Musically Speaking Reviews
Another website belonging to a friend of mine is up, rhapsodyreviews.com. It's a music review website (obviously).
Endeavors
I'm pretty sure that nucleocide.net won't be headed in the direction of the fancy new system that I had promised but instead a very simple system, comparative to a wordpress blog. This system would continue to have resources avalable for download and categorized tutorials (Including FL Studio) and maybe a liquid layout. I'll be scraping the shoutbox and having a comment section below each individual resource. This current site may get gutted and each component made available for download (maybe even the whole system, who knows).
Any input on this would be greatly appreciatd.
I honestly don't have the time to develop the fancy system, I'm also too proud to use someone elses.
Current ad placement sucks (I've made $84 in the last two years which means google still hasn't cut me a check) and the paypal donate box has made me $1. I've worked on several sites with heavy ad usage so expect the next version to be more in depth (unless you have ads disabled like I do... I'm such a hypocrite :p).
Musically Speaking Hall of Fame
A friend of mine is starting up a music website. So far it doesn't have enough content but he's slowly adding it. The site is Musically Speaking Hall of Fame and will contain original reviews of various musical authors who have contributed to the music industry.
The Core Death
Here is another reason this website hasn't been updated lately. I've been playing with FL Studio. I'm enjoying music making so much that I've even bought hardware (MIDI pad, keyboard, and a few things you don't want to know about).
Enough talking, here is the link: The Core Death. (Nucleocide is latin for core death, which is how I came up with the name).
My Books For Cheap
Here is the reason I haven't been updating this website lately,
My Books For Cheap is a website for college students (like me) to purchase textbooks for their classes. It has user provided textbooks and it also pulls results from popular websites such as amazon.com, half.com, and abebooks, sorting results by price.
Despite what the title says, you will make more money selling through that website than if you were to sell to the bookstore.
The website isn't mine, it is for a client. I figured I would give them some free visitors (and Google PR of course).
User Management
One thing I never finished with this version (13) of Nucleocide is user management. The only perk of registering is that you can shout with a registered name, unless I promote you to an administrator in which case you can post news.
This will all be taken care of in the next version of course (whenever that will be; maybe over winter break) but until then don't bother registering.
Also, a ton of bots have registered. It was all in vein, lol.
Sorry I've been neglecting my visitors; I'm planning on upgrading as soon as I'm not so busy. The pagerank has already dropped from 4 to 3; a sign that I need to update content.
New layout
I've had this online for a while. Figured I should finally link to it.
As you can tell this is going to be very much community driven. The news ticker at the top in flash was written by me, and I will probably open source it. It loads content using XML so it will stay fresh.
The layout isn't complete and the background image is really up in the air. I would like as much critique as possible before slicing and programming this into a working site.
Mandriva Spring KDE Start Button
The huge Mandriva button was annoying the hell out of me until I read "release_notes.txt" on the install CD. Copypasta below:
Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring introduces a new, Mandriva-branded system menu button for KDE (the button at bottom left of the screen which pens the system menus). Some users find it to be too large. Also, some users who prefer to use a larger panel find it does not look very good with a larger panel size. If you would like to remove it, edit the ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc and make the following change: in the [KMenu] section change the value of KMenuIcon to kmenu. To apply the new icon immediately restart kicker by running dcop kicker kicker restart.
nucleoStats released
nucleoStats has finally been released. This is version 0.1 so don't expect too much.
The future of Nucleocide
I plan on turning Nucleocide.net into an online art/web development community. This will include a forum, a more organized system (I currently have traces of mystery meat navigation), and of course a new layout. This layout looks like a blog and I'm starting to hate it. Other things will be in place as wel. Please reply to this news article with any suggestions.
I'm not going to just slap a forum on the site and call it good. I will probably grab someone's open source forum and modify it to fit in with the overall site. This way, when you log into one area to rate or submit tutorials or scripts, you are also logged into the foruem. Personally I hate sites that half ass this part. An entire website must be one fluid system, not pieces awkwardly held together.
Basically I want to make this site less about me and more about a community (it takes less upkeep this way :p). Expect these changes to come about pretty soon. My semester is just about finished :D.
