I havn't written in awhile, so I thought I would post that I am alive and that I enjoyed Thanksgiving.¬? I am also working on the comics database.¬? Basically the more I mess with Rails, the more I like it, so it is taking my time right now.¬? I also am becoming less thrilled with the WordPress web page editor, so I am looking for suggestions on good desktop applications that handle blogging on a Mac.¬? Feel free to comment those suggestions, or don't.
Archive for November, 2006
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Crazy A$$ Weather
It is 36 degrees with a wind chill of 24 and we are in a severe thunderstorm warning with thunder and lightning all around. Gotta love November in Iowa.
UPDATE: It did hail here, now it won't melt because it is too close to freezing.¬? Then there is this awesome picture of severe weather in Iowa.
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Rails Install
Since Rails is what the people asked for, Rails is what the people are gonna get. I am starting work on the comic database and so the first step is to get Rails up and going on my local machine so I can do development easily. I have started by using Locomotive, a very nice program that allows you to run a Rails server without configuring the system. As I get further into the program, I think having the system actually configured to do Rails automatically is going to work better, so that is the big step for tonight. After that, development and learning will commence.
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iPod Battery Life
One of the agreements Rebekah and I made about some of the wedding gifts was to each get a better present for ourselves. Rebekah chose a Kitchenaid mixer and I chose a new 80 GB iPod. It has been about 4 years since I got my first iPod, so I have had a lot of fun tinkering with the new features, such as the photos and videos. I also started messing with having my calendar on the iPod so I can have that with me as well with my only qualm being that the iPod does not show the location field when viewing an entry. Last night I was checking on availability for an appointment, I must have accidentally hit play for music as I put the iPod away because when I checked the iPod this morning, it was playing still with the battery almost dead. I was quite impressed that it had gotten 15 hours of constant music playback, so I decided to drain the battery and have kept listening all morning. I am now at 17 hours straight and the iPod keeps trucking. Color me impressed when compared to the old 8 hrs I got on my original iPod.