LVTC has moved

I have migrated LVTC to a new domain and software. You can now find LVTC by going to http://blog.coreyganser.com. I have setup a redirect on this site so you will be redirected shortly. I updated my feed so that if you subscribe to LVTC you will still continue to received updates. Enjoy the new site.

SketchUp - Poor man's CAD

I ran into SketchUp today which is a 3d model software. Really easy to use and a lot of fun to mess around with. Here is a house I did in it in about 4 min.
This is a great tool for laying out a room, designing an addition, or messing around on a lazy Saturday :)

Awesome weblebrity music video by Weezer

Check this out...so many weblebrities:

How to get a website look to your MindTouch Deki deployment

A lot of people are using Deki as a CMS. It is easy to manage, easy to update, and powerful with the extensions. I used Deki for my brother's site that focuses on his performance art: http://www.troyganser.com. If you look at the site you'll notice that it looks like a normal website. I was able to easily create this using the CSS overrides for Deki which are found in the control panel under Visual Settings. Below is the code that you would post in your CSS site Styles override. Something to notice is that this will remove all of links to the login pages so to login append your url with /Special:Userlogin. Disclaimer: This isn't a perfect implementation of the CSS but it will get your wiki looking like a website fast. For a more professional implementation look at Deki CMS.

html body div.header div.mast,
html body div.header div.mastPre,
html body div.header div.mastPost {
       display:none;
}
html body div.body div.page div.pageBar {
           display:none;
}

html body.user-loggedin div.body div.page div.pageBar {
           display:block;
}


html body div.body div.page div.gallery, html body div.body div.page div.file, html body div.body div.page div#comments, html body div.body div.page div.pageInfo {
display:none;
}

html body.user-loggedin div.body div.page div.gallery, html body div.body div.page div.file, html body div.body div.page div#comments, html body div.body div.page div.pageInfo {
   display:block;
}

html body.user-loggedin div.body div.page div.gallery, html body div.body div.page div.file, html body div.body div.page div#comments, html body div.body div.page div.pageInfo {
display:block;
}


html body div.body div.page div.gallery, html body div.body div.page div.file, html body div.body div.page div#comments, html body div.body div.page div.pageInfo {
display:none;
}

html body div.header div.siteNav #siteNavTree {display:none;}
html body.user-loggedin div.header div.siteNav #siteNavTree {display:block;}


html body div.header div.mastPre, html body div.header div.userAuthPre, html body div.header div.navPre {
display:none;
}
html body div.header div.mastPost, html body div.header div.userAuthPost, html body div.header div.navPost {
}

html body div.header div.mastPost, html body div.header div.userAuthPost, html body div.header div.navPost {
display:none;
}

html body div.header div.siteNav div.userAuth {
display:none;
}

html body div.body div.bodyHeader div.post {
background-image:url(none);
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}

html body div.body div.bodyHeader div.pre {
background-image:url(none);
}

html body div.body div.siteNav {
display:none;
}
html body.user-loggedin div.body div.siteNav {
display:block;
}

New URL Same Great Blog

A weekend ago I decided to buy coreyganser.com so that I can have a site to link to from my blog when I do documentation and so that I have a smaller url for my blog. You can now reach my blog by going to http://blog.coreyganser.com. For all you people out there that have diligently entered livingvicariouslythroughcorey.blogspot.com, thank you for your persistence and support. Nothing will change with the blogs content except that I may make it shorter and reference info on my main site coreyganser.com, which btw is running Mindtouch Deki Wiki.

Recap on Memorial Weekend

This was a sweet weekend to play catchup. I completed a big project of transfering 10 Mini DV tapes to DVD. I documented it on my new wiki that is under construction right now(ignore the background for now...still messing around with it :) ). Pam and I drove around a bit too and went to the beach...it was a good relaxing weekend. Ready to jump back into work.

My iPod froze...

My iPod froze today right when I went to start my workout. It was very frustrating. So I cut my workout short and came back up to my place to figure out how to fixe it. I used the following page at Zolved to fix it. A very handy resource to have. Check it out.

Get RSS notifications of keywords in Twitter

Have you ever wanted to see if people were mentioning your product or company on twitter but don't have time to run tweetscan every hour. Use Summize. Summize is a very easy to use Twitter search engine that kicks out an RSS feed so that you can receive notificaitons anytime someone mentions anything that matches your search. This was rrecently integrated as part of Get Satisfied which ties in this component to your company profile to be site that focuses on the Customer Service aspect of the company.