New Host

11/18/07 10:51 pm

I haven't been updating lately because I haven't been able to - I had completely run out of disk space, and the site was down a few times because of it too. But, if you're seeing this update, then you're seeing the site on its new host, where there'll be plenty of space and plenty of bandwidth! Hurrah! So... hopefully there'll be new content... somewhat soon.

There's also this game though, called Super Mario Galaxy... It rocks. I should have a rather more thorough opinion of it posted soon over at TwiddleGeek.com. Also recently completed Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations, if you'd like to know what I thought about it.

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You Solve One Problem, Find Another

10/21/07 2:20 pm

My PC is up and running again with a replacement power supply! All was going swell until I found my site in disarray this morning, apparently caused by inability to access its database, which itself was caused by the site having exceeded its disc space quota with my host. After deleting some unnecessary files, I got under quota again and the problem resolved itself. That's quite the temporary fix, however.

It's not yet at the point where I have to say, "I can't update anymore for lack of space," and even if it were, such an announcement would also be only temporary until I can migrate to a new host. I'll certainly be looking into it in the meantime...

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The System is Down

10/08/07 2:38 pm

Recently my PC decided it did not want to turn back on after being turned off one night. And while I still have a perfectly functional laptop, the PC is my primary machine and thus houses my most relevant files. I think the drives are okay though. In any case, it'll be needing parts and labor before it's up and running again... "but we can rebuild it!" Less explodie.

In the meantime I've got my laptop hooked in to my widescreen TV and quadraphonic speakers for what I think is a pretty sweet little set up.

Edit: Ha, apparently I'm lucky that my PC's power supply lasted as long as it did (mine's about four years old... ancient really, in computer years, but this is the first serious problem that's afflicted it). But this leads me to believe for sure that the power supply is indeed what's wrong with it, and that swapping it out should fix things. I've ordered a new one that should get to me next week...

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Freedom to Add New Features

07/04/07 7:44 am

Happy 4th of July! Today I'm rolling out what I hope will get bigger and better with time: a WordPress themes section! For now there's just one, and it's probably pretty amateur compared to others. ^^; For me it was more of a learning experience than an attempt to make a killer theme, and indeed I learned a lot. Oh yes, here's a preview shot:

You can grab it if you like, from the Themes section that will, for now, be listed under the Misc Pages header in the left hand column of the page. The section itself is rather rudimentary, but like I said, it's a start - I'll expand on it when the need comes ^^;

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Just Because You Can't See it...

03/16/07 5:57 am

A little note about the comment forms - when you submit a comment, it goes through a word filter that picks out swear words, potentially malicious html, and the names of popular prescription drugs, among other things. If it finds a blatant excess of such words, your comment will be rejected. If there's just one or a few however, your comment is accepted, but won't show up on the site until I've looked it over and approved it. Lately there have been a couple of repeat submissions of comments, presumably for this reason that they're not showing up immediately. Particularly, the term "Code Geass" gets caught because the filter sees its last three letters as a swear word.

Yeeeah, I really ought to explain this stuff where it's more relevant; like, on the comment form itself, perhaps. This is one of the many "little things" I want to touch up on the site, but have not for lack of time and organization. The plan is to remedy such things over spring break. In the meantime, consider me a basket case.

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Anniversary

01/12/07 6:31 pm

Today is the site's six year anniversary! I'd serve cake, but, that's rather hard to do on the internet. I've posted several finished request skins, including Takuto, Axel and Impmon, and the two Ajikan skins as well. Some of the next subjects on the chopping block* include Hitsugaya, Haseo [that super cool version of him from volume three of GU], and Tabby [also from GU... and that awful awful .hack//Roots anime]. Oh yes, and that Twilight Princess Modern from a few posts ago [I'll often have up to six Classic skins in progress at any given time, but one at a time is the limit on Moderns ^^;].

*Skins mentioned in Updates are subject to cancellation without prior notice.

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Attention Duelists!

01/03/07 8:36 am

The Firefox-related skin downloading issues should be fixed now, thanks to a suggestion from a certain... hmm... geek (*cough*). I wouldn't have bothered making a post about this, except that in a previous post I said to right-click the Download link if you were having trouble. Well, that's not going to work anymore, so, please don't do it ^^;

Skins mentioned in the previous post [and then some] are still on their way. And remember folks, the comment forms are not just for Rirath* - they're free for all of you to utilize! :D Thanks to those of you who have used them though :)

*I plug your site like, every other post nowadays...

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SpaceCatSamba v.6

12/16/06 2:00 pm

So this is why I haven't been updating for the last couple of weeks (well, also because I had final exams for fall quarter). Welcome to the sixth rendition of SpaceCatSamba.com!

New Site Features:

• Quick n' Easy Skin Nav : Skin menu on all pages.
• Archives : News posts are now being archived; this is in part for the sake of having an Archive, but also because I've done away with my blog and will be making blog-esque posts on the front page when I feel like it.
• Comments : You can now leave comments on both news posts and skins.
• Guestbook : Leave a message.

I've tested out the layout on Windows in Firefox 2.0, MSIE 6 and 7. As far as my traffic log tells me, those are the only browsers worth supporting for my audience. If errors are found, please email me about it.

Also for the occassion, I've released eight new skins for the following categories: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Legend of Zelda, Digimon Savers, Ouran Host Club, Final Fantasy XII and One Piece. Enjoy~

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Fox Bug and Hotlinking

11/29/06 3:57 am

Good day, viewers! I am not updating lately because it's the end of Fall Quarter at school, and I've exams and projects to deal with. But expect a big update sometime around two weeks from now. Anyway, there're two things I wanted to address here.

First off, it has been brought to my attention that, when using the most recent version of Firefox, the skin download links produce a page of gibberish when clicked, rather than properly downloading the skin. If you're encountering this problem, simply right-click on the "Download" link and select "Save Link As" to save the skin to your computer. I don't see this error happening on IE, but if it does, do the same thing (except in IE the option is called "Save Target As").

Secondly, lately my site's bandwidth consumption has skyrocketed beyond reasonable proportion to my site's traffic. You know what that means: hotlinking! So I've disabled image and skin linking outside of my domain - if you were linking an image of mine and it's disappeared now, that's why. You know, I really don't mind if my images are used, so long as you don't hotlink them, and put a credit link back to my site if you would.

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Hiatus

07/07/06 4:29 am

As mentioned in a previous post, I will be going to the PROC for about a month to teach English. And once I return, I will be in a busy fit to find a new apartment for the coming school year. So, the site will be on hiatus until mid-August or later. It's not impossible that I might add something or other between now and then, just unlikely. Have a nice summer and come back in fall :)

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