I’ve been into simulated fantasy hockey for a long time and am currently in a league run through the forums at SportsLogos.Net, the NHA. Being attached to SportsLogos.Net, the NHA takes its team branding very seriously. Though not technically required, each team is expected to have a unique and appropriate name and logo, as well […]
Back in March I wrote a little bit about an issue I was having where, at several points along my path to solving it, I should have realized I was doing things wrong. I had another one of those come up and thought it was good to share for a few reasons. A little background… On […]
Yesterday I went through with the fairly-uninspired April Fools Day joke of having DetroitHockey.Net become “ColoradoHockey.Net” for a few hours, with the site and its Twitter account apparently having been hacked by fans of the Red Wings’ formerly-bitter rivals, the Colorado Avalanche. The site’s logo changed, as did the name, avatar, and background of the […]
I ran across an interesting little problem this weekend and figured I’d share out what I discovered. In hindsight, I think it’s something I should have figured out pretty quickly but I didn’t see anything about it in my searches so maybe this will help someone. I use AWSSDKforPHP2 installed as a PEAR extension on […]
Awhile ago I wrote about how I’d gotten addicted to the Cookie Clicker game to the point that I made a userscript that would display a countdown showing how long it would take for me to get to a certain amount of cookies. The same people that pullled me into that game tried to get […]
I recently did a soft rollout of a tweaked logo for DetroitHockey.Net and was inspired to go back and take a look at the history of the logo for the site and its affiliated projects. I only have backups of my graphics going back to 2002, at which time the site was still drwcentral.net and […]
I wouldn’t say I’m much of a photographer but I like to give it a shot from time to time. This weekend’s ice storm gave me the chance to wander around the yard and try to take some artsy shots.
Every year my in-laws do the whole “drawing names” thing at Christmas, where each person draws one other person and buys a gift for them. Nearly as often, there’s drama about it. Someone complains about “always” getting someone else. Someone gets themself (that was me this year). I decided to remove the human element from […]
Sometimes it’s the pointless little projects that are surprisingly fun. I recently upgraded my phone. I’m not going to lie, at the end the main reason I loved my old Galaxy Nexus wasn’t the technology but the fact that I had a custom case with the DetroitHockey.Net logo on it. Half the point of the […]
“Ahoy, matees! Ye good ship [company name redacted] has openin’s for wild, talented, sea-worthy PHPirates an’ web developers t’ join the crew in thar normal behaviors o’ technical adventurin’ ‘n grog consumption. You’ll sail thee vast dataseas, wielding code like a sabre and buildin’ sites to confound and delight even the blackest of beards.” Thus […]