Posted by Kiyoshi

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Posted by Shroomy

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i didn't read the rest of this thread, but i decided my posts could use a little more twin peaks.

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HEYOOOOOO!!! *high five*

right now i do web design, wordpress, and ad serving stuff at a web site with mma coverage and youtube link-dump-esque stuff. next month i'm going to be starting a new job doing php and frontend stuff at a luxury fashion e-commerce site. right after i graduated i did web/flash-based instructional courseware for a government subcontractor.

i think maybe i'm trying to build a really weird resume.

i'm going to be apartment hunting in a couple months, so i've been browsing on craigslist to see what's available. since finding a good place is mostly about sorting out what you need to have, what you'd like to have, and what you can live without, i was wondering people enjoy the most about where they live right now.

for me right now, it's the fire escape outside my bedroom window and the fact that there's a shitload of trees in this neighborhood. when the weather's nice, i can hang out on the fire escape like a balcony (it overlooks the backyards of the first floor and other buildings). i've also had squirrels hang out on the fire escape when i'm inside. we've had staring contests.

+1 on vvvvvv…i have to stay away from the music for that game or else it gets stuck in my head for DAYS.

silver surfer has some of my favorite nes music:
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also, pretty much all of the genesis sonic games have awesome music, especially sonic 3.

Posted by Tomguy

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So who wins your staring contests?

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i do. if i so much as tap the window, those little bastards dart. COWARDS!

another good thing about where i live now is my proximity to the trains. i only have to walk two blocks to get the train to go to work. i had some really cool downstairs neighbors, but their lease was up last month and they moved out. all the more reason to start looking for a place in a neighborhood where more of my friends live.

Posted by Mesia

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3. Large kitchen... by Tokyo standards, at least. Most kitchens only have one electric burner and a tiny sink, but mine has two (!) gas burners, an area to cut vegetables and things, and a nice, roomy sink.

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does anyone like electric stovetops? i used to have an electric oven/stove at my old apartment and i can't even count how many omelets, cakes, and other cookable things it ruined. damn things heat the surface they're touching and not much else.

oh man. i don't have any pets, but i want a dog really bad. unfortunately, i don't have the time or space for a dog at the moment, but i dream and gawk at other people's dogs. here's a picture of my girlfriend's mom's big old golden retriever that i dogsat one weekend:



the dog doesn't like the city, but she really likes me. she would bounce up and down with her front legs (she's got a bunch of hip problems in the rear legs) every time i came in from outside.

1. Watch episode 2 of Portlandia.
2. Finish this bottle of red wine.
3. Clean up Christmas decorations.

You?

sweetberry wine! err…yellowtail shiraz cabernet. on sale for 6 bucks at the wine and spirits. unfortunately, i only got 2 and like...half of 3 done last night, but here is my new list for THE NOW:

1. debug some wordpress custom plugins.
2. wade through acmlmboard mysql tables at a leisurely pace.
3. git commit -a; git push.

i approve of the board's logo today

re: post layouts.

it seems like a common way that users make post layouts is to include a css file with their modifications. why don't we include a field in the profile where they can enter a stylesheet? that way, it's stored on the board db and we can do any sanitization (ie. giving the user's posts a unique class name and prepending the css selectors with it) before displaying it.

we could determine which users will have their post layouts displayed on a given page (ie. page x of thread y) and then have a php script that generates a single css file with all of the necessary layouts included.

i used to be on the slightly chubby side in my early teens, but i lost a lot of weight in my freshman year of high school when i joined the wrestling team, and i've been slim (to varying degrees of skinniness) ever since.

exercise helps, but the amount of exercise it takes to work off a single big meal is a lot more effort than just eating something else in the first place. i like cycling, but that's does more for overall fitness than weight specifically.

i think weight has the most to do with what/how much you're eating on a regular basis. i don't have a great diet, but i try to limit myself to one shitty meal a day, or eat only half of something bad at a time. i lost 10 pounds over the course of 2 or 3 months a couple years ago just by eating a yogurt for lunch during the work week instead of having a mediocre supermarket sandwich. of course, i've gained almost 10 pounds over the past year by eating out for both lunch and dinner more often. i'm 5'8" and ~140 pounds, so your mileage may vary.

either way, huevos rancheros over a corn cake with sour cream and sriracha: mmm...

going to a friend's birthday party tomorrow. maybe picking up a fancy jacket at topman since they're having a 20% off sale for students this weekend and my girlfriend has a student id.

i haven't done analog photography in a few years, but i always preferred printing on kodak paper. bummer.

i did my 2011 taxes yesterday last night, and it my federal return is waaaaay less (like hundreds of dollars less) than it was last year. for my 2010 taxes, i paid h+r block over $400 for 2 painful hours of their incompetent accountant muddling through their software, and this year i'm gonna end up paying 30 bucks to file federal and state through turbotax online (unless i change my mind and use something something else to do my taxes).

i know last year i got that 400 dollar "making work pay" credit, which isn't a thing this year, but other than that, i'm not sure how i got so much more back last year than i'm getting this year…

anyone have any tricks/stories? do you use an accountant or do it yourself?

this exists:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEf9saeBpl4

but i'm sure you could do a much better version. here's the original:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQIYEPe6DWY

1. What's your favorite season (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) and why?
spring. best moods and my birthday.

2. What's your favorite genre of video games?
arcade and platformer

3. Retro or modern games?
retro

4. Are you on a laptop or desktop?
usually a desktop, but i have a laptop as well.

5. What OS do you run?
os x lion

6. What's your favorite movie genre?
ehh…maybe horror? i watch more tv series than movies.

7. What brought you to Kafuka?
emuz

8. Do you have any siblings? If so, how do you like them?
nope.

9. Are you right handed or left handed?
right-handed.

10. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
salted caramel and chocolate with pretzel bits

11. What was your first Acmlmboard experience?
forever ago

12. What was the last book your read?
darkly dreaming dexter… currently in the middle of "the pun also rises" which is a history of pun usage in human language. seriously.

13. What's your favorite webcomic? (links please)
diesel sweeties (http://www.dieselsweeties.com), bad machinery (http://www.scarygoround.com), questionable content (http://www.questionablecontent.net)

14. What's your favorite midnight snack?
sour gummy worms

15. Do you sleep on your front, side or back?
side

16. How do you deal with headaches?
complain

17. What's your favorite food?
huevos rancheros on a corn cake patty

18. Are you a day person, or night person?
depends

19. Do prefer hot drinks or cold drinks?
cold

20. What is your occupation?
programmer

21. Do you travel? If so, what other countries/states have you been to?
not as much as i'd like to, but i've visited london, paris, and rome. i've also been to la, which i may as well count as another country because the west coast practically seems like an alien planet to me.