The solution for me was that my party still had Mini cast on them, so the new spell wouldn’t work. After casting Mini on the party again (so they were regular size) I was able to cast Toad without any issues. Another solution was to make sure the “Always on normal status” cheat wasn’t activated if you were using an Action Replay device.

I do hope this helps someone, because I about stuck the game back on the shelf.

What you need to check for is the that the multiport module within the kernel has been selected and compiled in. You can find this option under:

Networking support —>
Networking options —>
Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) —>

Make sure “Advanced netfilter configuration” is turned on, and then it’ll be under:

Core Netfilter Configuration —>
“multiport” Multiple port match support

I ended up having to recompile my kernel, but I’m glad I was able to figure this one out. The people in the #netfilter channel on Freenode were as helpful as usual (and by that I mean they were completely useless). The multiport module is great when you want to open multiple ports without having to use multiple commands, or for organizational purposes want to group multiple ports open. As from my example above you can see I’ve set port the HTTP and HTTPS port in the same line.

Robot Chicken is the most retarded show ever. However, that hasn’t stopped me from getting all four seasons and watching them all…

For a while now, I’ve been noticing more and more articles which have red strike-through text in them. I thought it was done on the article by the publishers, but then I checked out the actual article itself in a web browser and the red text wasn’t there. So after a quick Google I came across a MacWorld article which states:

Among my favorites of NetNewsWire’s myriad other features is the ability to track changes when articles are updated: If a site republishes a new version of an article, any deletions are displayed in red strikethrough type, while additions are displayed in green type.

At least now I understand what it all means…

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The phone itself is great, I loved the keyboard (it was nice to be able to use a physical keyboard as opposed to the virtual one provided in the iPhone), the size was decent as well. It ran pretty smooth and quick and if I recall I never rebooted the device or had it lock up on me for any reason. A huge plus to the Android system was they had an application for Google Voice. I’m sure you’ve all read or heard about the big fiasco that Apple, Google and AT&T had when Google attempted to release their Voice app on the iPhone. Anyways, it worked pretty well on the Droid.

Besides the Google Voice application there were a couple others which I found useful. There was an SSH application which I used to remote login to my various servers, another application to grab my RSS feeds from my Google Reader account, and another application which pulled down the lastest FMLs from the fmylife.com website. Of course, the application library for Android users just didn’t seem to compare to the one Apple provided. It seemed to be lacking any really decent apps. Most apps were pretty ugly and sometimes a chore to use. In fact, the Facebook application that comes with the phone, was absolutely terrible. I ended up using the touch.facebook.com site more often then not.

My next big gripe is designing wallpapers for the droid is a nightmare. While I certainly appreciate being able to have a wallpaper set on the desktop (whereas on the iPhone this is not possible) it was not easy to make. Because the Droid has 3 desktops, you need to create a wallpaper for that full size (960×854px in case you’re wondering). Now since I really only used the middle desktop (the default one) I had to make sure whatever image I was using, the main figure or design was located just right so it showed up aligned correctly in the middle desktop. Eventually I sort of gave up and just started putting images together in hopes they would work, half the time, they did, the other half…not so much!

The Droid is a very nice phone, don’t get me wrong. It’s just not the phone for me. After using it for about 3 months or so, I finally gave in and got myself another iPhone. This time, I went with a white, 16GB phone. I also got these nifty anti-glare screen covers and I quite like how it looks. I haven’t really tried out any of the new features, like the compass, or video recording, but I definitely plan on making a few movies! As always, it’s a snap setting up my email accounts, calendar and contact syncing. Being that I have both a Mac and a MobileMe account sure helps. While I haven’t gotten quite back into the groove of using the virtual keyboard, it’s definitely not an issue at the moment. I’ve also paired the phone with the hands-free Bluetooth “device” in my car and even after leaving Bluetooth and 3G on for the entire day, there’s only a very small sliver of battery that has been used.

Of course having an iPhone now, it’s just not nearly as cool as having one 2 years ago…

The main reason I set this blog up was so I could write about technical things, geeky things if you may. I have a few other blogs, but I mainly use them for personal purposes, such as how my life is going. This one I plan on using for all my geeky musings, everything from video games, computers, gadgets to various code snippets I found useful.

Should you come across this blog, I do hope you find at least one of my postings useful :) Enjoy!