put under. I didn’t even really I was falling a sleep. They had me on an IV to knock me out, and that’s exactly what it did, instantly. The next thing I knew, I was being woken up and moved to a different room. I had several odd reactions to the anesthesia. Every couple of hours, I would get really nauseated, hot, and start shaking. I was kind of scared. I was in pain for two weeks, and it was an awful pain. It surged up to my ears and they felt like they were on fire. But eventually I got over it, and now I just dealing with the two holes in the back of my mouth.

I have setup a programming forum on my website. It’s main goal is to help students and programmers a like. The only problem is, I can’t seem to get enough publicity to get it rolling. The forums can currently be accessed at http://www.rychannel.com/forums/programming . If you have any suggestions, I welcome them.

The last part of this post is Data Structures. It is my favorite class this semester and I am really learning a lot. What is a data structure you ask? According to Encyclopedia Britannica, In computer science, a data structure is a particular way of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently. So far we’ve talked about lists, queues, and stacks. I find them extremely interesting, but currently we are working on tree’s and due to its need for recursion I find that I can not wrap my head around how they work. I get the theory, I just don’t understand the programming behind it.

Word 2007 Blog Publish Test

Ryan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:29:51 +0000

I purchased Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate this week and when I went to print, I noticed a publish option. I clicked on it and saw that I could publish a blog post. So I decided to try it out. If you’re seeing this post, I must have been successful.

UPDATE: In order for Word 2007 to be able to upload to a WordPress blog, you must have the XML RPC setting in your blog enabled. Otherwise, Word will not be able to connect to your site.

Rychannel.com email switches services

Ryan — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:17:05 +0000

Since I have a hosting plan with GoDaddy, I had been using their email service, that gives me a gig of email storage. I had been forwarding all of the emails to another account. Earlier this week, I felt I needed to improve the usability of Rychannel.com and switch all of its email to Google Apps. Google Apps is a great website that lets people add services like email, site creation, and web based office suites to their domain. For standard users, the service is free and each email account gets up to 7 GB of storage. You are limited to 50 mailboxes, but for non commercial users that shouldn’t be a big deal. I will still be using wordpress as my homepage.

Check out Google Apps at http://www.google.com/a