The Life and Times

So, DreamHost being the ultra cool hosting company they are, gave me 5 amazing invitation codes to pass along to you. They are only good for 2 weeks, and only good to the first person who uses them, but they are Amazing! (Yes, with a capitol A)…

Here is what you get

• Four (4) times the normal disk and bandwidth! (2TB Disk and 20TB Bandwidth)
• $150 off a five-year plan ($267 Total)
• $200 off a ten-year plan ($514 Total)

So, in another words, if you aren’t going to sign up for either a five-year or a ten-year plan, these codes may not be for you, as my other promo codes are more valuable. However, if you do sign up for five or ten years, these provide substantial savings!

Now, to the first lucky person to use them, here are your invitation codes (enter in the promo code box).

083384041309
012445486898
341027315355
757413569802
828061231424

I am sure these will go fast, so use them now or lose them forever!

Update (2008-07-15): These are surprisingly still active, but I don’t know how long for. I will let you all know if DreamHost de-activates these.

Interested in signing up for dreamhost? Well, you might as well use one of these codes and get the maximum possible discount which is $50 on whichever plan you choose.

DVW50OFF = $50 discount
DVW50DOMAIN = $50 discount + 1 extra lifetime domain registration
DVW50IP = $50 discount + 1 free lifetime unique IP

What do you get?

• 500GB Disk Storage (increases by 2GB every week)
• 5TB monthly bandwidth (increases by 40GB every week)
• Unlimited mysql databases
• 1 Free Domain name with whois privacy at signup
• Unlimited number of domains can be hosted in the same plan
• Unlimited pop/imap email accounts
• 1-click installs (Wordpress, MediaWiki, Joomla, Gallery and more)
• View all features

Besides these great features dreamhost is a green hosting company i.e. they purchase renewable energy certificates that offset the carbon emissions generated by their business activities.

How to use dreamhost promo code?

1. Go to the dreamhost signup page by clicking on DVW50OFF, DVW50DOMAIN, or DVW50IP
2. Choose a Payment Period
   (The best deal is the dreamhost yearly hosting plan with all the features for only $69.40 that is just $5.78/month.)
3. Register domains
4. Fill out Personal Info
5. Enter “dreamhost promo code” DVW50OFF, DVW50DOMAIN, or DVW50IP in the “Promo Code or email of who referred you” field.

Oh, if you want in on this sweet referral program, just sign-up for Dreamhost and become one through the Control Panel!

Well, I hope these are useful to someone… Oh, and if you end up using one of these, just leave me a comment letting me know your new domain name and I will add you to my links

The Need to Know:
Title: MultiClutch
Author: Will Henderson
Version: 1.0
Price: Donation
Website: http://wcrawford.org/2008/02/28/everytime-i-think-about-you-i-touch-my-cell/

MultiClutch is a fairly simple App that installs as a preference pane in your System Preferences. After the install, you will see the logo above in the “Other” area of your System Preferences. The layout of the preference pane is very minimalistic and very simple. On the left side you have a list of programs that you have MultiClutch enabled on including a “General” category which will translate across all Cocoa applications. To add an application, all that you need to do is click the + icon as you do in many MacOS programs and select the application you desire. On the right side is a list of multitouch commands and what key press each command will perform.

Now, with the amazing-ness of adding MultiTouch commands to any application, there are a few things left to be desired. One huge functionality that I would love to see added to the program is the ability to add single letter commands without the need for the Command, Option, or Control keys. For example, in Aperture, I cannot add the ‘f’ key press by itself for going to full screen. I also cannot add ‘Option+F’ to filter the images. This may not be a big deal to those people who don’t use Aperture, but this is across the board including the likes of Photoshop and Gimp. It would also be nice to see some Carbon functionality added (You can’t use MultiClutch in Finder), even though this is not the fault of the Author, the addition of this can’t be done until Apple adds this. Luckily you can combine QuickSilver and MultiClutch and make a script to do whatever you want, then add what key presses you want to MultiClutch then to QuickSilver as a trigger (In that order, trust me).

With all of that, I still couldn’t live without the likes of MultiClutch in Firefox to browse back or in any program be able to zoom out then back in to lock my computer (Thanks to QuickSilver and a script I wrote, which I then tied to ‘Command+Option+Control+L’). Even with all of the missing functionality, MultiClutch is still an Application that any MultiTouch enabled notebook should not be without. Unfortunately for us, Will has accepted a job with Apple which means he can’t really work on MultiClutch any longer without it belonging to Apple (Thanks to the agreement ALL Apple employees sign when they start working there, I even had to sign one while working as a Mac Specialist in an Apple Store which pretty much stated *All Your Ideas Are Belong to Apple*). Luckily for us, Will has made the source code publically available (which I have and am working on editing) so the Open Source community can start working on it, and the fact that he is working at Apple now also means that it is possible that many people at Apple are working on integrating this into Mac OS as you are reading this.

