Apr/100
Launching a new forum
I am launching a small forum for based around some of my interest. It’s an Anime, Sci-Fi and Gaming forum. I am not expecting it to be a huge success but I am hoping that it will get some activity. It’s powered by phpBB for now as it is probably one of the better free forum software besides the 2 main paid ones, Invision Power Boards and vBulletin.
I will slowly start adding modifications to make the forum more functional and perhaps design a theme for it to make it more unique. But right now I am focusing more on school.
Jul/090
Fixed the domain issue
I’m surprised I hadn’t noticed this before, it’s probably because I’ve been used to entering the domain without the “www” in it.
The problem was when you entered the domain (i.e. www.danielmak.net) the config file had a line that replaced the “www” to a double quote (“) which caused the css not to load properly. I commented out the line and everything was resolved. haha
Apr/090
danielmak.ca
I have bought and set up danielmak.ca to point to this blog. So now there are 3 different domains that point here! 
Apr/090
danielmak.com now registered!
I have convinced myself to have multiple domain names. danielmak.net just wasn’t enough I suppose. danielmak.com was available so I decided to jump at the opportunity to buy it.
danielmak.com and danielmak.net now points to the same place! my hosting package from mxhub only allows for 1 additional domain. I would have gotten danielmak.ca as well if I could. Oh well.
Just thought I’d post this 
Feb/090
IE Issue resolved
There was an issue which only affected IE apparently that caused the thickbox to activate prematurely causing it to be black on the top half of the page. The issue only affected Internet Explorer user which I do not use anymore, hence I had no idea there was even one until someone told me. lol
The issue has since been resolved! Maybe next time I’ll test it with Internet Explorer as well. I mainly use either Mozilla FIrefox or Google Chrome and occasionally Safari. I have long since stopped using Internet Explorer and do no plan on going back. I recommend people switching away from Internet Explorer for a better browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Mac users should use either Firefox or Safari, Internet Explorer is not available to Mac users so that isn’t an issue.
Feb/092
Some site updates
I changed themes again! I don’t make my themes since I’m not creative enough to do so. So instead I download themes off the internet like alot of people. Hopefully with time, customize it to be slightly more unique?
I have also started using widgets in place of hard coding sidebar items, which is more handy than I first though. There is a wall if you notice on the sidebar. Write on it!
I have also added a few more plugins and will be doing as I come across new cool plugins. I will also be going through old pages and making revisions on them and doing the much needing updates to make sure they are up to date. All the plugins are update to date, finally!
Sep/080
Remote Desktop Support
Today I helped a friend of a friend with a computer issue they were having. Having almost ran out of options I remembered a cool utility I’ve been meaning to try out. It’s called logmein rescue. It’s an application that allows other users who needs computer problem to download the client app and directly connect you to me so I can help you, if I am online and available to give support.
I have decided to devote some of my time to helping people in need (computer issues only please. hehe) but this is simply an experiment hopefully it will succeed and I can make a little revenue off this experiment. Right now it’s free of charge, but donations as always are highly appreciated. I currently offer support on Windows based machines as well as Mac OSX based if necessary.
If you need computer help it’s as easy as filling out the form in the sidebar. If I’m not online you will be directed to the offline page. Unfortunately, since it’s a 1 man team right now I will be hard to coordinate a solid time table on when I can help and when I will be unavailable to help. But during the times I’m in from of my computer I will try my best to help. Private sessions are also available. Just drop by an email and I will get back with a set time period.
Jul/084
A few updates to the site
First of all, wordpress has been updated to 2.6 as it just came out today.
Right after updating a crap load of updates were available for the plugins I installed. So thanks to the auto update thing, the update process went smoothly. I also decided to re-install a subscribe plugin, the same one I used before, just didn’t bother with it much in the past. I went through some extensive editing to the email template to make it match this site, and it turned out quite well, not perfect, quite well. lol
I read through the new features of wordpress 2.6, and I am pretty impressed of the new stuff it has. I didn’t know Wordpress has a built in Gallery until last version. Though I think I’ll stick with NexGen gallery since it’s already installed. I also noticed that wordpress has built in avatar support, The Turbo setting, which im currently not using right now but I might. They finally decided to add Theme preview as a function. Now I don’t have to activate the theme to see how it would look on my blog! 
Post revision is also a neat little feature.
There’s also this Press This feature that looks like it’s pretty cool. Gonna have to try that out someone. It’s suppose to be able to make a blog on the page you are currently viewing. lol
On other news, I finally got my hands on an iPhone 3g!! 16GB Black. I shall do some kind of mini review on it sometime next week after I play with it a bit. So far first impressions of the phone is quite good. The headphones that are included acts as both a media headphone and handsfree headset, tho wired, not wireless. OH well.
Jun/080
New Theme
I decided to change the theme. I kinda like this theme, it’s called the CMS2 WP Theme. Its simple and is a light skin. Now to start working making sure all the plugins work in the new theme.
Jun/080
iPod Touch and iPhone support
I got bored and the plugin was available for it. My site is now iPod Touch/iPhone friendly.
hehe