PS: At the bottom of the mobile version of the blog there is a link that will let you see the default blog theme. Just as if you were on your computer.

The Vlexo server almost went down. Permanently. Luckily, everything went O.K. and the server continued its service to us.

Now, about Wildflower. It’s a CMS (Content Management System) using the CakePHP Framework. It’s great for smaller, simple sites. Some PHP, OOP, and CakePHP experience is required though.

Next, my current Windows XP powered home printer server, messed itself up again. I decided to try Ubuntu as a replacement. After installation, one command did the trick to give File/Printer sharing functionality. “sudo apt-get install samba” After that it worked. Perfectly. I still have yet to see if it’ll continue to work correctly as the days pass. However, Linux has a pretty good reputation for that.

I’ve also just been fooling around with Linux Distros. on my VM. Such as Ubuntu Christian Edition and DreamLinux.

Shall I tell you about my new found interest in Microsoft Visual C# .NET? Why not? I’ve developed quite a few little applications from a book on this. It’s been really helpful. And guess what? My first app didn’t say “Hello, World!”

Finally, I’ve started to delve into developing web applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. And maybe try to do something with the Play Station Portable, too.

Hope this got you guys up to date!

I also recieved some great feedback on both, “Hooked” on XP and Infinite Blue Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. I’m happy that in, the XP post that I was able to show a few of you that we need to stop blaming everybody else on our problems. The release of my Infinite Blue theme was a complete success and was the first custom theme for my blog. I’ll probably push a new theme out sometime in May 2009. Yay!

PS: In case you didn’t know, it’s a WordPress theme (for 2.7). Why? I don’t know. Maybe because Infinite Resolution runs off WordPress?

On another note, I’m working on a new theme for this blog. It’ll attach some screenshots but since this is on my iPod they may not look all that great.

Happy theme hunting!

• We’re shooting for January 10th 12 2008, but it might be later
• The objective will to be to find a WordPress 2.7 compatible theme
• The theme must be free of charge, and totally legal within the United States of America
• You can, if you prefer, to make a template. However, you must not use any copyrighted material unless you are given direct permission from the copyright holder.
• I will have the final say in picking the best theme.
• Please note that if you submit a template you made and decide to make something extra, it will NOT make me any more liable to pick your theme. I will simply count it as a gift. I would appreciate it greatly, however.
• The prize will be a awesome new package! You’ll get upgraded features without having to post any more than your current package. Please note however, you are stuck at this posting rate. And you won’t be able to downgrade without losing your upgraded prized package.

Wanna get in on all the action? Simply sign up on the Tyreus Forums! The prize won’t do you much good unless you have a hosting account with us. Hey, why not do that too?

I’ll let you know of any changes that might happen with the promotion.

The main point of the post is to talk about the new IRC Bot that I’ve been developing lately. Essentially, it gets data from the forums and presents them to the channel. It’ll work for forum topics, issues, and users.

If you typed “topic 1″ it might return something like this:
Topic Title Here
(link to topic)
255 Character preview of post
by User Who Posted the Topic

Nifty, eh? I thought you’d think so. I have the forum topic stuff done about 75% and the issue thingy… 10% Yeah, I’ve been having some troubles with that. However, special thanks goes to cURL and the PHP explode() function. Without them, I woudn’t have been able to do this. I probably used explode way too much, though. Hey, it works.

Stay tuned for updates on how this thing is coming along.