Site Changes & Minecraft
by The Warchief on Dec.08, 2010, under 254, Games, Main, Minecraft
Hey all. I’ve been reluctant to fix the issues that ended up plaguing it starting a few months ago. Well most of my applications are php, and also tend to use .htaccess files. These don’t always work that well on a Windows based server. Just a buttload of bad links and empty pages. So in attempts to correct that, I’ve transferred the account to a Linux based server. Now I’m to starting to change all of the config files and paths…. The blog is up at least! So anyway, work in progress… The Social site seems to be unrecoverable. I hate not completely understanding what’s going on. Don’t you?
Enough, blah. Might as well plug the latest addiction I’ve gotten myself into. A Lego-esque sandbox game called Minecraft. I’ve even started my own multiplayer server so me and my friends (You?) can build a world together. (*this is the free server, 204.152.240.116 is the Alpha server)
Simplistic in design, it still drags you in as ideas rush to your head as to what to build. How high do you want it, or how deep underground will you hide it? From the pictures it kinda looks detailed, however, what you see is pretty much exactly what you get. If you zoom in on these images, you have the basic framework. It’s a big 3D grid of cubes.
This is the main area we’ve started to develop on. I built a large structure into the top of a mountain, constructed a large airship to keep my stuff in and it’s a good beacon when I’m out in the wilderness getting lost. In the paid version, you go around collecting resources to build with. You can kill animals for meat, or components for weapons and armor. Weapons and armor for what, you say? By nightfall you may find out as the creatures come out to kill you, spawning in the darkness, so you need to keep yourself in confined lit up spaces. One of the enemies, called a creeper, will blow up in excitement in finding you and take you out and/or the structures you so intricately built plus a couple feet underground.
The awesome thing about it is if you walk to the edge of the world, it will automatically generate more world. Plus their ‘biomes’ can be randomized as well. It can be an Icy winter area, a hot desert, or just some crazy cliffs and canyons, as well as crazy endless caves, underground lakes and lava pools underneath the surface. Someone made a video that just makes a straight line through the landscape and the world that auto generates as they keep going forward. Ok fine, here. Three and a half minutes of randomly generated world. On the classic free version, people have built some crazy structures. I’ve seen a globe of earth, the Startship Enterprise, the worlds re-created of Bioshock (Original and Infinite). I stuck to building tall stairways and 8-bit sprites that end up towering over you like skyscrapers. Here’s my current full discovered map just begging to be discovered further.
But enough of that! Back to GrooveShark!
The new site
by The Warchief on Aug.09, 2010, under 254, Main
Bleh, screw the site. Well… screw the old site. I’ve decided to redirect twofivefour.com to the social site. It’s like MySpace or Facebook if you haven’t seen it… a sort of a 2my5face4bookspace! Built in chat, upload photos or other files, play music on your profile, likes/dislikes, comments, and many other things that can be added at a later date. Just a heads up really, you can look at the home page, but I know you won’t create an account, jerkface.
My leave from the Desert.
by The Warchief on Jun.23, 2010, under Family, Faren, Florida, Main, Vacation
-Talk about put off, I thought I posted this. Apparently I forgot it existed as a draft, enjoy!-
On March 31st, 2010, my lovely lady Faren and I took a vacation from Phoenix for two weeks. It was awesome to get away from the concrete jungle we’ve grown to know here, to greener surroundings in Florida. My Dad, Nana, and Brother all live at a place in Cape Coral, an Island town on the West coast of FL, across from Ft. Myers. We stayed here primarily during the trip.
Burying Faren in the sand
After catching up on lost sleep due to a uncomfortable plane ride (I don’t think comfortable ones exist) we settled in and introduced my lady to the family. They’d better get used to her 
The next day we got our shit together and headed off to Ft Myers Beach, where I proceeded to not put on any sunblock and baked my skin pretty well. Hey, I try to make an effort every FL trip to do my lizard impression. I was shedding my skin for the rest of the trip. The beach was packed full of spring breakers. By the way, I must recommend french fries and seagulls, unless of course you’re afraid of birds. They’ll get gutsy enough to dive bomb you and snatch the fries from your fingers. We also buried Faren and Travis in the sand. Why not?