RTHDCPLEXE illegal system dll relocatio
"RTHDCPL.EXE - illegal system dll relocation"
A lot of my friends are having this problem but luckily I am not. After installing a recent M$ patch, Windows XP will display an error when you login. This is due to a windows dll being in the same memory location as a RealTek audio driver.
How might I fix this? Windows has a patch out for this.
New Visitor tracking script
The site is now testing a visitor tracking script I wrote last night. So far it's running smooth and hopefully it won't slow down to a crawl after many users start to fill the database.
Recent Site Crashes
Not too long ago I added a time render counter at the bottom of every page. What this does is simply display the amount of time it takes to render a page. The number was extremely high (1/3 of a second). I had assumed that I was executing too many SQL commands per page. This was not so. By removing the user statistics script (bbclone) the execution time is much lower (1/100 of a second). Hopefully this will prevent any future CPU quotas getting hit.
Thus is the problem with shared hosting (and using third party scripts storing data in text files instead of relational databases).
phpMyAdmin tutorial
As an assignment at my university I had to write an instruction set. I chose phpMyAdmin (graphical MySQL front-end) and have released this assignment as a PDF (it is also available as a webpage). Links to both versions along with a brief description are available at that link.
Sites you should be going to
Here they are, in no specific order:
Bible Generator
Homework Inspiration
Obscene Art
Renowned Media
These are the greatest websites on the earth. Bookmark them (Ctrl+D) and all of lifes problems will disappear. Feel free to click any and all ads (just kidding of course as saying this would violate my Google ad-words TOS).
Obscene Art is the latest awesome site, however it needs more content and users. So, go out there, pretend to be a female, and talk to other guys to get them to say stupid stuff.
No Internet
For those who are wondering where I've been, my Internet connection is currently non existant. No clue when it shall return.
If this keeps up I'll swallow my pride and buy my own instead of leaching off the neighbors wifi.
ObsceneArt dot net
Plastic from obsceneart.net has relinquished control of his domain to me. So far I am thinking it will be a website where you can submit humorous quotes from messangers and IRC. There is currently already a website out there that does this and has a huge database, however the system used by obsceneart will be more web 2.0 / current than the other.
Plastic will keep an administrative role with the new obsceneart.
Free Website Layouts by Nucleocide
I will be releasing free website layouts. These are all layouts that I have made at some point and do not have any need for them anymore. This includes old versions of websites I've done as favors and even old versions of my personal website (yes, back when it was tlh.ath.cx).
Layouts will include all CSS and HTML. Images and even the Photoshop PSD files will be distributed with them. If applicable, the PHP and MySQL dumps will be tagging along as well.
All layouts will be released under the GPL license.
As of now there is one layout and more will follow very soon.
Viewing private myspace profile pictures
Here is a script I made so that you can view private myspace profile pictures. Just punch in their friend ID and press go and you'll get a list links to the pictures.
Update, MySpace has already patched the problem and this no longer works. You can view the pictures of public profiles but that isn't very usefull.
Testing12
CAPS LOCK IS THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR KEWL!!11!@1
Added Wallpapers
Relpaced the Links page with a Wallpapers page.
Google AdSense
I'm going to try using Google's AdSense. I get a ton of traffic for tutorials and maybe a few clicks here and there will help me gain some revenue. If I don't like it after a few months I'll take it down.
Google AdSense seems to be the least obtrusive ad system out there. I've always used the Firefox adblock extension and I haven't seen any ads in months. I have deleted the line that contributes to the blocking of google ads and now I'm seeing the world through new eyes (I had forgotten that digg.com had ads!).
I'll be adding this to the homework inspiration and the bible image websites. Please leave any knowlege you have concerning ads as a comment to this news post (hate mail included).
Bible Verse Image Generator
I must have too much free time or something. Here is yet another kick ass program by nucleocide. It is called Bible Verse Image Generator. The concept is simple; you create an account, customize how your Bible verse image will look, specify which verses will be loaded in the image, and paste the code onto a website (such as MySpace).
The project is still in open beta although it is fully functional.
Graphical Tweaks
Just minor graphical tweaks. All font's have been changed and the header has been prettied up a bit. Hopefully it is for the better; just yell at me if you hate it (-:. A few new tutorials have been added, too.
Homework Inspiration
A couple months ago nucleocide rolled out Homework Inspiration. This is a project that allows users to create accounts, upload essays, and look at other people's essays. It is basically a peer to peer network that is restricted to homework.
