Audio Visual Junkie

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Jack Johnson – Bubble Toes

    Bubbly Toes – Jack Johnson It’s as simple as something that nobody knows that her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes on the feet of a queen of the hearts of the cards and her feet are all covered with tar balls and scars It’s as common as something that nobody knows that…

  • Happy Halloween!

    Here’s a photo of one really nice halloween setup at the office.

  • 3 Essential web development add-ons for Firefox

    I always try to keep the # of add-ons loaded on my Firefox at a minimum. In my many years of being in web development I have found that there are at least 3 essential add-ons that any serious web developer must have. Firebug – Live tracing and debugging for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Pearl…

  • Some photos I took recently

    So my free Flickr account is maxed out and I don’t want to pay for a pro subscription so I’m posting on my blog instead. These were taken with my Nikon D80 at different dates using different lenses. Click on the thumbnail to view high resolution version (warning: may get very large!). Fifty Night glow…

  • Fix WordPress MySQL out of memory error

    Lately this blog has been suffering from MySQL out of memory error messages which got worse as the days went by. Sometimes Is could not post stories, or my sidebar would not load. Other times I could not load the admin area, or my site went down entirely. After doing a bit of tracing and…

  • Motto in life

    Be the best, aim for the best. Do not settle for anything less.

  • Tip the waiter not the beggar (Entry for Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty)

    One of the most interesting things that happened during my stay in Jacksonville, Florida was when I gave alms to a panhandler / beggar. What made this experience unique was the fact that I am a visitor from a third world country, the Philippines, and there I was giving alms to somebody from the first…

  • Filipinos are oversensitive carebears

    … and you are definitely one if you got offended after reading this post’s headline. The truth is that this is one of the biggest differences between Filipinos and other nationalities. This is one of the things I realized in my latest trip to the U.S. It is probably a culture thing, this oversensitivity of…

  • Basecamp to drop support for IE6

    Got this message when I logged into BaseCamp today. It appears that more and more businesses are now dropping support for antiquated browsers like IE6, which to me is a good sign and would pave the way to better internet standards. Important Reminder: IE 6 Phase Out In July we announced that we would be…

  • Please put a little effort in comment spam

    We all know people like to comment on blogs for SEO purposes. Whenever I read an article that has a comment box in it, I almost automatically think of writing a comment to show some love and get a nice little link back to my website. Of course by default these are NOFOLLOW links, but…

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