After lots of programming tonight, I am finally ready to reveal what I have been working on for the last few weeks off and on. While there are only a couple of CDs in the program, you can still see the end result now at http://www.mytungsten.net/cdcoll/. I plan on working on the project page a bit over the next few days to show some screen shots of the admin pages. I will then do some more testing to make sure the install works right and no other bugs are found and then will be ready to offer it up to whomever wants it. Then I can start the process of entering in all of my CDs next. W00t
Archive for June, 2005
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Formula 1 Fiasco
Many of you know that I am a Formula 1 racing fan, which makes writing this a bit difficult today. I was excited to see the US Grand Prix being run in the middle of the summer, on a beautiful day with over 10,000 more fans in attendance this year. Formula 1 has had a difficult time trying to attract fans due to the time of day it is on and the worldwide audience, but Forumla 1 also understands that it needs a strong US Grand Prix to keep making inroads with the US audience, or so I thought.
Today Formula 1 shot itself in the foot by adhearing to strict rules and ignoring the greater good of the audience, both live and on television. One tire maker, Michelin, had concerns about safety due to the banking on one of the turns. Admitting that they are at fault, but not wanting to risk the safety of the drivers, Michelin proposed either allowing a tire change or altering the track to slow down speeds in one corner. All teams were on board with this change, except for Ferrari, which for their sake was somewhat understandable. Other ideas were thrown out, including giving the Bridgestone companies the top points automatically, but still racing the race with everyone out there and including the course change. The FIA (The governing body of Formula 1) decided that the Michelin teams could not change tires, no changes to the course would be made and that they should just slow down in that corner. The Michelin teams all agreed that slowing down was not practical knowing that the drivers are all competitive and it would lead to increased speeds by the end of the race. So they all decided to forfeit the race and not compete, leaving 6 cars for the race.
I actually stayed and watched the whole thing, simply to hear the commentators discuss what happened. I saw a water bottle thrown on the track, hear the commentators discuss how this will ruin Formula 1 in the US for years and how other countries had turned off the race in favor of other programming. In this day where Formula 1 is seen as the spoiled brats of auto racing, this really takes the cake. The only winner I see out of this is Indy racing, as many Formula 1 fans will stop tuning into that and go back to Indy racing. I will probably keep watching Formula 1 for now, simply because I enjoy all of the politicing that goes along with it, but my guess is that many US and worldwide fans will just turn off the TV in the future when Formula 1 comes on.
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No Beer is Good Beer to Me
Since I am in a writing mood today, I figured I would post something so I don't forget to in a week or so. On June 26th, it will be exactly one year since I have had a real drink. Twice since then I have had a very little bit of alcohol, on the day of the Super Bowl where I sipped the last Ocubrew that was surprisingly good quality. The second time was a couple of weeks ago when I had a glass of champagne for Ben and Kirsten's wedding (that gave me a headache). In any case, it has definately been healthier for me since I quit, I lost a little stomach fat and seem to be a little more even temptered most of time time. In any case, I just wanted to get this out here before I forgot to toot my own horn.
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Nothing to See Here
Nothing is really going on with me, so I havn't had a lot to post on here. An update about a couple of "recent" posts. About the pictures, my intense view of Flickr lasted about 30 minutes and then I got bored. It looks like it has some cool potential, but I am working on other things. The CD collection is coming along well, I have the creation script done, the add an album script almost done (one bug left) and the edit script about halfway done. After those I will work on the display pages and the overall look of the program then make it available as a first release, or Beta if you will. Then I will work on all the other features that I would like in the program and maybe work on some different skins with CSS. Other than that, work keeps me really busy now, so that is good. I don't have any real travel plans until July when I have the move as well, so right now is the calm before the storm. Finally, congrats to Ben and Kirsten on the wedding and Ben's job.