thinks it’s BS that there’s no way to delete applications or change the app id on Google App Engine
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Oct 2009
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the rain! it comes!
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Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems.
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need a regular expression for “an alphanumeric string inside hard brackets”
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thought about heading to galleria for the zendikar prerelease #mtg, but it’s far and it might rain, etc. laziness wins again
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I am hoping for an invite at http://bit.ly/1QVn3P Please visit and send your invites! #GoogleWave
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had a long week.
Sep 2009
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HTML/Javascript - I want to load images dynamically, and the images I’m going to load can be of varying aspect ratios.
I want the images to fit into a specific area of the containing div - an area 40% of the containing div’s width and 80% of its height. Since they have varying aspect ratios, of course they will not always use up this entire area, but I want to resize them such that they don’t exceed the bounds. But I don’t know ahead of time whether I should specify the width or the height (and the partner attribute to auto) since I don’t know what the aspect ratio of the images will be ahead of time.
Is there a CSS way to do this? Or I need to compute the required widths using javascript?
PS I only need to do this in Firefox 3.5!
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had a long day
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@aleksfelipe thanks! Nde lang pala ako nagfollow ng instructions =p -Update via SMS for FREE using http://isip.ph
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Reply to LaTtEX's tweet:
@LaTtEX it’s fine. she just has to stay quiet in dubai for a few weeks then nobody will even remember her
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Reply to aleksfelipe's tweet:
@aleksfelipe umaandar ba itong isip.ph? my test texts don’t seem to be getting through
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Reply to ennui1981's tweet:
@ennui1981 ano nangyari k paulo?
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Note: This was written 2020-11-01, as yet another “supertyphoon” is battering the country. I realized I didn’t have notes on what happened to me during Ondoy, one of the worst typhoons to hit Metro Manila during my lifetime. So this entry is backdated to the day after Ondoy, but is written from the perspective and imperfect recollection of 2020 me.
It was a Saturday. Back then we still had half-day Saturday work, and the storm had yet to hit, so I was at the office in the morning. On Saturdays, I usually came in really early (like 7-ish), so I could leave by 10, especially if there was a Magic tournament to be attended. And there was!
After work, I went to a nearby Magic store to play in the Zendikar prerelease. The store was along Shaw Boulevard, it’s gone now in 2020. I believe the prerelease started after lunch, and by that time, the skies were already dark and the wind was picking up and light rains had started. By late afternoon, the rains were pouring hard. There were probably 24ish of us there in the small shop (typical prerelease pod size, plus some staff). I went 1-3 at the prerelease.
So I spent most of the day indoors playing Magic. By dinner time, I considered trying to go somewhere to eat, but when I went downstairs to survey the situation things were bleak. The winds and rains were very strong. I had an umbrella but waters were ankle-to-knee high outside the building, so going anywhere seemed unlikely. There was a Shakey’s and a ministop at the bottom of the building, I think I had dinner at the Shakey’s and got some snacks at the ministop.
It was only around 8-9pm when the rains and winds settled down a bit and people started considering braving the weather to get home. I was a commuter then (still am), and getting a taxi at Shaw seemed impossible, so I wasn’t sure what to do. Luckily, one of the other players was driving to Katipunan, so I hitched a ride with him. He dropped me off at a gas station near what would in the future be the UP Town Center. I called home to let them know where I was, and then went about trying to find a taxi to get me the rest of the way. It took me around 30ish minutes to get one, I think, which was not unreasonable for that hour and that weather.
I finally got home a bit past 10pm.
In hindsight, I was really fortunate, compared to other people. I wasn’t affected too much and I was indoors for most of the day. In even more hindsight, it might have been foolish to still go to the prerelease at that time!
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How to wake your girlfriend up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lvsBvUCU4Q
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Reply to pluish's tweet:
@pluish e kasi naman wala kayong ref
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Reply to aleksfelipe's tweet:
@aleksfelipe good job!
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finally made it home safely
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#mtg went 1-3 at the prerelease >.< then drafted, going 3-0 and winning 5 packs “D
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Team building cancelled; may be able to play #mtg Prerelease today after all
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth I don’t think you have to analyze them ALL. I mean, there are like worse versions of Healing Salve in there!
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Some insanity today in the world of #mtg: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/rumor-mill-archive/248426-priceless-treasures-in-zen-packs-confirmed Power 9 cards found in boosters of upcoming set Zendikar!
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@aleksfelipe probably sunday at g5
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what are you waiting for? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9mmom/what_are_you_waiting_for/
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wth my tweetdeck columns vanished!
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Reply to misterorange's tweet:
@misterorange wow. the quest counters trigger separately for each attacking creature right?
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth yeah, just insert it inside the html (I was just lazy so I didn’t add any! =p)
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Reply to mikong's tweet:
@mikong you need to tweet more
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth here’s a sample! https://roytang.net/2009/09/acr-draft-8-4/
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Reply to mikong's tweet:
@mikong evil!
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Reply to switchfollows's tweet:
@switchfollows there’s a draft recorder for mtgo
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth don’t want to use the draft recorder/converter instead?
@mtgsalivanth @roytang I did a couple of drafts this morning and thought of posting them, but I drafted so poorly lol
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#mtg I think Dredge just got served by Ravenous Trap https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/226849-zen-kor-cartographer-punishing-fire-2-more-from
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Reply to mtgsalivanth's tweet:
@mtgsalivanth you’re an american right? is there a country where public schools ARE good?
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Reply to rocketkeis's tweet:
@rocketkeis nagiimbento ka na naman ng tag
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Which is better: free low quality (classroom shortages, overworked teachers, etc) education 4 all or higher-quality education 4 select few?
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#mtg What a lucksack! Still won the round despite really bad plays and stupid sideboarding. (Moved out red but kept Sedraxis Spectre?!)
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Reply to misterorange's tweet:
@misterorange Cobra Trap seems to conditional doesn’t it? It’s not like we expect heavy blue in the coming meta (we never know I guess)
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#mtg ugh, should not have played 2 events in a row. I literally felt myself go on tilt
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is now clean-shaven again
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Scribblenauts has resolved the great debate: Pirate beats Ninja!
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Ma: “Ang yabang mo talaga”
Me: “Ikaw kaya, kakasabi mo lang lamang ka ng 180 pts sa kalaban mo sa Scrabble”
Ma: “Fact lang yun”
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RT @chrisguillebeau free burglary tip: when robbing a house, don’t log into Facebook http://www.myfoxillinois.com/dpp/news/dpgo_Burglar_Left_Facebook_Clue_Co_20090917_3555504
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#mtg oh the pain of turn 1 black vise! I did not miss taking that free damage
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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.” - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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#mtg the ev of a zendikar box just went up again
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@maro254 I bet nobody places allies higher than 4th. Have yet to see something awesome done with kicker. Landfall Traps Quests Kicker Allies
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I can only imagine the elevator pitch for Scribblenauts: “You can make ANYTHING!”
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#mtg got called a “luckbox” on mtgo. First time I heard that term
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Scribblenauts! Yes, sinubukan ko agad “time machine”