The bad news is that id laid-off a batch of people earlier in January, probably because they didn’t need 100 people to sit on a brand-new team.

Also, it’s unfortunate that this birthday hasn’t been recognized anywhere, not even on id’s own blog. They’re probably too busy dealing with the massive success of Skyrim. Grats!

                          

In Mail.app:

1) Near the bottom, expand your GMail folder
2) Expand the [Gmail] folder inside
3) Select the All Mail folder inside
4) Go to the menu item Mailbox >> Use this mailbox for… >> Trash
5) Collapse the Gmail folder now; no need to look at it again
6) Press Command-, (comma) for Preferences
7) Select Accounts tab
8) Select the same Gmail account in the Accounts list
9) Click Mailbox behaviors
10) In the Trash section, KEEP CHECKED “Move deleted message to the Trash mailbox”
11) UNCHECK “Store deleted messages on the server”
12) Set “Permanently erase deleted messages when:” to NEVER
13) Close the Preferences window and click SAVE

Voila! Now when you delete messages from your Inbox, they get Archived. You can double-check this by logging into Gmail and deleting a message in Mail.app then refreshing your web Gmail inbox. I’m using Mail.app version 4.4, but i’m sure this setup works on many previous versions.

In addition, if you want your Mail.app emails to look just like GMails with threaded conversations, make sure you’re viewing your GMail account, then go to View >> Organize by Thread.

                          

It brought back the memory of how the same thing happened to me back in 1991 when I was working on Commander Keen 4-6. I was driving my brown 1975 Cougar in the winter down a pretty short road that was just in front of id’s apartment. I had the accelerator down to get some speed, and when I took my foot off the car kept accelerating! I started messing with the pedal but it didn’t stop. I realized the smartest thing was to put the car in neutral and hit the brakes before I got to the intersection. It worked and I quickly pulled over and popped the hood while the car engine was whining loudly as it was still accelerating. I pulled the fuel hose out to stop the engine and then pulled back on the accelerator cable to get it back to normal. That was pretty terrifying for about 30 seconds.

The reason the accelerator got jacked is because I changed the cable assembly because the previous one broke. But it wasn’t calibrated correctly and the cable snagged on something that time.

The lesson? DON’T TRY TO FIX YOUR OWN CAR! Lol.

                          

It was easier for me to edit every php file rather than re-download all my plugins again (except the W3 Caching plugin – it has about 100 files). I also had to reinstall the theme because it was fully infected, too.

So, everyone, make sure you have proper permissions set on all your files or things like this can happen.

                          

Joe Siegler IM’d me a couple weeks ago and said he found a VHS tape that had some DOOM footage on it before its release and if I didn’t want it he was gonna throw it out.

I said, “Send it to me immediately.”

So now I finally got it, ripped it to digital and then used iMovie to present it to anyone with an interest in DOOM history. Here’s what I wrote up about the video:

In 1993, Dan Linton, owner of a hugely successful BBS called Software Creations, visited Texas and made his way to id Software. This is the footage he recorded one night in November 1993. Shown are several of id’s employees at the time: Jay Wilbur, Shawn Green, John Romero, Dave Taylor, Sandy Petersen and Adrian Carmack. Bobby Prince was visiting to finish the music and create the sound effects. This video has 21 minutes of me playing DOOM before the sound effects were put in as well as some early deathmatching with Shawn Green.

                          

If you like all the SNL songs you should get the album Incredibad – they’re all on there. Go to iTunes and grab it and you will get all the videos too. Great deal!

                          

random IM

you know what’s funny? random IMs from people i don’t know – they always entertain. I figured it would be fun to share some of these with you.

At the end of this one the person says “Have fun” which, unbeknownst to him, is a game i made up and a lot of us here at Slipgate Ironworks play it everyday. So i say “good one” because he “won” the Have Fun game.

                          

Razer Copperhead

I put my copperhead on the iMac and it’s like night and day, it’s that amazing. The copperhead feels like a BMW compared to the Lachesis which is more like a PT Cruiser and the prices should be swapped. The copperhead is a way better mouse IMO. It feels better not just in using the computer but also in games.

I’m left-handed so Razer’s mice are really great for me. If i was right-handed, though, i would have to pick between using the copperhead or the logitech G5. They’re both absolutely the best.