Braaaaiiins!
As you may or may not know, part of my job entails one-week stints of being on call, rotated out with three other guys. Some weeks, the Bad Phone™, as we call it, is peaceful, and some weeks it's just no fun at all. Except when Chris has it. It's got some sort of karmic lack of manners where he's concerned.
Anyway, today was one of the fun ones. Due to, I believe, a hardware failure, one of our games misbehaved for a solid seven hours today, crashing and restarting like a coked-up squirrel trying to make love to an angry rubber band. That was fun. That came on the heels of being woken up early (for a Sunday) this morning to deal with a player who was stuck in twenty-five (25) days of roundtime.
Those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, smile and nod. The rest of you may snicker if you like.
Astute readers may notice a new link in the menu to the left: PCS uploader. I mentioned finding one of these back in June, and I'm afraid it's taken me this long to get around to checking it out. Referring liberally to the PHP code from the original, I have managed to create my own, which you should feel free to make use of if you use a Sprint PCS phone which accepts that sort of thing, ringers and such. I have only used it for images and midi ringers, so if you upload a java midlet or something and it goes awry, please do let me know. I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your phone...Spice Girls ringers and such.
If you're interested in the PHP code, you can get Tyler Akins' version here. Note that since I downloaded it, he's gone to a database-driven format which is a good deal more complex than is necessary for the basic functionality.
Also, someone made a brain! That's pretty neat. Insert Dubya and/or zombie joke here.
Currently listening to: the Formula One race in Brazil
Anyway, today was one of the fun ones. Due to, I believe, a hardware failure, one of our games misbehaved for a solid seven hours today, crashing and restarting like a coked-up squirrel trying to make love to an angry rubber band. That was fun. That came on the heels of being woken up early (for a Sunday) this morning to deal with a player who was stuck in twenty-five (25) days of roundtime.
Those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, smile and nod. The rest of you may snicker if you like.
Astute readers may notice a new link in the menu to the left: PCS uploader. I mentioned finding one of these back in June, and I'm afraid it's taken me this long to get around to checking it out. Referring liberally to the PHP code from the original, I have managed to create my own, which you should feel free to make use of if you use a Sprint PCS phone which accepts that sort of thing, ringers and such. I have only used it for images and midi ringers, so if you upload a java midlet or something and it goes awry, please do let me know. I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your phone...Spice Girls ringers and such.
If you're interested in the PHP code, you can get Tyler Akins' version here. Note that since I downloaded it, he's gone to a database-driven format which is a good deal more complex than is necessary for the basic functionality.
Also, someone made a brain! That's pretty neat. Insert Dubya and/or zombie joke here.
Currently listening to: the Formula One race in Brazil
2 Comments:
After reading this post, I'm feeling much better about calling the Bad Phone on more than one occasion this evening.
-Shannon
Is there a way I can get your uploader or a copy of my older uploader? People ask me weekly if I have a simpler version. Until I rewrite it, I would like to either offer yours or an older copy of my uploader. :)
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