tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71518797454057353842024-03-12T23:10:40.025-05:00Mike Kuykendall"As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish."
-DemosthenesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-72885255308893463762015-04-27T11:18:00.000-05:002015-04-27T11:18:11.589-05:00Easy jQuery Vector Map onRegionOver to Exclude Regions
Because the Internet doesn't have it yet, here's an easy way to exclude a region from jQuery's popular Vector Maps plugin without excessive code;
onRegionOver:function(event, code, region){ if(code !== 'tx' && code !== 'hi' && code !== 'ca' && code !== 'ut') { &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-40875632400183549512014-09-16T12:42:00.001-05:002014-09-16T12:42:29.541-05:00Advice from a Successful Kickstarter Novelist: Don't Use Kickstarter! That's right, I said it. And I successfully Kickstarted my first novel, Kali - Destroyer of Worlds.
Nevertheless, my advice to aspiring novelists is this: just don't do it.
So why would I, an aspiring author who succeeded at it, tell others to avoid crowdfunding their work through sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo? Because I feel that paints an unfair Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-75772706621883532712014-09-13T11:52:00.003-05:002014-09-13T11:52:27.871-05:00Excerpt from KALI - Destroyer of Worlds"Pete did the duty, like he always did, but his heart was gone. He felt like there was a hole inside him, a black thing that absorbed his ability to feel. It was all so much; too much. The more he thought of everything, the more he longed for it all to end.
They didn’t have long. Even if the crew tampered with the atmosphere mix and used drugs, eventually the limited food stores would give out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-21215870973434703742014-09-05T20:28:00.000-05:002014-09-05T20:28:31.937-05:00KALI has ARISENMy new novel Kali - Destroyer of Worlds is available on Amazon and Kindle now. Here's an excerpt;
Seeing the face in the window had changed Tina’s outlook on things, she realized. She cared less about the boys, less even about the cop and whether or not he was a sociopath, or even a real cop; the idea this face represented something she had no frame of reference for whatsoever had Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-12016275282143511422013-09-07T07:50:00.005-05:002013-09-07T07:51:24.132-05:00Kali- Destroyer of Worlds: a dystopian horror/scifi novelGo support my new Kickstarter project–Kali- Destroyer of Worlds
A gamma ray burst starts civilization crumbling, and a twelve year old girl must embrace her inner darkness to survive.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-16824188038103673212012-09-23T11:12:00.006-05:002012-09-23T11:12:52.362-05:00A Question for Potential Republican VotersWhat if these guys don't know as much as they make out, and end up as clueless and inept at governing as Bush was?
Would it have been worth it to crash our economy so a few billionaires can have a lower tax rate?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-82896009841636125192012-07-01T09:33:00.004-05:002012-07-01T16:18:12.229-05:00Twisted RadicalismJust recently someone near and dear to me called me a "twisted radical." Ever since then it has been eating at me, that label, and I thought I'd address it here.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized there's nothing twisted or radical about my beliefs, just their interpretation in the wider world and in the media. As a liberal progressive, I find this list to be pretty conclusive Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-38508095711117869552012-04-16T17:34:00.000-05:002012-04-16T17:34:24.364-05:00New Rule for 2012Thinking of a new rule for talking politics this year--in order to even begin you MUST be able to name three news sources you read/watch daily, and none of them can be a 24 hour news station.
Proviso: CSPAN (or any of its spawn) = on the allowed list.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-19504791858889875012012-03-03T08:48:00.000-06:002012-03-03T08:48:52.390-06:00Conservatives Need to Face FactsHere's a few facts that are irrefutable, and the sooner the conservative political movement in America understands them, the better;
1. Woman are people, too. Trying to bar contraceptive coverage while still covering Viagra, and using moral grounds to do so, just makes your misogyny plain for all the rest of us to see.
2. Gay people are people, also, and should have every right Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-62395548406012117522012-01-12T17:41:00.001-06:002012-01-12T21:10:54.417-06:00One More RantIf you're the douche who spoofed my old blog, <finger>
If you're the guy who is still linked to me now, I just wanted to point out that a reverse DNS lookup is elementary for a developer, and lawyers abound. Long story short, sniff around elsewhere, vulture.
That is all.
UPDATE: Worked once, my friend, won't work twice. Who are you, my Moriarty?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-82595079639660985762012-01-12T17:25:00.003-06:002012-01-12T17:25:21.325-06:00Hey, AssholesI was right.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-79790462616102796812012-01-12T17:19:00.000-06:002012-01-12T17:19:26.863-06:00Yikes.I was watching the Right disembowel Newt on TPM when I heard a caller referenced there on CSPAN state that "Jesus wasn't a socialist."
