the fake testicle my brother didn’t even know he had

This post is just very slightly inappropriate, and by the end of all of this, you will know way too much about my brother’s business.

So my brother just learned something about himself yesterday after twenty-two years of his life.

Marketing's "We Need Sad Songs" EP is out now.

Probably something you’d want to check out if you’re into indie/electronic music, like sad songs, or want to support local rva music. Pay what you want.

Tagged vcu rva

Posted on September 28, 2012 with 4 notes

Editing a page and admiring the texture of tumblr’s page editor when wait a second

Posted on September 13, 2012 with 1 note

running list of japanese grammar mnemonics!

Based on my work learning Japanese using Dominic O’Brien-esque mnemonics, guidetojapanese.org, and kanjidamage, here’s the list of mnemonics I’m going to use for Japanese grammar. Even if you don’t understand/relate to some of the pop culture references, I figure the logic I use to get to these mnemonics might help you in other ways. This will be updated as I get time to actually work on the language (which is hardly ever).

だ - it is, affirming that it is so - Da is the russian affirmative. Picture a stereotypical russian guy saying “DA.” Easy enough.
げんき - 元気 - pretty much equivalent to the French “ça va?” Used conversationally between two people: “Healthy? Healthy.” - aGAIN, KEEp your KEYs on you if you want to be okay.
じゃない - isn’t - You’re going out with JAN, AYE? NOPE. Absolutely not. Additionally, combination of French “jamais” and German “nein”.
だった - was - It’s kinda creepy that David Tennant ended up marrying someone who WAS his DATTA (daughter? daught’a?) on the show.
じゃなかった - was not - He WAS NOT paying attention to his cat, but thankfully, JAN A-CAUGHT ‘ER. (weak, I know, I’m working on a better one.)
は - topic particle - WAwa is the only SUBJECT that students at William and Mary study. Alternately, imagine that you’re using the particle to clarify for an old man who always says “WAt”. Or… something. Also, remember that HA turns into WA when it’s the particle. It’s too HOT, wait until it becomes WArm.
も - inclusive topic particle - when talking about the three stooges, make sure you INCLUDE MOE.
うん - informal “yeah” - Excuse me, sir, do you have a butt? YEAH, I got ‘UN.
でも - but/however - I’d love to DEMO my computer for you, BUT I have to delete my browser history first.
が - identifier particle - You keep asking why your life is so terrible. THE ONE I’d blame is GAhd (god).
だれ - 誰 - who - WHO DARE question my amazing mnemonic? Alternately, WHO DARE touch my butt?

Posted on September 9, 2012 with 1 note

Adding custom code highlighting to tumblr with highlight.js

Oh, tumblr. Sometimes I have to take a step back and realize that tumblr isn’t, in fact, perfect—too often I expect it to be so. That being said, the first step in this tutorial is to change the mode in which you edit posts. The default is tumblr’s in-house rich text editor, but the editor is simply weak when in comes to properly setting up pre, code, p, and lists. The editor strips user-inputted line breaks in favor of creating separate blocks of whatever you’re using—normally p, but in our case, pre and code. Which just doesn’t work for our purposes.

Step two is to grab your highlight.js code for the style you want.

The next two steps are going to be within the theme itself. First, insert your code. (You’re going to have to replace your “<” and “>” symbols with < and >, respectively.) The version running on my page looks like this:

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://yandex.st/highlightjs/7.1/styles/ir_black.min.css">
<script src="http://yandex.st/highlightjs/7.1/highlight.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
          hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();
    </script>

Lastly, remove all of your code and pre css and replace it with this. You don’t have to use either of these, I just think it makes it look better.

code, pre {overflow: scroll; font-size:0.85em}

Hurray! You’re done! Now go post some pretty code.

Posted on August 24, 2012

Personal (sometimes vulgar) tumblr redesign

Tagged portfolio

Posted on August 19, 2012

/*moves links down to make space*/
div.content { margin-top: 50px } 
/* Announcement sticky */ 
.side h3 { 
/*this code positions the sticky*/ 
position: absolute; display: block; top: 68px; left: 0px; 
/*this code styles the sticky*/ 
background-color: #eff7ff; color: #555; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left; 
margin: 5px; border: 1px solid #cee3f8; border-radius: 8px; 
/*width: 50%;*/ 
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; }

add the code in the sidebar, editing it to fit your needs:

###Please be sure to check the sidebar before submitting!

And that should do it. Let me know if you have any questions.

Posted on August 6, 2012

In the past week, five different people have googled “Joe Woods” and gotten to my blog.
I don’t think I actually know anyone in Pennsylvania or Texas. I’m intranational.
To be fair, I highly doubt I was the person in mind when most of these people googled “Joe Woods”.

In the past week, five different people have googled “Joe Woods” and gotten to my blog.

I don’t think I actually know anyone in Pennsylvania or Texas. I’m intranational.

To be fair, I highly doubt I was the person in mind when most of these people googled “Joe Woods”.

Posted on August 5, 2012

New Skiffy site redesign, inspired by the Hitchhiker’s Guide movie adaptation.

Skiffy is VCU’s Science Fiction and Fantasy club. We’re awesome and do things.

Tagged portfolio vcu

Posted on August 2, 2012 with 1 note