The site is free, there are no membership levels. I am requesting that every person who often visits nucleocide for either for tutorials or scripts make an account on HI and upload homework (you know what homework I'm talking about... Those old homework files in your My Documents folder that you'll never use again).
More RSS
I added more RSS feeds to the site. There is a feed for news, tutorials, articles, scripts, and affiliates.
After adding the news feed the first time, my layout was breaking in IE and the registration link wasn't showing up in Firefox (same problem). That has all been fixed.
Linux on Zune
According to this Zune Boards forum, the Zune might be ready for linux. I was bored enough to throw together this sample Zune Linux interface. It's nothing special, and looks like every other OS interface. The icons are either from Everaldo's Crystal icons, or their respective Linux programs.
I currently do not have a Zune and after hearing about all the things Microsoft has done to the Zune to make it not cool, I have no intention of buying one. However, if the possibility of Linux being ported to the Zune happens, I would love to purchase one.
Dead tree, icey wallpapers.
More stuff
I have created a Bible Search program.
I have started a potential new layout for nucleocide.net. Kudos to whoever tells me where I got my influence from.
RSS Newsfeed and Site Updates
This site is now offering an RSS newsfeed. It's not like anyone will ever use it but it is cool none the less.
I've switched to a new server. The Rock Youth Center needed a better server one that could handle a fairly common CMS with forum integration (php-fusion, might as well use that CMS instead of coding a forum myself). The hosting company we found is very affordable and is offering 5 add on domains on top of the single main domain. The Rock doesn't pay me for working on their website, so they agreed to let me take up the add on domains.
I've started my own web design company (RenownedMedia.com, LLC) whilst still working for my previous employer (DDR PhotoGraphics). Overall this should equal out to more money. I'm not planning on taking business away from DDR or competing with them, but if I pick up a few clients here and there yay for me.
Sites currently hosted on the new server:
There are two slots available, all the bandwidth I could ever use, and all the storage space I'll ever need. I might end up hosting my friend at ObsceneArt.net. I'm not sure what to do with the other spot yet. Maybe sell it to the highest bidder? :p
Fedora Vs Facebook
Facebook has a new favicon. For those who don't know, a favicon is the symbol next to the website address at the top of a web browser. For example, look next to the http://nucleocide.net at the top of your screen and you should see my black circley logo.
Fedora has had the same logo for about a year now. Facebook's is maybe a month old at best. Here are the two favicons:
 Fedora |  |
Maybe it's just me, but the two look a lot alike. True, the name of both entities begins in F, they chose the color blue, and you really can't do much with 16x16 pixels. I'm just saying the two look awfully a lot alike.
Site Traffic
Most people don't know this, but the word Referrers below the shoutbox is a link to a site statistics page. 90% of the traffic to my site is either to get scripts that I have made or read tutorials that I have come up with. A very small percentage if hits comes from affiliations. I'm not sure which type of traffic I value more, but both are appreciated.
It's nice to know that people appreciate my work and value using my site as a means to educate themselves. I might hit 10,000 unique hits by the end of the year.
Site Update
Added an Articles and Scripts section. I was linking to this stuff in the news which didn't make a whole lot of sense because you would have to dig around to get the the pages. The site used to be mostly a portfolio site but is now more weighted towards a resource site. This will drive more traffic and (hopefully) benefit the web design community.
I also set up a settings page where you can finally set your details and (eventually) site preferences. This should have been done long ago but school, work, and a girlfriend distract from things like hobbies.
Novell and Microsoft
It looks like Novell (SuSE Linux) and Microsoft are signing some contracts with one another. Hopefully MS doesn't destroy the Linux community with suing and patenting issues.
Whats Gnu
I found this board game while perusing the local book store. All of you linux lovers will understand why I took this picture.
Nucleocide Winamp Tracker
I created a script that displays the last 10 songs you have listened to on your website without requiring a third party site (like last.fm). This will make page rendering times much quicker (Last.fm, when very busy, could take up to 15 seconds). The script and instructions are available here and a working demo can be seen here.
Feel free to compare the loading times of the new demo with my last PHP script using the last.fm service here.
