Ramblings of Insanity

2012-01-25T11:39:00.000-08:00

I have to say, I liked it and he is still the smartest man in the room. What was bewildering to me was the comments that followed afterwards because it clearly showed they neither heard what he was saying or understood it if they heard it. Congress is more focused on an idea which is crippling this nation with each day, oddly enough we think terrorist do damage to the USA, just look at the damage this congress is doing... could be worse and should be criminal. What does that say when the boss pays less taxes then those that work for him? You can't tell me some line about it is so they can reinvest or hire more people to work because over the last few years it is clearly been shown that while companies are back to making profits (and in some cases record profits) they are neither looking to or actually hiring more. We have had decades of cutting taxes for the rich and wealthy of this country and yet here we stood on the edge of a depression and they want me to believe that this is working?

One thing the President could do that would not just impress me but also get my vote is to start the ground work for both term limits on congress and put an end to lobbyist with regard to those who hold an elected office. This might go a long way to cleaning things up eventually because at the current pace things will never get there.

Idiot of the Week: Tim Thomas

2012-01-24T13:24:00.000-08:00

First off I know only 16 people will know who I am talking about, he is a hockey player. What Tim Thomas doesn't know is the first President of the United States to invite a team to the White House was Andrew Johnson, this is called a tradition. Here is his statement...

I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People.

This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.

Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.

This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic.

Now I can see one of his reasons for this being his only public statement, that's because he is an idiot and knows he is about to be lit up by millions of Americans using their right of freedom of speech. What he is clueless is about is some of actually served our country and we take traditions such as meeting the President very serious. This isn't about politics or your own personal rant, this is about respecting the office. This is why news reporters in other countries think it is okay to throw a shoe at the President of the United States, I mean why not... Look at Tim Thomas.

So the next time Tim decides to show his stupidity, perhaps he should forget about his rights and remember the people who died so he could have them and show the respect the Office of the President it deserves.

And this is why Tim Thomas is Idiot of the Week.

Easy Potato Wedges Recipe

2012-01-23T08:36:00.000-08:00

Yesterday the NFL Postseason games were about to come on and I was wanting something different to snack on. Now I will be the first to admit I am not anything close to a chef but I am more then willing to go into the kitchen and screw up some good food. This was very easy though and fit that need for something other then chips while watching a game.

Very Easy Oven Potato Wedges
Ingredients:
    4 medium sized potatoes
    2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    1 teaspoon ground black pepper
    1 teaspoon seasoning salt
    1 teaspoon onion powder
    1 teaspoon garlic powder
    3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Rinse then thoroughly in cold water, just to clean off any dirt
Cut the potatoes into wedges, I do 6 per potato
Add oil and toss the potatoes around so they are evenly coated (hands work fast and great)
Add all of the spices and the cheese and toss so they are evenly coated (hands work fast and great)
Place on a baking pan in one layer (preferably lined, makes for easy cleaning) and bake for around 30-40 minutes, depending on person preference of potato texture.
Serves great with a little sour cream, next time will add some cheese after they cook as well.

I added a little salt after they cooked, brought out the flavor I thought but only do that based on your taste and desire

I am fairly sure that because of these potato wedges both teams I was hoping to win, won. Patriots and the Giants are off to the Super Bowl.

Finding things on the web/internet

2012-01-20T10:32:00.000-08:00

Finding things on the web/internet

Every lose something, I think we can safely all agree thatwe have and know the feeling all too well but in this day of age we also losethings on the internet. Now googleserves a very good purpose there especially when you really started tounderstand how to use it but more on that later, today I am talking about someof the vast information sites that change format over and over and thensuddenly you can’t find something you once could before. I recently had this problem, I knew thematerial existed and has existed since about 2001 but the website it was on isboth huge and ever changing so finding the same material again turned into avery challenging task. Every few days Iwould show back up at this site’s search or google search and try a few newwords that might inch me closer to the desired destination but each time wasgreeted with countless pages I didn’t desire or nothing. I knew it was downloadable material, knew afew of the key words that should of got me some good results but nothing wasworking.

