One Project down (almost) - One Million to go

[llasram]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Ad? What ad? All I see is the PNG.

Are you also running something which scrubs your referrers? It looks like they're preventing hot-linking by checking to see if the referrer is some site other than theirs, and if it is, replace the requested image with the ad. I'd say nekokami sees the correct image because it was already in her cache. You... well, if you don't have it in your cache for some reason, and aren't scrubbing referrers, then you are just magical! *abracadabra!*

For what it's worth, I'm able to get it to work correctly by opening just the image URI directly in my browser then doing a force-refresh (Ctrl-Shift-R). Now it's in my cache and I see nekokami rimshooting with vengeance, although that's obviously not a long-term fix.

-Marshall

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

Is there a way to change the font size on that message? My eyes are too old to read it.

Good job!

i was wondering if it could be backlit.



(i might steal that idea from you. i like chalkboards. then again, dusty... maybe not.)

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by llasram

You... well, if you don't have it in your cache for some reason, and aren't scrubbing referrers, then you are just magical! *abracadabra!*

i think that is the only logical conclusion. there's plenty of evidence for it elsewhere as well.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i was wondering if it could be backlit.

Can you listen to mp3's on it?

Cheers,
Marc

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Rather than getting any animated PNG, some of are simply getting a png that says "emotty.com FREE EMOTICONS". It looks like this:



As you can (hopefully) see, it's just a plain, old PNG "ad"vertising what I assume is the host for the "free emoticon" you and Neko are seeing.

Ahhhh, okay. Go to the Mozilla Add-ons site and install the Stylish add-on.

Then go to the UserStyles site, and install the Ad-blocking FiltersetP style in Stylish.

Stylish lets you run custom CSS on arbitrary pages, sites, domains, or globally in Firefox/Thunderbird. FiltersetP is custom CSS (also used in the AdBlock Plus add-on) that defines elements that are ads and tells FF not to render them.

Then go back and have another look at the animated emoticon.
______
Dennis

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

RM.........that looks really neat!

Originally Posted by nekokami

Cool!

(But how does it sync with your PDA? )

Wow .... I must say, when I saw there were 19 responses to this post, my immediate thought was "Well, you can pretty much bet they have NOTHING to do with the chalkboard door." Do I know you guys or what??

To DG: Thank you!! The red is the same color I painted the kitchen island. Most of the other cabinets are black or creamy white. I think it's going to look good when it's all done.

To nekochan: It has a usb port hidden in the chalk ledge, you goose.

[Sparrow]

It's a lovely chalkboard door .
Touches like that really add character to a home imho.

But how do you wipe it clean? (I notice there is a curtain hanging temptingly close).

[nekokami]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

To nekochan: It has a usb port hidden in the chalk ledge, you goose.

Oh. <disappointed> I thought maybe it had Bluetooth....

ANYway, did you use chalkboard paint, or embed a piece of chalkboard material? Not slate, I imagine? And did you use magnetic paint for the magnetic section?

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

It's a lovely chalkboard door .
Touches like that really add character to a home imho.

But how do you wipe it clean? (I notice there is a curtain hanging temptingly close).

It wipes clean beautifully with just a moist cloth.

Originally Posted by nekokami

Oh. <disappointed> I thought maybe it had Bluetooth....

ANYway, did you use chalkboard paint, or embed a piece of chalkboard material? Not slate, I imagine? And did you use magnetic paint for the magnetic section?

No ... it's chalkboard paint on the door with a magnetic stick-on strip around the edge (painted with the chalkboard paint to match), and then a separate recycled magnetic board mounted with 3M strips up high. (I have some magnets that I really love, but if I put them anywhere the cats can reach ... they knock them down to play with them).

And ... no bluetooth.

[RWood]

Ricky, we need to have some work done in our kitchen and family room, since lawyers generally charge less than painters, when will you be in the DC area?

It looks great!

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by RWood

Ricky, we need to have some work done in our kitchen and family room, since lawyers generally charge less than painters, when will you be in the DC area?

It looks great!

I try to get to D.C. every few years. Today I took a small break from sealing the floors in order to paint the kitchen stepstool and a few of the plastic boxes (in which I keep things I wish to keep clean, dry and pee-free).

Also got a nice (red) clock for the kitchen, which is now mounted above the chalkboard.

I'm having a hell of a time getting the kitchen cabinets finished. One thing is the stripped screws (and the screw tap hasn't arrived yet), but the main problem is that Kevin (my teenage kitty) keeps trying to bite me while I'm painting. He's just playing, but it's really hard to paint while having your wrists and elbows munched on.

And ... it's 100 degrees outside yet again. I have to do a lot of the painting (the spray stuff anyway) outside because of the fumes ... and it's almost too hot to breathe.

[nekokami]

I hear you on the magnets as cat toys.

Don't forget to breathe! Breathing is very important!

(What? Has no one else seen The Karate Kid?)

[UncleDuke]

painted cats are a hoot
the green one on top of the blue one looks frisky

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by UncleDuke

painted cats are a hoot
the green one on top of the blue one looks frisky

OK .... how did green and blue paints get into the mix??? I know I didn't purchase either green or blue paint.

Just black, cream, red, and a few metallics.

[Taylor514ce]

Originally Posted by nekokami

Giant ad? Am I advertising a giant somewhere???

Today I drove by a sign that read "Huge Kids Sale".

Various thoughts ran through my head, about the pros and cons of having a Huge Kid. The cost/benefit analysis finally centered around "feed" vs. "never mowing the lawn again".