Author Archives: xilcoy

I need to update my BLP importer extension

Posted on March 22, 2011 by xilcoy

I was searching for Gimp BLP using google again. And I saw that my plugin was listed under “The GIMP non-Free extensions” originally posted in a blog article. The reason given: “Some relevant files do not have a license note”. Apparently … Continue reading →

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kc rpg

Posted on August 3, 2010 by xilcoy

I found the source code for a tiny game my friend made a long time ago when he was a brand new programmer. I was searching for anything about my old highschool website (the now defunct ais.cms.k12.nm.us). And noticed that … Continue reading →

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WordPressilized

Posted on July 29, 2010 by xilcoy

After a bit of work (about 4 hours) I’ve got my old blog entries imported into a wordpress database. I did it all manually through phpmyadmin. I could have also written a custom importer plugin. But since it’s a one … Continue reading →

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Patching linux to play WoW

Posted on July 25, 2010 by xilcoy

Today I tried to play World of Warcraft (using wine in linux of course) and I was no longer able to login. I got a segfault whenever I tried to login. Which was weird because nothing I was using the … Continue reading →

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New wordpress blog

Posted on June 24, 2010 by xilcoy

So I did make it back from Costco. I know you were all worried about me… I recently created a new wordpress blog for Shao-ling and I. I plan to start transitioning more posts about our personal lives to that … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Taiwan

Posted on March 13, 2010 by xilcoy

So everybody keeps asking me to update my blog. So I guess I’ll finally do it. I’m sitting in the passenger seat of Shao-ling’s family car using my phone to write this entry, so please excuse any typos. Anyway a … Continue reading →

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dead computer

Posted on August 29, 2009 by xilcoy

A few weeks ago, the power supply on my desktop computer went out. A capacitor on the inside exploded while I was away. I bought a new power supply to replace the dead one and my computer ran fine until … Continue reading →

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BLP importer

Posted on May 24, 2009 by xilcoy

Last week I spent all my spare time writing a BLP importer plugin for the GIMP. BLP for those who don’t know is Blizzard’s texture file format. I was working on my JukeBox WoW addon and I wanted to add … Continue reading →

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Engage

Posted on November 1, 2008 by xilcoy

Halloween was pretty fun. I didn’t do anything except work and play computer, but I did dress up in costume for work. I bought a star trek TNG shirt and and some rank insignia’s. I used black hairspray for darker … Continue reading →

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What’s been happening

Posted on July 13, 2008 by xilcoy

Hi everybody. A couple of weeks ago I was busier than usual. My brother Shane, and my cousin John came to visit me in Houston for two weeks and left just after the 4th. So I was cooking supper nearly … Continue reading →

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