If you love this program enough to use it everyday, please don’t forget to donate to Will. I am sure he will appreciate it greatly (I know he sent me a nice thank you email). Have fun with what should have came from Apple!

Update: I recently found a way to ‘trick’ MultiClutch into accepting single keypresses (even though they are not really single keypresses at all)! If you are like me and want to use things like ‘F’ for fullscreen in Aperture or option + [another key] in any other program, you can simply press ‘fn + F’ for ‘F’ or ‘fn + option + F’ for ‘option + F’ ect. Leave a comment if this helps anyone!

I just finished making another Paramore Wallpaper. Yet again the original wallpaper comes from CityInTheClouds.net. Anyway, all I did was convert it to black and white then highlight Hayley in color again. I am also working on taking just Hayley with a solid background and putting lyrics up in it. If you want to make any song requests, just post a comment. (Just click a link below to get the corresponding image).

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So, if you have been to my website in the last 48 hours, you may have noticed that only the front page was working. Well, the reason why is because I decided to enable my wp-cache, and there was a setting in there that screwed it up. Anyway, I had to disable all of my WordPress plugins then re-enable them one-by-one until I finally found the culprit. Just thought I would keep you all up to date, especially seeing how popular the Paramore Wallpaper is. Anyway, sorry for any inconvenience if you stumbled upon my site to find it broken.

Well, a couple months ago I bought a new MacBook Pro. I love it! I will be posting some reviews of some cool software that I use and some other things eventually (Maybe I will post the first one over the weekend) Anyway, because I was wanting to use my edited Paramore Wallpaper, I went ahead and made one in 1440×900 which is the default resolution on the MBP. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the new wallpaper size, and as always, if you want a different size, let me know.

Head over to the Paramore Wallpaper post if you want the new size

I’m holdin’ on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground.
And I’m hearin’ what you say,
But I just can’t make a sound.
You tell me that you need me,
Then you go and cut me down…
But wait…
You tell me that you’re sorry,
Didn’t think I’d turn around…
And say…

That it’s too late to apologize.
It’s too late…
I said it’s too late to apologize.
It’s too late.

I’d take another chance,
Take a fall, take a shot for you.
I need you like a heart needs a beat,
But it’s nothin’ new.
I loved you with a fire red,
Now it’s turnin’ blue…
And you say…
Sorry, like an angel
Heaven let me think was you…
But I’m afraid…

It’s too late to apologize.
It’s too late.
I said it’s too late to apologize.
It’s too late.

-One Republic

Moved to: http://www.danvanwinkle.com/2008/06/30/new-dreamhost-promo-code

*Edit* 6/4/08 Added the promo code dvw50domain.
*Edit* 6/13/08 Changed the layout so it is easier to read and added and removed codes.
*Edit* 6/30/08 Added new code and moved to http://www.danvanwinkle.com/2008/06/30/new-dreamhost-promo-code

I just finished making one of my favorite Paramore wallpapers a little better and though I would share it with you. The original wall paper comes from CityInTheClouds.net (Thanks!) Anyway, all I did was convert it to black and white then highlight Hayley in color. (Click on it to get the full image *1600×1200* or click a link below to get the corresponding image)

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*Edit: Added a 1440×900 size image on May 30, 2008

You have my music, the music that I openly shared with you. I can no longer listen to my music, it is no longer mine. It was ours and now there is no us, no ours. I tried changing songs, but they were all ours. I switched to the CD, but that was yours.
You have my pictures. The oldest picture I have of me without you is over 6 months old. So many pictures, and they were all ours, is anything left that is mine.

You.
You have so much of me.

You have my memories. It was six months, you have most every memory. I can’t even have my sister’s wedding, that was ours. Thanksgiving, Christmas, yes, those were ours also.
You have my city. You have my favorite places in Cincinnati. There is not a place that I go to that you have not been. You even have my favorite view, why did I have to share that with you.

You.
You have so much of me.

You have my friends. You have almost every one of my friends. I can’t even have my own friends, they are all our friends. I don’t know who I can talk to anymore, they are our friends, but none are mine.
You have my secrets. You know more about me that anyone else. I trusted you with most everything. At least I can still share those with others.

You.
You have so much of me.

You have my heart. You have a piece of my heart. That piece which I can never have back, that piece which I can never give to someone else.
I have tried to cry you out, wash you out, and even cut you out; but all I am left with are salt water remains, empty drains, and crimson pains.

You.
You have so much of me.
But I no longer have you.