Knots

• I got some new books for the holiday… One of them is The Ashley Book of Knots (Amazon link) published in 1944 by Clifford W. Ashley. Consider this the grand-daddy of knot tying volumes. It’s definitely a reference for any application that you can possibly think of (it even includes necktie knots). I had some 550 paracord that’s been kicking around, so I tried my hand at some of the decorative things. Below is a ‘Carrick Mat.’ It’s a very relaxing thing to do.

I have a coaster now.

Club Websites

• Also, I spent part of my semester designing a new website for one of my clubs, Order of the Golden Lion. Unfortunately, TCNJ hosting has just about every php function disabled (upload, gd library, you name it), and they use postgreSQL. The design isn’t built from scratch (no time, and others know better), and is not as pretty as MTW’s Asian American Homepage, but it works well enough. It uses Drupal, which is a different approach to Content Management Systems than Wordpress is… think Wordpress stripped down to nothing, and it’s up to you which modules (read: plugins) to install. The grand plan is to roll out some package of Drupal for the school so club websites are better.

Standards!? Who needs standards?

• RJ3Labs is now fully w3c compliant! Wooooo! Thanks goes out to the creators of this theme. Also, check the links pages for some new things.
• New CAPTCHA to catch evil spambots.

Upcoming Events

• You should all go see my buddy Vegas Lancaster doing his comedy thing in NYC at the Triad Theater on January 19th. Check the website for details.

Stay Tuned!

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