So, I’m working on updating the site a bit. Added some new features to the blog, and there will probably be more to come. I’ve redone the sidebar, though to most people it will look the same. Most of those changes were on the back-end with styles.

For those of you who don’t recognize the changes so far, I’ve added a latest tweet feed at the top, with code thanks to @Roamer145 and themed it to fit in with the current layout. I’ve also added a “Follow Me” button in the sidebar for twitter, as well as adding rewteet options to each blog post. So now, if you like my content (yeah right…anyone like my content?!?) you can follow me on twitter or share an article with twitter.

I’m still tinkering with the theme so there might be some oddities here and there. If they persist or something doesn’t look right, let me know and I’ll look into it. I’m also considering adding in a facebook connect module so that you can share stuff with facebook as well (even liking posts, thanks again to @Roamer145).

There’s all kinds of other things going on. I fixed my graphics lag on my computer finally. After a lot of headache of trying this, that, the other thing, changing these drivers, deleting these files, closing this application, changing these settings, etc…I had finally decided that i should just swap out my motherboard because the one I have has a few oddities with it, and it could have very well been the issue with my lag…so, I ordered a new AM3 motherboard with all kinds of goodies, enough to keep me upgrade-happy for a long time, and of course I got new DDR3-1600 RAM to go with it. Little did I know, it wasn’t going to be easy. I’ve had my current setup for just over a year, and this has been the same setup, except for the case. The CPU I have in it is an AMD Phenom II x4 920, which, somehow I’d forgotten this, is an AM2+ CPU. For those of you who don’t know, an AM3 CPU will work in an AM2+ and an AM3 board, but an AM2+ CPU will only work in an AM2+ board..Yeah, you see where this is going. I get the parts unboxed and go to put them in my computer, pull the processor out of the old motherboard and go to put it in this one, and I had a bent pin, unbent it, tried it again, rinse/repeat 3x. Then I tried it back in my old motherboard again, works like a dream. So yes, the new motherboard/RAM I got I cannot use with the current processor I have…So, after getting frustrated I go to put my old Motherboard back in and I see the PCI-Ex16 slot selector again. The motherboard I have has 2 PCI-Ex16 slots, and can run crossfire, but the board has a selector that runs them at either x16/x1 or x8/x8. I have the selector as x16/x1 as it should be, since I’m only running a single card setup…but I had the GPU in the x1 slot instead of the x16 slot. I swapped it into the correct slot when I put it back together, and wouldn’t you know it? All of my lag is gone now. So yes, this geek failed hard, and learned a lesson from it.

I do believe that’s all I’m going to post for now.

TTFN

-Michael