I also have a my Cousin Damien and Uncle out there so I got to meet my new second cousin Kayla Klebart. My short-lived experience with her was great to say the least. Such a happy child. Damien has been a stay at home dad for her while mommy runs her own business. I got to experience my first LED TV + Blu-ray. I must say, it’s better then in the theatre. Better FPS then real life!
2010 Cape Coral Bike Night
My Dad, excited that I also ride a bike, rented me a Harley for a day and we took it out to the Cape Coral bike night. It rained the next day so time on the bike was limited unfortunately, but it was still a blast to ride around on a brand new Harley with my woman on the back.
Faren got a tattoo while we where out there from a cool guy named Del, we got to know him and his wife Anna in their new age shop of herbs and gems. I was going to get a tattoo as well, but Faren’s was taking some time, and still isn’t complete (a cupcake on her foot with the words “Baby Cakes”). Now we have just another reason to return to the tropics of Florida. Now to just save PTO and money for another trip. I need more blog material amirite? =P
A bird almost killed me, thank you window.
by The Warchief on Jan.13, 2010, under Dead animals, Main, Morbid
So last Sunday I’m sitting here doing what I always do, working. Woohoo money! I’m sitting in my normal seat, I have my co-worker Steven behind me. It’s about 10:25 am when all of a sudden there’s this loud thud against the window next to us. Startled I turn around and look up at the window.
A bird ends it's life
It seems a bird smashed into the window at quite a high speed. Steven mentioned that before the noise, he thought he saw a bird close to the window next to him from the corner of his eye. Based off that, had there not been a window or it was able to break through, this bird may have very well taken me out. We are on the lip of the windows here on the 3rd floor, birds frequently are sitting on the edge here staring at us as we do our tech support thing. I’m guessing this one wanted to chill, but didn’t time his landing too well. It’s also possible that it had a heart attack or other devastating thing happen, and it fell out of the sky, angled right to the window. But whatever, we’ll never know. If it could talk, it’s too late now… I went down to confirm that this indeed killed the bird. And I found this:
- Splatter bird
Yes it’s a sad sight. Looks like it hit the window with it’s feet, maybe pushing them into it’s abdomen then bled out in that split second before falling to the grass. I’m not about to do an autopsy on this SARS carrier. Still creeps me out that it happened so close to my head. A friend mentioned that it could be a sign, and death usually isn’t a good sign. I’ll have to watch my back for awhile. Anyway I felt this warrented a post. Hope you enjoyed the story and hopefully the pictures aren’t too graphic for ya.
Socks for Xmas?
by The Warchief on Dec.25, 2009, under Main, Theory, static-fueled interdimentional centrifuge
So I’m sure we all grew up and sometimes we got socks and underwear for xmas, cuz you needed them right, well maybe not, but fresh socks certainly feel good on the feet. This year I’m kinda hoping I get some new socks. Why? I’ve been given socks almost every year. For a time there I had quite an overabundance. Now, however, it’s different…
The last two places I’ve lived seem to have what I’ve theorized as a static-fueled interdimentional centrifuge, or whatever you call your common household dryer. Interdimentional you ask? I’m sure you’ve all had socks disappear at one point or another. It’s my theory that the dryer, in some scientific formula, triggered by the static electricity of your socks as they dry, causes a rift in our dimension, sucking your socks away never to be heard from again. I’m not a scientist, but it kinda makes sense doesn’t it?
This is totally my firm belief. Crazy? Well call me what you will, the fact remains that I have one pair of each type of sock I’ve owned. ONE Pair each, I had 12 pairs of some at one point. How did all duplicates except one pair disappear? It’s like these sock rifts open when there’s 3 or more of the same type of sock tumbling around in your dryer.
If someone wants to jump in their dryer and test this theory, I’ll totally pay you a quarter for each of my socks you return from the other dimension. If you’re not able to make it back, well that sux, can I have your stuff?
