Ryan Prins' Blog

24 The Game: Trailer – I don’t know what to think about this, but I hope the game doesn’t suck.

All is better now since the news broke about the ad issue. Matt has responded to the situation and it all is simply innocent. The link is back at the bottom and the /articles are no longer on the WordPress site.

Ryan Jacket – It bears my name and looks cool. Do I need any more reason to get this?

Well, I have finally submitted my federal taxes as well as my state taxes for Minnesota. It was really painless to use e-file. This is the second year that I have done my taxes this way. E-file is one use of technology that I think really makes something easier. But, now that both of my filings have been accepted, I want to print off the PDF copies of my paperwork. I have the copies from last year and you should always keep a paper copy for your records. However, when I tried to get the PDF, which is embedded in the webpage *shakes fist*, my web browser frose. Yup, I got Firefox to freeze. So, I decided to use Internet Explorer to see if that would work. I only did this knowing that it had better embedded PDF support. The almighty IE should work, right?

Well… I was wrong. I crashed both of them on my PC. So, onto my Mac to save the day. Yup, my Powerbook has the paperwork on it since my PC can’t handle it. I used to be annoyed at the way OS X handled PDFs. I guess, for today, it saved me the hassle of finding yet another alternative to getting the paperwork for my tax filings. Now I can rest knowing that I have copies. I guess the only next best thing is knowing that I wouldn’t need them in the future.

Transparent Backgrounds – This is pretty trippy.

Well, as you can see I’ve updated the template on my site. I’ve been mulling over a new design for over a month now and I’ve recently had the time to pound this sucker out. Not bad for two day’s work. But, with that said, I’m sure that because I’ve done it in 2 days that there are some issues with it. I might do a write up about it at a later time. Who knows?! Other than that, enjoy!

Also, the top image is from the trip that I took to Crystal Mountain in 2004.

AJAX on Rails – Now there is native support for AJAX in Ruby on Rails.