$200 AIDS WALK Donations Needed!

AWNY InfoThis is it, the last few days before the AIDS WALK NY on Sunday May 19th. It is bound to be a powerful and moving experience as it always is. However, for me it looks like it will be a sad day.

My good friend who has been afflicted with HIV since the late 80′s isn’t doing so well. I feel that I have let him and many others down this year by not raising my goal of $2,000. The closer I get to my goal the better I will feel.

Please take a few minutes and donate $25 to this cause. It means a lot to me.

Don’t Be THAT Guy #1

True Story:

A coworker was too cheap to pay for a gym membership and was avoiding the wife or girlfriend; so instead of working out at home he would bring in his workout DVD’s and do the workout in the large conference room after hours.

Well someone saw him doing this and word of it spread through the office, ya, he was THAT GUY! :D So a group of the coworkers got together and produced their first video, Don’t Be That Guy.

Take a look at it!

 

JetPack 2.2.5 DO NOT INSTALL!

If you’re using WordPress you may be like me, always updating the plugins. Well do not update to JetPack by WordPress version 2.2.5, or if you do be very careful.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_editable_roles() in /home/johnishcom/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/stats.php on line 219

While I love JetPack by WordPress as it provides many awesome features available on WordPress.org to those who have their own installs. The most recent update bite me in the ass.

If this happens to you, here is how to get your site back online.

  1. go to your site http://www.mysiteurl.com/wp-admin
  2. Login if you aren’t already
  3. Click Plug-ins
  4. Find the JetPack and click disable

JetPack Features

Just in case you never heard of JetPack you may want to review some of it’s awesome features. Here is a short list:

  • Simple, concise stats with no additional load on your server. Previously provided byWordPress.com Stats.
  • Email subscriptions for your blog’s posts and your post’s comments.
  • Social networking enabled comment system.
  • Likes, allowing your readers to show their appreciation of your posts.
  • Monitor and manage your site’s activity with Notifications in your Toolbar and on WordPress.com.
  • Simple, Akismet-backed contact forms.
  • The WP.me URL shortener.
  • Easily embedded media from popular sites like YouTube, Digg, and Vimeo.
  • Your readers can easily share your posts via email or their favorite social networks. Previously provided by the Sharedaddy WordPress plugin.
  • Your writing will improve thanks to After the Deadline, an artificial intelligence based spell, style, and grammar checker. Previously provided by the After the DeadlineWordPress plugin.
  • With Carousel active, any standard WordPress galleries you have embedded in posts or pages will launch a gorgeous full-screen photo browsing experience with comments and EXIF metadata.
  • A CSS editor that lets you customize your site design without modifying your theme.
  • A mobile theme that automatically streamlines your site for visitors on mobile devices.Mobile push notifications for new comments via WordPress mobile apps.
  • The ability to allow applications to securely authenticate and access your site with your permission.
  • Creative formats for your image galleries: mosaic, circles, squares, and a slideshow view.

Don’t be that guy!!!

You know the douche bags at work that are always obviously to what is acceptable behavior? LIke the guy who talks loudly on the phone to his doctor about his toe fungus or the guy who flexes his muscles all the freaking time.. WHY!?!

Here’s a good video made by my friends…

 

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U.S. Deaf Athletes Fundraise for Deaflympics

by Megan Kaplon

We know all about the Olympics, and we’re pretty familiar with the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. But what about the Deaflympics? This year for the 2013 Summer Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria, deaf athletes from more than 80 countries will compete in events that include mountain biking, swimming, wrestling, and of course, indoor and beach volleyball.

American beach volleyball players Charity Sanders and Nancy Moore hope to hit the sand in Sofia come July 26. The only thing standing in the way of the former standout indoor players from Gallaudet University is the $4,500 each that it will take for them to buy plane tickets and pay for accommodations, uniforms, and other travel expenses. Although the International Olympic Committee officially sanctions the Deaflympics, neither the U.S. Olympic Committee nor the Special Olympics Committee provides funding for athletes looking to attend the Deaflympics. Sanders and Moore have each set up a page with rally.org, a fundraising site much like KickStarter or GoFundMe, through which at press time Sanders has raised $2,112, about half of her goal, and Moore has raised $1,130.

Sofia will not be the first Deaflympics for either of these athletes. Moore competed in the 1989 games on the indoor team when the U.S. won silver, and Sanders in the 2005 games, also indoors, winning bronze.

To donate and help send these beach volleyball players to represent the U.S. this summer in Sofia, visit
rally.org/mooregold or rally.org/charitydeaflympics.

 

reblogged from http://volleyballmag.com/articles/43009-u-s-deaf-athletes-fundraise-for-deaflympics

CISPA Turns Websites Into Government Spies!

It’s time to get pissed. The U.S. law that would turn Google, Facebook, and Twitter into legally immune government spies just passed the House.

CISPA flyer

This bill affects everyone — not just U.S. citizens. Anyone with a Facebook account could now have their data shipped directly to the U.S. government. That’s why Internet users overwhelmingly oppose this bill. Over 1.5 million people signed petitions against it. But Congress didn’t listen.

Does this remind you of something? Yep, this is the exact position we were in with SOPA last year. Then the Internet rose up and we made history with the SOPA strike.