Yikes.
Hint: Matthew Chapter 25, verses 42-45. And that's from one of the most militant atheists you'll ever meet.
(I know their damned book better than they do, apparently. Maybe I should start a new, revised version of Christianity, without the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-74431081817273836352012-01-05T17:48:00.000-06:002012-01-05T17:48:06.158-06:00Obama Recess Appoints Despite Lack of RecessBallsy, though the argument is made clear by the Senate's actions; by expecting supermajorities for everything and blocking routine government appointments (citing ideological problems with government itself) then holding bullshit pro-forma sessions with the explicit purpose of permanently depriving the President of a Consitutionally-endowed authority. Via NY Times;
“The president has Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-20423475437695026722012-01-02T15:46:00.001-06:002012-01-02T15:47:39.836-06:00Scifi Screenshot O' The DayBooyap.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-45000715018266724822011-12-21T17:20:00.000-06:002011-12-21T17:20:54.290-06:00Things I HateFor anyone listening;
1. Things on the internet that grab my mouse and/or slow it down. Fuck that.
2. Deceptive development practices, like trying to funnel legitimate traffic by hiding the true path forward or obscuring it. Like a 6 point font light-grey link in the footer. WTF?
That's a start. Will update as things piss me off.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-27229779995625895362011-12-14T20:52:00.000-06:002011-12-14T20:57:39.823-06:00Scifi Screenshot O' the NightAnother'n, and no bitching. I've been working my ass off lately.
If I have to pull this blog over, so help me god. I mean it.
Atlantis, of course.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-32702858574080453702011-12-11T10:19:00.000-06:002011-12-11T10:40:03.572-06:00Scifi Screenshot O' the DayMore Daedulus space porn, I just can't help myself;
Sooner or later I will make it through Atlantis and move on to other fare. Until then, suck it up.
CORRECTION: The Apollo, thankyouverymuch.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-20589519097405252712011-12-03T14:46:00.000-06:002011-12-03T14:47:20.530-06:00The End of Private InsurersThe Obamacare "bomb" has gone off, unbeknownst to most of the public.
Here's the skinny, and why it is good for us as a nation (and from Forbes magazine, no less);
If you believe that the end of private, for-profit health insurance is some type of nefarious step towards a socialist society, then you might want to attend church this Sunday to mourn the loss of health insurers being able to worm Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-44101092933278774332011-11-27T10:16:00.000-06:002011-11-27T10:17:58.503-06:00Quote of the DayTom Hardy, on playing Bane in the new Batman movie (via Deadline);
It’s just about carnage with Bane. He’s a smashing machine. He’s a wrecking ball. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed, it’s nasty. Anything from small joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-10303244477278263952011-11-27T09:20:00.001-06:002011-11-27T09:33:31.888-06:00Scifi Screenshot of the DayGuess this movie;
Here's a hint;
OK if you don't get this one then I am taking your honorary Vulcan ears away;
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-49061956692190624842011-11-26T12:52:00.001-06:002011-11-26T12:53:53.996-06:00Humans Are So CoolWe can do this;
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-45721775981224814402011-11-23T18:55:00.000-06:002011-11-23T19:23:50.645-06:00Medvedev Cites GOP for START Withdrawal TalkNice headline, eh? Think I'm being hyperbolic? Think again (h/t Political Animal);
Medvedev implied that the U.S. Congress was one of the primary obstacles in the negotiations, because some GOP senators are opposed to giving Russia any written assurances that could be seen as "limits" on U.S. missile defense and other GOP senators have called for the system to be directed at Russia.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-15008848807120549902011-11-19T14:06:00.000-06:002011-11-19T14:06:32.762-06:00Screenshot O' the DayI love Stargate Atlantis. Damned good scifi;
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-12573085358944065022011-11-18T15:12:00.000-06:002011-11-18T15:12:26.430-06:00Republicans Simply Have No IdeaGreat catch by the former Carpetbagger, noting todays' balance budget amendment conflicts with the earlier Ryan plan vote;
After going through the roll calls, there are 231 GOP House members who voted for the right-wing budget and voted for the constitutional amendment that would have been the right-wing budget impermissible.In other words, these guys don't know what they're talking about, or, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151879745405735384.post-69890208732928961852011-11-17T12:42:00.000-06:002011-11-17T12:42:45.516-06:00Fairweather GOPHey Herman--ask Sarah Palin how it feels to be the favorite of the fickle GOP primary crowd.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525481615936927736noreply@blogger.com