Fun with Images in Blogspot

Blogspot has the ability to insert images through a GUI rather than just putting in a simple line of HTML. The only redeeming feature of this is how hysterically bad it is. Let's check it out.

Images can be imported in three different sizes. These are as follows.

Small

Medium

Large

Blogspot also has the nifty feature of always putting the image at the top and making it unreasonably hard to drag down to the bottom of the post give then default tiny little frame for actually writing blogposts. I consider myself a fairly competent human being, and it actually took me multiple tries to drag the three images above to where I wanted them to be.

Why are you so tiny?

Just to add insult to injury its super easy to stretch in the HTML editor.

Blogspot: top tier trolls.

Now of course you could just forget about blogspot and write everything in notepad anyway or as I prefer, notepad ++. Embedding an image in HTML is super easy and simply entails writing the single line. W3 schools already have excellent tutorials on how to embed images so I recommend visiting them.

How to Mic Spam in Video Games with HLSS

Mic spamming is so even a kid could do it. HLSS, despite being highly popular is not often talked about due to the first few rules of HLSS:

1. Do not talk about HLSS

2. Do NOT talk about HLSS

3. User friendly is for chumps

I might do an hldj tutorial later but for now lets focus on HLSS.

There are already great tutorials on how to download and install it on the HLSS website and since you need to do different things for every game, I wont bother going into too much detail. Just be sure to check the tutorials for whichever games you intend on using here.

Now the problem becomes finding the sounds to use. A lot of good spam can be found on Youtube. To rip the audio just use this simple audio ripper.

Other than that there is not much to it. Be sure not to use sound buttons that might conflict with FRAPS or any other program you want to be running. Also keep in mind that the num pad buttons are viewed as different buttons and make for good keys to bind,

Setting Up Virtual Audio Cable Tutorial

There are some cases where you would want the audio coming out of your computer to be mirrored through your microphone. This is useful for streaming audio on sites such as Justin.tv or for trolling people in online games by letting them listen along with the full discography of Captain Beefheart. A lot of people also use it to record Skype calls so that they can record both themselves and the people they are talking to.

One of the best services for this is Virtual Audio Cable. I found the tutorial on their site to be quite lacking. Getting the basics to work is quite simple though.

After installing the program you want to open its control panel which you can simply find in the program files directory.

If your control panel doesn't look like this, you've done something horribly wrong.

In the control panel, you are going to need to set up at least two Cables in the top left. You can set up more but to get the basics done you only need two. Most of the other fields you can leave defaulted as they are not that important.

Next you need to adjust your audio outputs and inputs. Right click on the speaker button in the bottom right of your computer and bring up playback devices. Set up the default playback as Line 1. Next go to recording and set the default microphone line as Line 2. For the time being you will be unable to hear audio or record from your mic.

Now you will need to boot three instances of the Audio Repeater. You want Line 2 going into Line 1 to allow audio to go through your mic. You will also want Line 1 going into your speakers or headphones. You also need to have your mic going into Line 2 so that both your voice and the computer sound will go through Line 2.

What everything should look like.

You will of course need to hit start on everything to get things going. Go ahead and play around with some of the other values. In particular try playing with the priority. Depending on what you are running, and the quality of your computer you may be able to run on better priority and better audio.

Loading Unsigned Drivers in Windows 7

Windows 7, as well as Vista, restrict your ability to install unsigned drivers. After spending so many years on XP and loving its freedom, transitioning to Win7 was quite a bother.

If I want to install shady software and probably get infected with large amounts of Trojans then I better be able to. Having security in place to prevent the ignorant from accidentally installing malware is nice, but at some point there needs to be a work around for people who want it and know what they are doing.

Guys this looks legit.

Well thankfully Win7 did put in a work around, although its a little bit of a bother to use. Just hit F8 a couple times until eventually you get to the advance boot options that look like this:

Now if that seems like a bit of a bother to you, well that's because it is. The best option is to use a program like the Driver Signature Enforcement Override found here.

To use the program, just boot it up with "Enable Test Mode" checked and hit next. Open the window back up and click "Sign a System File" and find the exact path to the unsigned system file.

The benefit to this is that it removes false positives and gives you a bit more freedom. Just be careful what you put on your computer.

Removing Default Navbar in Blogspot

Every blogspot blog initially has an ugly navbar at the top that I never wanted there in the first place. So of course I needed some way to kill it. Using this method, you will not remove th navbar from the pages of history entirely, as it will still haunt

your HTML template for the rest of your life, but you can make it disappear forever which is good enough.

What is this I don't even know.

This again makes the blog more personal and less like a

generic blogspot blog. Also it makes it harder to report abuse, so sweet bonus there. By just adding a little bit of CSS the navbar will be gone. Go to the Edit HTML under the design tab in the blog editor.

At the location specified by the arrow above, add the following CSS definition.

#navbar-ifram {

display: none !imprtant;

}

Save the changes and bye bye navbar. If for some reason you want to display it again later just remove the code.

Changing Favicon on Blogspot

Before I go about changing the template too much, I have to get rid of my initial pet peeves with the blog.

I don't like the default favicon for a number of reasons. It makes the website feel less personal to me and makes viewers instantly know that it is a blogspot blog. Additionally, anyone using mass tabs like I do, will have a hard time finding it amongst other blogspot blogs open.

I made mine an "A" because I am unoriginal and did not want to make my own logo yet. Ideally you should use a ico file but a png will probably work fine. Unfortunately you cannot use animated gifs or scalable vectors because browsers that aren't Opera are rubbish.

Anyway, the change is rather simple.

First, ind the image you want to use and make sure the resolution is no larger than 36x36. Next upload it somewhere like imgur or another image hosting site and copy the image url.

Now a simple line of HTML needs to be added, but first you need to find where to put it. Go to your Edit HTML page in your dashbord and find the following line:

<title><data:blog.pagetitle/></title>

Finally, insert below it the following HTML: <link href='Image URL here' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/vnd.microsoft.icon'/> replacing "Image URL here" with the URL of your image.

Now just save the template and you are done.