This spring, we’re going to organize the largest online privacy protest in history to make sure that CISPA goes the same route as SOPA and doesn’t become the law that breaks the 4th Amendment. Are you in?

CISPA threatens our most basic rights. Privacy is important not just for our security but for our rights to freedom of expression. The giant tech companies that stood with Internet users against SOPA are not going to help us this time (but some of the large sites like Mozilla, Imgur, and Reddit are all against CISPA and we love them).

Can you share the flyer below on social media? And tell everyone you know to sign up to join the protest?

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Only a massive grassroots outcry will stop this bill. We’re starting to build the tools. But we need your help.

Automated Drupal Module Conversion for 6 to 7

Have you ever converted or upgraded a custom D6 module to D7 and you felt like a hero? Well now you can feel like an idiot as there is an online tool that does it for you.

Free online tool that takes your Drupal 6 based custom module code and makes a first pass attempt at converting it for use with Drupal 7, making it adhere to the new APIs, coding standards, etc.

http://dupgrade.com/

Capabilities explained here:

http://boombatower.com/blog/new-online-tools-porting-your-module-d7

DJ Craig Welsh: The Hit List

DJ Craig Welsh Releases March & April Mix Sets

DJ Craig Welsh has been creating FREE DJ mixes for so many years. I sometimes forget that not all of my friends know of him. He just released March 2013 and April 2013 mix sets which contain the hottest music of today.

You can download your free copy from his site: http://official.fm/thehitlist  If you like Top 40 & Dance music than I think you will find his work to be exactly what you like.

THE HITLIST PODCAST — March 2013

(01)… NICKI MINAJ – Va Va Voom
(02)… ULTRA NATE — Everybody Loves The Night
(03)… PRIYANKA CHOPRA & Will.I.Am – In My City
(04)… Will.I.Am & Britney Spears — Scream & Shout
(05)… HAVANA BROWN — Big Banana
(06)… CARMEN ELECTRA & BILL HAMEL — I Like It Loud
(07)… CHAKA KHAN — It’s Not Over
(08)… TWiiNS & FLO RIDA — Dance Tonight
(09)… NICOLE SCHERZINGER — Boomerang
(10)… USHER & DAVID GUETTA — Rest Of My Life
(11)… BRUNO MARS — Locked Out Of Heaven
(12)… MAROON 5 — Daylight
(13)… ZOE BADWI — Torches
(14)… CAHILL & KIMBERLY LOCKE — Feel The Love
(15)… MIA MARTINA — Heartbreaker
(16)… CIARA — Sorry
(17)… JESSICA MAUBOY — Something’s Got A Hold On Me
(18)… TAYLOR SWIFT — We Are Never Getting Back Together
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THE HITLIST PODCAST — Aril 2013

(01)… DEMI LOVATO » “Heart Attack” (The Alias Mix)
(02)… RIHANNA » “Pour It Up” (Cosmic Dawn Mix)
(03)… JADAGRACE » “Run Dat Back” (Papercha$er Mix)
(04)… DEBORAH COX f/PAIGE » “Higher” (Ext. Club Mix)
(05)… GOLD1 f/TRINA & NICKI MINAJ » “Rainbow” (Davis Redfield Mix)
(06)… TAYLOR SWIFT » “22″ (Jad Desenchanntee vs PradAA Mix)
(07)… BRUNO MARS » “When I Was Your Man” (Cosmic Dawn Mix)
(08)… KATRINA » “Ready To Love” (Mike Rizzo Mix)
(09)… NE-YO & AKON » “Play Hard” (David Guetta Mix)
(10)… ALEXIS JORDAN » “Acid Rain” (Guy Scheiman Mix)
(11)… PITBULL f/CHRISTINA AGUILERA » “Feel This Moment” (Dark Intensity Mix)
(12)… ONO » “Hold Me” (Papercha$er Mix)
(13)… JESSICA SANCHEZ f/NE-YO » “Tonight” (DJ Craig Welsh Mix)
(14)… GUINEVERE » “Fly Away” (7th Heaven Mix)
(15)… CHRIS BROWN » ”Nobody’s Perfect” (DJ Craig Welsh Mix)
(16)… ARIANNA f/PITBULL » “Sexy People (All Around The World)” (DJ Kue Mix)
(17)… KELLY CLARKSON » “People Like Us” (Baggi Begovic Mix)
(18)… BEX » “What Are You” (Wayne G & LFB Mix)
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NYSC Join and Save $50

Is anyone thinking of joining NYSC, BSC, WSC, OR PSC? They are having a special where the referer gets $100. If you are going to join I’ll gladly split the $100 with you.

Here’s the entire email:


Join us to celebrate our new club openings, new classes, new equipment and our upgraded facilities! We’ll also be offering our best rates of the year for new members in addition to games, prizes and free demo classes.

*Referral must join on 4.24.13. A $100 mail-in dues credit coupon will be issued by a membership consultant at the club. The dues credit coupon must be completed and mailed in by the member to receive dues credit. The dues credit coupon must be postmarked by 5.3.13. The $100 dues credit does not apply to all membership types. Limited three referrals per member.

**No purchase necessary. Must complete an official entry form to win a prize.