I thought I’d just whip up a post for this to use as a reference myself, all credits for the data go to whatever source they came from, of course you should always check EVE Survival for mission specific directions but this might be useful in other situations.

Drone Damage Types

Rat/NPC Damage Types

Sources

• OGRank
• EVElopedia

Note: if you think any data on this page is incorrect then please post a comment with the correct data and a data source.

I was talking to an old corp mate of mine a few days ago and I was looking for a new corp and they had room. So I tried to apply but I got the message that I couldn’t apply because the CEO doesn’t have the Ethnic Relations skill. I asked my friend if the CEO could train it, and tonight I asked if the CEO trained it already.

Xeross155 > But does CG have Ethnic shizzle now so I can apply ?
Rammit > we will all watch ethnic jokes we talked about it last night
Xeross155 > I’m talking bout the character skill -_-
Rammit > oh
Rammit > wow I feel stupid
Xeross155 > You seriously discussed ethnic jokes with the corp o.O
Rammit > yes

I have once more remodified the theme, it was a fair bit of work but I’m satisfied with the result, a gaming blog just looks a lot better with a dark theme in my opinion.

I’ve also modified all images currently used in posts to be either PNG or GIF so that they can be properly viewable on both light and dark skins.

I’ll be adding a style switcher too, this will make the old style be just a mouse click away. Please tell me what you think of the new theme and if you have any suggestions don’t hesitate to leave a comment. Thank you.

Well I had to create a post with my claim token so…

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This script will fix the dropdown text color in OGame, I made it for Firefox (Only tested with 3.6) it makes the select tags inherit the text color so the text inside em is readable.

Download

Over at userscripts.org

Changelog

1.1 – 25/Jan/2010

Removed jQuery loading because OGame already includes it, fixes galaxy overview

1.0 – 22/Jan/2010

Initial Release

Code

// ==UserScript==
// @name           OGame (1.X) Dropdown Text Color Fix
// @namespace      http://theelitist.net/2010/01/22/ogame-select-tag-fix/
// @description    Fixes OGame (1.X) Dropdown Text Color
// @include        *.ogame.org*
// @exclude        *board.ogame.org*
// ==/UserScript==

// Modify the CSS
$(document).ready(function() {
	$("select").css("color", "inherit");
});

Post any bugs/suggestions here in the comments or at userscripts.org

~Xeross

Well it’s been a while since I posted a log on here so it’s time for another one, it’s been a busy week both at home and at school.

First of all I got my internship, I had an employment interview at a school this morning, and after talking a bit about my experience in the IT, a run through of my tasks and a sort of tour around the building I was accepted. I’ll start my internship at Friday 5th of February, I would’ve started at the 4th but due to circumstances there wasn’t any time for my “mentor” to get me going on Thursday.

Other then this next week we have the terms exams again so I’m preparing for them a little, luckily this time they’re all on one day instead of spread throughout the week (They take 5-20 minutes each and there’s 3 of  ‘em).

And lastly I’ve been dispatching the new navigation system to all websites that use my CMS. and I’ve been training Adv. Weapon Upgrades in EVE to IV (Maybe V) so now I can fit additional modules because of the powergrid savings.

Well that’s it for this log, stay tuned for the next one (or next post).

~Xeross

This morning I arrived at school, got my stuff and went to the classroom only to find out I was an hour early, fortunately this gave me some time to talk with the internship coördinator however he wasn’t present. They said he’d arrive at 8:30 but he still wasn’t present at 8:45 so I decided to go to the OLC (Open Learning Center, Huge room with lotsa computers) and catch up on some school work.

At 9:25 I shut down my USB Ubuntu and head to the classroom. After figuring out questions we had to answer through brainstorming around a central subject we went to the OLC again to find stuff about the subject. In this case development in hardware (CPU, graphics cards, storage devicers, etc.).

For CPUs and graphics cards it’s just a bigger, better, faster, stronger kind of thing and that’s about it and with storage devices we have SSDs. After finding the required information I had to resize my casper-rw file (This is where USB Ubuntu stores all changes) because it was full, this took 15 minutes and after that I could boot back into Ubuntu.

Once it was done booting I started looking on the internet how I could run my password manager from within linux (It’s a .NET Framework executable). Fortunately there’s Mono which allows you to run .NET applications on linux, after installing the packages I tried executing the password manager and it worked, so another step into switching to linux.

After this I decided to go look for some oldschool games (Dracula: Reign of Terror, Knights and Merchants, etc.) that would run on the school computers. I installed both of these games through Wine and tried playing them. Dracula works pretty well however Knights and Merchants is being buggy (However that’s probably fixable). Hereafter we went back to class to “Report our findings” and after this I had some more time to toy around with Linux before we had to discuss our portfolio and internship efforts with our mentor.