So when this happens to you, head over to web.archive.org or commonly referred to asthe wayback machine. I knew the site Iwas looking for so the first step was easy, let’s look at the site but whatthis allows me to do is to look at the site the way it was years back. (ofcourse if wayback machine crawled if but so far it has hit everything I wantedand experimented with) The material Iwanted wasn’t showing up, so I started going back in time. Each time it kept the link as it was but letme look at the same page moving backwards in time until finally, there was theage old page really to give up its secrets.

I suggested if you are looking for something on a publicsite and having issues, give it a try.

Links

http://www.archive.org

Gingrich's ex-wife claims he sought an 'open marriage'

2012-01-19T11:59:00.000-08:00

First let me state, no one really knows if he did or didn'twant this and we all know how pissed off an ex can be. At this time it ismostly he said she said kind of stuff but given Newt's track record withadultery in his past can this really be that farfetched? Do any of these candidateshave a clue or politicians for that matter?

I personally am more or less an independent or as I like tocall it, I vote for the smartest person in the room. As an independent I really and I do meanreally hoping for a good election this year, two candidates who knew what theywere doing and we would have a solid choice to make. The reality is the republican field is soweek I think Hillary Clinton should join them and make her run for office, Iknow it sounds part funny and strange but she would clean the floor with thesepeople. Then you have Rick Perry, hecame into this election field as if was a rock star, until people stopped for amoment and heard what he had to say and believed in. Does this man get drug tested because heseriously is drinking some the same pool Sarah Palin is and it isn’tpretty. Only thing going for Rick Perryat this point is at least he didn’t quit as governor of Texas.

Free advice for Newt Gingrich, your ex is going to bury youso you might want to balance the books and get out now.

Online tools or offline tools?

2012-01-18T10:12:00.000-08:00

For a while now I have pondered developing another npc generator and even put a lot of work into what I call Evolution. Evolution is a interface platform that would allow me to easily create new tools without the hassle of having to create a unique application each time. I have to say though, the more I do website work and learn PHP, it does have me wondering why not develop an npc generator like that of NPC Designer but online rather then offline.

First is can it be done, NPC Designer - 3.5 NPC Generator does a lot of fancy things that based on what I see from other npc generation software just isn't done. I do think it can be and PHP seems to have the needed functions to make it happen, I think the real issue will be speed but we will see. I already started coding the basic building blocks to any npc generator and with those some smaller scripts just to test out functionality, like a potion generator, wand generator and now even a spellbook generator. I will be posting these online at www.rpgattitude.com in case you wish to take a look and see how they work or give feed back on how to make them better.

Related Links
NPC Designer

Underdark Underdark Underdark

2012-01-18T09:27:00.000-08:00

Yes I know I said it three times but that is how it feels these days, sometimes I wonder about the projects I take on. For the last few months I have been busy slaving away my other site on building an online underdark campaign setting. The initial idea came from a conversation I was having with a friend about the lack of online campaign settings done with original content and detail. When we first talked it sounded more like two people just stealing air but the more I thought about it the more I realized how right we were, there are just so few sites with actual good stuff you can use in your game. Most sites you find are just cut and past jobs from either other sites or "copywrite" sources, kind of a shame too. If you were around when the web was young and TSR stopped you from doing anything on the internet you might understand what I mean because you couldn't do anything back then without drawing fire of a cease and desist letter.

So whats a person to do?

One region I noticed that was especially hit by these kind of things was the underdark, barely a detailed map available to use and the resources for running a campaign were just sad. This is dungeons and dragons we are talking about, it has been around for decades with millions of players and this is what it has become. I am writing this several months into the project and while it has been fun and richly rewarding in many ways it is also a huge task, something tells me I am learning why this isn't done much. I do think in the end though it will be well worth it and something that will be usable as a whole to many games in the future.

If you wish to take a look at the progress here are a few links to get you started:

RPGAttitude

Underdark Campaign Setting - Lake of Spires: Maps