Affiliates and site updates
Updated the affiliates section so that external links are direct instead of using an exit counting script I wrote. This will help boost pagerank of the affiliates.
Multiple people have agreed to affiliate but have not followed through (I'm not talking about the people who will be adding links to sites after a redesign). Their links have been removed. On a side note, a lot of people out there are quite rude and full of themselves. Having a PR of 4 does not make you a god...
The site now has 17 tutorials total, all original and by me :). The sections on CSS and JS have been added, while the sections already existing had a few new additions.
News comments can now be added by non users, provided you enter a name and the random number (it now acts just like the shoutbox).
Cobalt Calibur
I decided to host Cobalt Calibur (Ajax) on this server instead of the one in my bedroom :). It is still far from being done, but since it's on my main server perhaps I'll find myself willing to update it more. So far, you can walk around and you can see other people walking around. The whole thing uses 18 MySQL tables and is one of the biggest projects I've made.
WASD movement keys only works in IE. On random computers the game is very very slow and laggy while running Firefox due to a bug in how Firefox handles strings. Sorry Firefox :(.
Cosmetic Updates
The login form has finally moved to where it should have been to begin with (above the shoutbox). An affiliates section has been created that keeps track of how many times each affiliate has been clicked. There is also a nicer system used to add affiliates (only admins will notice this though). Oh, and my CSS file is now 11KB and most updates make it bigger :).
Oh, and I added a verification image to the shoutbox. The funny thing is that I was never spammed anyways. All of you webmasters wanting the code for this feel free to ask, I'll prolly end up writing a tutorial on it one if these days.
Current tutorial count: 12. I've been busy :).
Nucleocide Counter
I created both a hit counter and a tutorial on how to generate LCD images in PHP using the GD libraries (both are closely related but two separate entities).
The counter page links to a download that is ready to go and all you have to do is load the image on your site and hits are counted (all on your server, no links back to my site). The tutorial includes a download and description for loading the images in PHP and displaying for whatever purpose you want.
Both sets of downloads include a .psd file of the LCD and all the source code. This is an example of how these two projects look, for another example look at my hit counter in the lower right corner of the screen.
Two reasons I wont be installing IE7
Oh, and Firefox 2 is out...
Version 13
This version of the site is simply a rewrite of the old code making use of modrewrite. This changes url's like ?s=home and index.php?s=home into home.htm. The lack of ?'s in the url make it much friendlier. The .htm pages do not actually exist and using modrewrite technology the nucleocide CMS can disguise the scripting language that it uses.
Why? I read that urls with ?'s are rejected by some search engines. Also, some forums and BB's will not load url's containing ?'s. Using this system also disguises the underlying technology of the server. This may detract some people from using php/mysql injections if they are under the assumption that the site uses asp and mssql.
I also added a tutorials section and eliminated the gallery section which I had never put anything in. There are currently two tutorials in there and (hopefully) I will be adding more.
I need to add an affiliation section now... I think I'll drop the login link and put that above the shoutbox. It doesn't really make sense to have an entire page devoted to one tiny form.
New Host
I switched hosts today. I work at a web design place and we host a plethora of websites, so I figured why not host mine there too. There was nothing wrong with the last host, other than the lack of FTP (which, believe it or not, wasn't that hard to overcome). I will eventually be switching the Rock's website to this host too. If you are looking for a host we can hook you up over at ddrhosting.com.
Oh, and check out Homework Inspiration. It looks like a promising site... Especially if you go to school.
Nucleocide CMS
The Nucleocide CMS is coming along quite smoothly. The news section is almost perfected. Links is working but I haven't coded the ability to create new items, right now I'm adding everything into the database manually. About, Author, Copyright, and a few easter eggs are all using a table to draw their content instead of being a bit more dynamic like the news section. I also haven't finished coding a user management section nor the profile editor.
- News = 90%
- Folio = 0%
- Links = 50%
- Profile = 0%
- Users = 75%
- Gallery = 0%
- Shoutbox = 75%
- Overall = 60%
Everything that still needs to be coded exists somewhere in older projects that I have made. I keep getting requests for the CMS. The ETA of a public beta is one month. As it stands I can release the CMS as having a simple WYSIWYG interface and being able to add as many sections as you want, but I'd rather release it with a few add-ons and maybe a second or third theme.