Then I took the bus home and found a reply from the internship coordinator that he reviewed my qpplication letter and résumé and that he made a few modifications. After this I sent them to the Elementary School that I’m applying to, and I already have a reply for an application meeting/conversation, however the date might need to be changed.

Other then that I gathered all my stuff from all around New Eden and hauled it to my main base of operation, also tweaked some of my market order prices and well that’s about it.

~Xeross

Welcome to the fourteenth installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed to crazykinux@gmail.com. Check out other EVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

The first banter of 2010 comes to us from the EVE Blog Father, CrazyKinux himself, who asks the following: As we begin another year in New Eden, ask yourselves “What Now?” What will I attempt next? What haven’t I done so far in EVE? Was it out fear, funds, or knowledge? Have I always wanted to start my own corporation, but have never dared doing so? Is there a fledging mercenary waiting to come out of its shell? Or maybe an Industrialist? What steps and objectives will I set myself to accomplish in order to reach my ultimate goal for this year? EVE is what you make of it. So, what is it going to be for you?

Kind of a coincidental subject if you ask me, well let’s get started with the plans for 2010.

First of all I’m going to be focusing more on PvP, I’ve been flying solo trying to pirate people for a few days now and I really like it so far. Currently training up my skills to fit my Rifter even better, and my first kill is a fact.

Other then this I’ll be helping Lord Baltor to bring some life back into Novadyne Dynamics, at the moment we’re kind of inactive and we need to get back into it again, I’ll primarily be helping him and the corp by creating a website and hosting a forum.

And another goal of mine is to fly a Golem by the end of the year, calculations indicate training for it would take approximately 240 days so it should be achievable.

And well, also train up my trade skills to become a better trader, and my mining skills to make mining more profitable.

As you can see I want to train for a very broad spectrum of “Classes” which is kind of difficult with this skill system unless you take your time, So well I guess this is the entire plan for 2010.

~Xeross

List of Participants:

1. CrazyKinux’s Musing - A beginning is a very delicate time…
2. The Wandering Druid of Tranquility - Words, words, words…
3. My God It’s Full of Stars - What Now?
4. The Elitist - Plans for 112yc
5. Into the unknown with gun and camera - Show me the money
6. Ecliptic Rift - Enabling the future
7. Inanity and Doom - New Year’s Resolutions, New Eden Style
8. Break Vol - Blog Banter #14
9. Guns Ablaze - What Now?
10. Adventures in Mission Running - The Way Forward
11. Diary of a Pod Pilot - Things I want to do
12. Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah - The Year That Will Be
13. Roc’s Ramblings - WordPress ate my blog
14. Vive Virtual - Frontier Living
15. A Mule in EVE - Next on the chopping block
16. Prano’s Journey - I Peer Into My Crystal Pod…
17. Life in Low Sec - Expanding the Franchise
18. The Light of Stars - Testing the claims of CCP
19. A Memoir From Space - A New Direction
20. The Chronofile - Blog Banter 2010
21. FlashFresh - What now for Flash?
22. EVE Opportunist - Fyreite in 112
23. Mike Azariah - Jiorj
24. Yarrbear Tales - Year in Review
25. The Independant Analyst - The Year Ahead
26. The Travels of Black Claw - Where ma I going?
27. Warp Scrammed - What to do this year
28. Sered’s Lives - Searching for directions in 2010
29. Finders & Keepers - New Tears, Same Great Taste
30. The Captain’s Log - To Dream of the Future
31. The Lathspell of Mithrandir - Resolutions
32. The Midnight Sun - EVE Blog Banter #14
33. More to come…

I’ve decided to rename the Daily Log to just Log, I wont be able to write a post daily so this name fits better.

Today I’ve been working on my CMS, primarily on managing groups and their rights, I’ve almost finished the module and once it’s done I can finish up with the Novadyne Dynamics website.

I also have some renewed motivation regarding programming and I’m very happy with that because that means I can finish up some projects I still need to finish.

Well I’m going to bed now.

~Xeross

It seems that somehow the last few days slipped by without me thinking about writing a log entry, I don’t know how this happened but today I have one again.

I have finally installed Dragon Age: Origins, I’m always a few weeks/months late with trying new games because of my busy schedule, I have played it for a few hours now and I have to say it looks great, and the gameplay is good. I’ll definitely be playing this for a few more days/weeks.

Besides this I’ve also made good progress with the Novadyne Dynamics website, so far I’ve implemented API Key adding/removing and the Operation Management/Logging is coming along pretty nice too. After this I need to implement forum authentication and a Loyalty Point system and then we can bring Novadyne back to life.

I’ve also changed my path again in EVE, whilst PvP and Pirating are great things to do the endless scanning for targets is just not my thing, I don’t have a lot of time to play and scanning endlessly just doesn’t fit in my timeframe. I’ll be trading and missioning primarily again for the time being.

Well I guess that wraps it up for today, there wont be a Captain’s Log as there isn’t anything interesting to tell today.

~Xeross