Recent Articles

Black belt in Jiu Jitsu

Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 25th, 2006

I'm well on my way to getting my black belt in Jiu Jitsu. Actually, I attended my first 2-hour class last night with Darryl from work. I'd like to start taking a martial art, but after trying Jiu Jitsu for the first time I'm not sure that it's for me.

Basement Update #3

Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 23rd, 2006

My house is safe again. We finished up the floor joists the other night and I now feel comfortable walking across my kitchen floor. We still have to patch up the subfloor but the hard part is done.

Basement Update #2

Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 17th, 2006

I’m back again with more updates. The basement is a bit safer now. Matt came over again last night and we bought two jackposts and three 2×8’s from Home Depot. We made a nice sturdy beam out of the 2×8’s which now supports our kitchen floor.

Basement Update #1

Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 16th, 2006

If you’re someone who has had the experience of seeing my basement, you will know the mystery staircase that the previous owners left boarded up in the back corner. When Heather and I moved into our house, we quickly discovered these stairs and decided that we were going to take them down.

Patent-pending

Posted by Chris Inch on Feb. 13th, 2006

Someone should invent toothpick sauces that you can dip toothpicks in and enjoy as you hold the toothpicks in your mouth.

Blocking Backgrounds in Flash

Posted by Chris Inch on Feb. 12th, 2006

A very common problem in Flash is as follows:

Your stage is covered in buttons and interactive movie clips and you want to put something on top of your entire stage and disable all the elements in the background all at once. Here's how: