]> http://greasy.com/eddie/index.html eddie's Blog en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Fri, 16 May 2008 12:28:21 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/eddie/guitar_solo_played_piano.html This is very cool. Thought it should get noticed. Sat, 10 May 2008 22:59:56 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/voice_text-to-speech_feature.html I just wanted to update users to the fact that I changed the text-to-speech (TTS) voice. I have around a dozen voices I can play with. I decided to go with a "wiseguy". It kinda made me laugh. I will play around with the voices in the weeks to come, so let me know your thoughts. BTW. you can hear the voice by pressing the little play button to the left of every article title when viewing a blog post. Bada-bing, bada-boom! Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:21:43 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/default_font_color.html I have made a few changes regarding my previous post. Based on some of the comments...I have increased the default font size and made it black instead of gray. I have also removed the Zoom-Text feature from the articles. The the Zoom-Text feature is still available in the comment section. Let me know your thoughts. :) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:41:02 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/article_font_color_size.html I have a few options with regards to the DEFAULT font size and color of the blog posts (articles). Currently, it is a gray color at 12 point in size with a zoom feature that will take it up to 18 point. options: 1. Get rid of the zoom feature and make the font larger and in black without the zoom feature? 2. Just make the default color black (instead of gray) with the zoom feature? 3. Other Please give your opinions. Just a note....the zoom feature does not seem to work when (and if) I har ... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:07:46 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/advanced_editor_testing.html This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. Greasy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:07:24 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/advanced_editor.html I have just added an advanced editor. Please let me know if there are any problems with it. Please also take the time to read some of the instructions that may be on the page. I will be doing some tweaking over the next few days. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:07:19 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/may_beat_beast.html For those of you who read my previous post Greasy Slowdown? ...I may have found the problem. Yay! Please let me know if anyone is still having issues here on Greasy! Did I mention I hate a slow websites? Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:24:13 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/greasy_slowdown.html Some of you may have been experiencing a slowdown on Greasy since yesterday. I am trying to track down the problem. It only seems to be an issue when you are logged in...and does not appear to be happening when you are not logged in. In the mean time while I try and track down the problem, there may be some crashes here and there. If you get an error page...just wait a few seconds and try again. That means I just made a bone-head move and broke something. Never fear though, I will do a qui ... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:28:58 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/tagged.html Thanks to "whereabouts" I will now bore you all to tears. 1. How old are you? 45 2. What is your favorite color? Not big on favorites, but I would have to say Green. 3. How old were you when you got your first kiss? Mom probably kissed me at a young age. 4. Did you ever do something illegal? Yep! 5. What was one of your most embarrassing moments in life? I cannot even remember there were so many. I try and block such things. 6. Did you ever win anything major? I don't think so. 7. Who was ... Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:44:39 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/couple_stats_features.html I am just testing a couple of new statistical features here on Greasy. On the left sidebar, just under the "My Friends" section of each blog POST, you will notice a new section with the words "Visitors to this page also liked". This is a 3rd party utility that does this: "...suggests other pages on your blog or that may interest your readers. It does this using a sophisticated algorithm called Collaborative Filtering. For example, a visitor to your blog may view one of your blog entries ab ... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:16:06 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/greasycom.html Why Greasy.com? I have been asked this question many times recently...so, I thought I would explain a bit about the name choice. I purchased greasy.com for about $650 on eBay around 8-9 years ago. This was before the .com names exploded in value. I thought it was a cool name. I have had it since then wondering what to do with it. During those years, I was quite busy with other projects...plus, I just never really came up with anything fun. A couple of years back John Heder and his brothers ... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:45:41 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/add_friend_subscribe_changes.html I have made some minor changes to the blog system. You can now "Add Friend", "Send Message", "Subscribe, and "Tell a Friend" from the menu at the top. The good news is that you will not be able to add yourself as a friend...and it will indicate if a user is already added. Also, the subscription button will change if you are already subscribed to the user. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:35:48 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/avatar_news.html I have just made a change to the system that will automatically add your username to the lower left side your avatar. This will greatly improve the visual recognition of users we like to follow. If you are are a current user, this change will only happen when you make an update to your photo. So, just go to: User Center > Settings > Change your photo Remember, after you upload your new image, don't forget to press the "Save Button". Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:20:37 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/greasy_3.html There are a few things you may no know about the Greasy platform that may be useful. 1. If you hover over one of the avatars (pictures) on the front page, it will display the users username and time they were last seen on Greasy. UPDATE! Usernames are now encoded into the user avatar when uploaded. See my next post. 2. While logged in, if the user is chatting, the avatar will be slightly smaller with a flashing green bar to the right of their picture. On image hover, it will also display t ... Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:12:49 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/quick_hints.html I added a few Quick HTML Hints to the right of the "New Article" body box. This should help a bit when trying to fancy up your blog posts. I am going to add a few more. I was just so excited to post I just couldn't wait. :) <b> Bold Text </b> <i> Italic Text </i> <u> Underline Text </u> <small> Small Text </small> <font color="RED"> Font Color Red </font> <a href="http://www.thesite.com"> Link to Site </a> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:07:17 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/article_zoom.html A word about the zoom text. If you want to increase the size of the text in a blog post...while viewing, all you have to do is click anywhere in the article and the font size will increase. AND.. As of this morning, the same applies to the comments and replies. Just click on any comment to increase the text size. Very cool! Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:13:19 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/speech_live.html TTS (text-to-speech) is live on Greasy. The little play button next to the article title should now read the blog post when pressed. Remember, this is just a beta version of the processing and may sound a little robotic, etc. This implementation may add a few seconds to the page display when viewing a post. We are going to change that in a day or so. We are also going to be adding different voice selections. Please give me your comments or suggestions regarding this feature. Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:39:27 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/pizza_order_2020.html Thanks to whereabouts for posting the link to this. This is fast becoming true! Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:38:57 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/greasy_technology.html For all the familiar faces that have found their way to Greasy...I would first like to thank you. I would also like to point out a few of the changes from the "old" platform. Besides the different look and feel, we have added the following: 1. Ability to change your own blog title. 2. Ability to edit your title header with a cool flash editor. 3. Comment settings...allow all users to comment, allow only friends to comment, or no commenting at all. 4. Larger "About Me" section. 5. Quick Com ... Wed, 6 Feb 2008 01:23:14 GMT http://greasy.com/eddie/articles_sidebar.html Recent articles in sidebar - We have now added a section to the sidebar area that will display a list of the most recent articles (blog posts) for easier navigation. Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:00:52 GMT