fuzmeister: Hello Vent

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Long time no see. You're still one sexy looking group of PHP files, old friend.

Mood: Saddened By The Lack of Posts From Others
Music: Ozzy Osbourne - Tonight


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fuzmeister: Vent Tags

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Sometimes, when I get bored or find bugs, I play around with the Vent source a little bit. A while ago, I made it so the view entries tagged with X feature will work with the RSS feed.

Apparently, there was an error (with my code or Brandon's) where the next 5 and previous 5 links on the page (not the RSS feed) did not contain that tag parameter, so navigating through entries effectively got rid of that feature.

Either way, it's fixed now. Enjoy.

Mood: Bored
Music: R.E.M. - Texarkana


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fuzmeister: Post for DudeTall3

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So, I've been using Ventilation since July of 2002 (I remember that because my very first post was after seeing July 4^th fireworks that year). I suppose that's a pretty long time to be using any site. Scrolling down the list of "active" users, I get nostalgic about some of those who have come and gone over the years. Most are people that I haven't even met in real life. In fact, the majority of people who read this post I will probably have never had contact with and probably never real. That's one of the great things about the internet.

One of the lamest things about the internet are flame wars. Now, I'm not going to take sides on any recent events, but it seems that, things have gotten out of hand once again. While, DudeTall3 may have insulted some of the folks here with his first couple political posts or even ruffled some feathers with his religious views, I'm not sure things were handled the best way they possibly could have been.

Again, I'm not trying to be biased (though it would be really easy to be since DudeTall3 is a close friend of mine), but when a user jumps to the conclusion that deleting all their posts and leaving the site forever is the best way to resolve differences, something is messed up. Surely, each of could probably point a finger at another user on here whose made some immature or hurtful comment, but what about that person?

Some of you might attack me and this post stating that I'm taking things too seriously. I actually don't care. I tried to stay out of the "conflicts" that went on between DudeTall3 and everyone here. I'm still not taking sides because I think both sides are kind of silly, but I'm making my viewpoint known that DudeTall3 had every right to post whatever the hell he wanted to here (unless Brandon says otherwise since he is the site's owner) and I don't really see who he was hurting by being here.

Like I said before, I've been a Vent user for years now, but if things are just going to continue to spiral into an elitist closed-community where an average joe can't come to spill his thoughts without being bashed to no end... (I move away from the mic to breathe)... I can't say I want to be a part of Vent anymore.

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire

Mood: Motherly
Music: Cream - As You Said


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fuzmeister: Post for Steam® Users

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It may seem basic, but something like a steamcard module for Vent would add a nice new layer to the personalization of Vent.

I may ok this with Brandon and create it... it'd be pretty easy to do.

Mood: Ambitious
Music: The Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk To Dream


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fuzmeister: The New Vent Last.FM Module!

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I know there aren't many other user of the social music site Last.fm on Vent, but maybe the updated module that Brandon and I worked on today can convince you to get on the grid.

Not only can you see what your favorite Vent users have been rocking out to, but you now get a nifty little album art icon with a link to the album on last.fm (where many albums are fully streamable on-demand).

Anyway, thanks goes out to Brandon for all his help and his keen ability to deal with my PHP n00bness.

Try it out, y'all.

Mood: Elated
Music: The Beatles - You Won't See Me
Browsing: AccuWeather.com - Lemont Furnace, PA - Weather Forecast - Local Weather Forecasts


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