tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39304631442990164422011-12-06T06:39:31.714-05:00Including NEW blog description (hint: this is it!)flobinoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930463144299016442.post-66614848116611436492010-09-22T12:15:00.000-04:002010-09-22T12:15:00.418-04:00

A few reasons I'm starting a new blog and discontinuing this one.  One is that blogger.com recently allowed me to use my main account on blogger instead of my secondary account for google services that haven't been updated for custom domain accounts.  Another is a bit of a bad taste in my mouth from the results while having this blog.flobi.com location.  Also, I made a new layout that I like

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Hollow Matrix was a brilliant place (formerly known as Broadie Car Park).  It was a place where web developers gathered to share brilliant ideas, to help each other through development blocks, and to just find friendships.  It was also a place of violent drama.  A place I wouldn't send my daughter in the dead of night. But all in all, it was a home to me for a decent portion of my life.  But,

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Though I have not filed a Actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia catholica, it should be clear to many that I have left the Catholic Church. None in the Church has yet ask me why I have left (which is a matter of curiosity and some concern to me), however, I feel it is good to let these things be known. I should start at the beginning to tell what caused me to question the Catholic Church.

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In my endeavor to understand "The Trinity," I can kinda imagine it like, let's say I wrote (suspension of disbelief, guys) a mod ("modification" for those non-sims fans) for The Sims (a video game) where the sims (virtual "sim"ulated people in this game) had souls and free will and I were to make a special sim whose actions came entirely from my input (keyboard, mouse, etc.) and I felt everything

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Just found an old storefront I made a long time ago when my site logo was an eye (which I designed personally). You can buy items here with that logo. Maybe I'll update it with some other stuff, like my current logo or something at some point. The store name is: Just Some Stuff

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I just wanted to mention that I moved the sims 3 forum to sims.flobi.com yesterday. The blog will remain at blog.flobi.com, but the main site will redirect. So anyone who was looking for the forum can find it over there.

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I created a new in-game item for The Sims 3. Here are some screen shots: (It's the shirt in each image.) To download these stencils and for more information, look here: http://www.flobi.com/forum/downloads/stencils/sims-3-logo-stencil

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Okay, this post is majorly edited because the previous tutorial I made had a flaw. I made a new tutorial and am publishing it here in two versions: Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.This tutorial is for making patterns to import into The Sims 3 using Paint Shop Pro, Sims 3 Workshop and NVidia's DDS plugin for PhotoShop.As an added bonus, there is a free The Sims 3 pattern to

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When you ask "who is that?" You expect to hear information about that person's present or past. "He's a computer programmer born in Kansas City, MO. Last time I saw him, he was leaving his office with a green plumbob hanging over his head." You expect to hear things about his personality, "He's a bit quirky, and a computer geek." And, perhaps something about his goals, "He wants to start a

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Wow, twice in one week. I'm looking like I'm on a roll! There's nothing like a blue screen of death. Again I was lucky that I had saved everything. Of course, I am in the habit of saving a LOT. I usually save stuff once every minute or two when I am developing websites. This is mainly because I save then view in a different application. And this time, it was a full BLUE screen of death,

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I just thought anyone who likes blue screens of death might want to see my recent one. It happened yesterday right before leaving work. Luckily, I had just saved all my files and I did not loose anything but time. I did find that there was an anomaly this time as one of the monitors showed a pink rectangle. I think it was a rendering issue with the graphics card or the monitor. Either that

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There were two men who lived in the same city. One was a kind man, well liked by those who knew him. The other was a known criminal. Though they had never met and were not closely related, they did have the same name and the same surname. Books are likened unto this, as you should not presume upon one by its name. Jesus spoke a lot in relation to what is recorded in the Gospels; (thankfully,

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Powerserve InternationalFitness ChampionshipMay 2008:MikeJun 2008:flobiJul 2008:flobi(2nd win)Aug 2009:JeffSep 2008:Mike(2nd win)Nov 2008:MarkDec 2008:Mark(2nd win)Jan 2009:flobi(3rd win)Feb 2009:ScottMar 2009:nobodyApr 2009:flobi(4th win)May 2009:flobi(5th win)As you can see, I am, once again, Powerserve International Fitness Champion! I wish I had my eyes open in the picture, but anyways. I

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Apparently I've lost my "Most likely to go postal" status at work. Jeff, the boss-guy who originally bestowed this beloved honor on me has stolen it from me and given it to this guy:

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I am soooo busy lately. No time to post. No time to think of something to post. If you want to know my status, check facebook. (Edit: apparently no time for spellcheck either.)

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I was playing with a South Park character maker, and figured I'd share myself.

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The newest picture of me. I guess all that exercise really paid off. (Origs: Me, Scott)

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If anything will make someone dislike cigarettes, it's the process of quitting smoking. Granted, I still crave cigarettes...I'm still addicted to them. But I hate them. Obviously, I wish I never started smoking.

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"What is your answer to someone who believes truth to be relative?" (From discussion group on facebook.com.) I hope you don't mind me responding to some of your comments. The thread seems to be progressing very slowly. I obviously couldn't extrapolate on Father Johnny's comments as I wouldn't know where he would go with them, but hopefully my comments will still add something useful. Please

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Below is a post I made in a forum previously. I thought it was pretty good and so I'm pasting it in here too. There are essentially two types of evil (per the dictionary definition of "evil"), suffering and immorality. Suffering is a consequence of immorality (hence both have ultimately the same source). Immorality is any disobedience to God. All immorality is a decision because we are capable

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Aaargh. I'm trying to put a ReCAPTCHA on my forum and it's not cooperating. I'd love to help with the scanning of books and all, but they want to execute javascript on a page that is being generated by javascript. It's all very difficult.

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These are just some sketches my daughter Allison made on my iPod the other day (Note: I removed Sketch by Allison (2) because it wasn't finished, but I still think it's good, so I'll just leave a link). I think they are great. She's actually better than this, it's just that the sketch programs on the iPod aren't all that easy for a 7 year old to use. It's also probable that they weren't

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Something happened to me yesterday morning that I feel I need to share. Though I frequently have very vivid dreams that often hold meaning for me, my dream yesterday morning was quite different than my normal dreams. Usually my dreams are reasonably lengthy and vague in purpose, but this one was short and pointed and I feel it was probably a vision from God, not just a normal dream. In my vision

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It seems that I've been voted. Jeff, one of the top dogs at the company and a Christian friend who I work with, has done a survey and it appears that there's general consensus that I'm the one voted most likely to go postal. They say it is my appearance and mindset (which seem to be quite different than most others). I think this is totally hilarious. I think part of it is that with my long

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Wonderful news. Apple finally decided to fix (or replace) my iPod. It took three times sending it to them and three weeks without my iPod, but finally I am going to have a working iPod again!Update 2008-10-24:It appears that whatever they're doing, they're shipping it from Shanghai (China) which is the same place they shipped my original. Must be a new or refurbished one. I'm glad that I

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