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Yes, some people still blog! I have a collection of random things I’ve written about, big and small, since 2001.

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PC Users, Get Your Ch@b On
May 14, 2002

PC users of java chab, throw away the old address and embrace java chab version 1.2 …. … .. I have not seen any difference so far, but there must be something here.

Anyways, here it is… the URL address in all of it’s glory.

http://www.dricas.com/dp/jts0120/apindex.html

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Ch@b Id Request Form
May 8, 2002

You can fill out a simple form located here http://kefka.hypermart.net/home.php?page=dc/chab/request (Dead Link) to get a chab id. You will get your ID information aroundmidnight the day after you fill it out. (unless you fill it out durring the night, when I’m online) Filling out the form will send you an e-mail messagestating that is has been successfuly submited, withlinks going to the chab id setup instructions…I also have the chab signup in portuguese.(Ajude em português.) I also added this in the bookmarks.

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SEGA IRC
April 28, 2002

Just a quick note: Sega IRC is no longer functional. I do not know if they intend to keep it down forever, of if this is just a temporary thing.

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Dreampassport IRC Client
April 26, 2002

Just thought I’d bring up something. Although not a definitive answer, it appears the reason you can’t connect to some servers is that their servers IRCd kills the client cause of it’s ident (how the server recognizes you).

Right now, the server I help operate is installing a new IRCd with a fix to allow DreamPassport chatters on. This is because many of the Brazilians who also chat at this server have been trying to connect… and failing.

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Bookmark Compressor, Multi VMU Files, Etc
April 11, 2002

I’ll continue to try whatever I can to figure some of this stuff out.

I think I’ve figured out half the battle with the multiple VMU upload/download. There is a 2 character field in the .vmi file that shows up on the DreamKey/DreamPassport download pop-up as “Number of Files”… if I can figure out maybe the naming scheme used…

The bookmark compressor goes under the catagory of “good God I don’t know”… anyone who may have seen the source of those files will have seen it appears to be just random numbers, letters, and characters… I’m sure there is a method to the maddness… it’s just figuring it out.

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VMU Database at Dreamserv
March 9, 2002

Dreamserv was closed for about 5 hours last night as I completly revamped the uploader script. For the most part, it will look the same, but it’s the backend that has changed quite a bit. I’ve now rewrote the script to have completly remote sourced text. All of the column titles, all of the instrucions, buttons, etc are remote sourced… why do this? Because then the script can swap out one “wording” file for another.

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Why Detect Browser?
February 23, 2002
what is the reason for having a javascript to detect what the persons browser is before they can upload a vmu file? why have it at all? could anything bad happen with out it?
— junck559

the javascript enter a different form tag depening on the browser.

Planetweb is most like a PC in this aspect, uploading a file requires an encryption type listed in the form tag (always multipart/form-data if my memory serves me correctly), whereas DreamKey and Dream Passport do not use the standards set and do not send boundries with the upload, thus you can not have the enc-type listed…

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VMU PDU
February 9, 2002

I finally got a beta – not 100% complete – version of the VMU PDU up (I can’t believe that name stuck… when I first thought of it, I thought it was as ugly as sin)

http://kefka.hypermart.net/vmupdu/ (Dead Link)  

let me know how it works if anyone tries it.

There is still no fix for the MIME64 errors, so if you where getting those before, this will not work.

the upload.html page uses JavaScript to detect what web browser the visitor is using and provides the appropriate form for that browser 🙂

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Star Wars Racer Browser
February 8, 2002

Surfing with the Planetweb Browser in Star Wars Episode One Racer

On main menu go to internet. (The “Internet” option seems to be tied into something, though I can’t remember… If you can’t click it, just play with settings and options… I believe you have to be playing with a VMU pluged in with available space)

Connect to the internet once the browser loads

When you are at the SWE1R site. Hit start and go to options.

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PSO Snapshot Photo Album
February 2, 2002

If you have an images from games you have played, and want to share them with the visitors of Dreamserv, here is your chance. February 2nd saw the release of the Dreamserv PSO Snapshot photo album. Take your PSO images and save them to your VMU thru DreamKey or DreamPassport and upload them to the site.

PSO Snapshot Photo Album Home http://kefka.hypermart.net/home.php?page=PSO/index (Dead Link)

Phantasy Star Online has stolen my life!

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