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WTB – February 2012 Edition

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 11:14 pm

Things I’m expecting in February – Total $284.29

Persona 4 – Kujikawa Rise
$76.33 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered Sept 7, 2011
Release Date Feb 2012
Purchased at HOBBY SEARCH

Metal Gear Solid Play Arts Kai – Solid Snake
$51.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered Nov 24, 2011
Release Date Feb 2012
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Metal Gear Solid Play Arts Kai – Cyborg Ninja
$51.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered Nov 24, 2011
Release Date Feb 2012
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Kotobukiya Marvel Comics: Mystique Bishoujo Statue
$51.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered July 16, 2011
Release Date Feb 2012
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Kotobukiya Marvel Comics: Elektra Bishoujo Statue
$51.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered May 21, 2011
Release Date Feb 2012
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Things I received in January – Total $83.38

Catherine
$83.38 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered Sept 7, 2011
Release Date Jan 2012
Purchased at HOBBY SEARCH

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Accomplishments – February 2012 Edition

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 11:59 pm

What I accomplished in December
Shows / Movies
Glee S1-S3E10 [S1-S2 Rewatched] – Complete
The Glee Project S1E01-S1E10 – Complete
Up in the Air – Complete
The Godfather Part III – Complete
Currently watching: Glee, Young Justice, Big Bang Theory, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, House, Thundercats – In Progress

Books & Manga

worldofwarren.com
Removed Portfolio section, changed Resume section to point to warrenshea.com
Added Facebook Status and Comments section
My …in two years… post, a followup to …in one year… post.

warrenshea.com

Gaming
Zelda: Skyward Sword [3DS] – 100% – Done

Web Development and Design

Other

Notes
Finishing Zelda, as well as the progress on warrenshea.com are the highlight of my month. :D

What I want to accomplish in January
Shows / Movies
One Tree Hill [Rewatch] – In Progress
Misfits S3 – In Progress
Pushing Daisies
Dawson’s Creek

Books & Manga
Steve Jobs

worldofwarren.com

warrenshea.com
Finish this! Getting close…

Gaming
No plans at the moment to start/finish anything.

Web Development and Design

Other
Research DSLR Cameras
Research Cars

Notes
I WILL finish warrenshea.com this month.
Also, I WILL start another web project. Maybe Kotobukiya.

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Source Control? No thanks.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 11:59 pm

I prefer to live life DANGEROUSLY.

I’ve never been a fan of source control, checking things in and out, locked files, merging files, etc. I always found it more tedious than beneficial. After all, I make my own backups during project milestones. And I was one of the 5 or so developers that didn’t properly use Source Control at my work when they tried to implement it, and if one person doesn’t use it, the whole thing crashes down. LOL so basically, I ruined it for everyone else /flex. And no, I don’t feel bad, our team still got along great without it.

I know I’m playing devil’s advocate here. I know Source Control is good. There are few drawbacks and using a few seconds here and there can save hours if something goes wrong.

I think it’s basically just that I’m arrogant, so arrogant in fact that I don’t believe I’d ever make such ridiculous mistakes. After all, I’m perfect. Or at least close to it. Or…more accurately I just try to be. But I guess WE ALL make mistakes…..and when those mistakes happen (as they have in the past), I won’t be ready cuz I’m too arrogant to have used Source Control. Sorry, that was some kind of cyclical argument. Basically, I admit I’m flawed and my arrogance is one of my downfalls.

I was in a meeting last Friday and wrote down “Source Control” and “Arrogance” (beside my doodle of Cyclops from the X-Men) I guess as something to blog about. So here it is. :/

/just wanted to write something

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Site updates – Migration of professional items to warrenshea.com

Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 11:53 am

Some minor site updates.

I removed the Portfolio from my navigation
And linked Resume to warrenshea.com (still not up yet).

I’ve migrated everything from my worldofwarren.com Portfolio section to my warrenshea.com Portfolio section so there’s not much point in keeping it…I just can’t wait to finish.

warrenshea.com is almost complete. I have about 30 items to put in and I’ve put in like, 23ish….but I still have to go through my [Redacted] work and scour what I can put in, so the list might increase.

Once that’s done, some more writing, and i’m DONE.

I’m really struggling with my professional voice on this website…I want to feel professional, but also fun and playful…like IRL.

Anyways, productive weekend (tho not as productive as I would have liked). I hope the rest of the week is productive

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Tutorial: Converting characters into their HTML entity names

Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 7:17 pm

Purpose of this tutorial
To convert characters in code into their HTML entity names

What you need to know/have
Adobe Dreamweaver

Note
This tutorial uses Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

Procedure
Step 1: Enter your special characters into Dreamweaver’s source. (Or more likely, it already exists in your document).

Step 2: Select the text you want converted

Step 3: Cut (CTRL + X) it

Step 4: Change the characterset to ascii in the meta tag.

Step 5: Paste your copy into the DESIGN portion of Dreamweaver (this is very important)

Step 6: Change the characterset back to UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1 (or whatever you had before) and save.

My ramblings
I rarely use this on a personal level but I can’t say I haven’t done it many time professionally. Hopefully this tutorial helps save you some time when you’re like “why doesn’t my code work in this browser?”

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