Just wanted to let everyone know that NETIKUS.NET ltd has released their first blog. The new site, http://www.eventlogblog.com/blog, went live today. There is already some content up there and there is definitely more to come. Most of the information will be intended for systems administrators and users of EventSentry.
Wow! This summer has really flown by! I almost can’t believe it. People are going back to school already and Labor day is already next weekend. It really feels like it just got started.
I have been secretly ashamed at the lack posts on this site this summer. It looks like I am averaging about 1 post a month. Hopefully that will change as the fall draws near. With the addition of Dailyblur.com to my site list, the little time I have for posting is directed there.
This weekend we are off to Denver for a friends wedding. It will be nice, neither of us have been there before and I am really looking forward to getting some great shots of a new city.
Last weekend I was walking down Clark street and I happened to see a Lomo Fisheye toy camera on display and I ended up buying it. It is great because it was really affordable and takes an extreme wide angle view of the world.
Well that is about all for now. I hope everyone enjoys what summer we have left.
After a several month hiatus I am back working on a Ruby on Rails project. For the months away I had to programming using classic ASP… ouch.
The second time around I am definitely experiencing the wonderful side of the language. It really is great for establishing simple code that is really doing some advanced things.
Plus, now I am on my Macbook and using Textmate so life is just grand.
I have been pretty happy the last few weeks. I recently asked Joellen to marry me and she said…YES! Since then we have been walking on clouds. I enjoyed a very nice week-long vacation up in Wisconsin. Now I am back to work and I am involved in a project that I am really enjoying. And Joellen said YES!
Joellen you are the best.
As of last night I now own a brand new Macbook! I am very excited about finally making the “switch” and learning my way around a new system. I already feel like my life as a web developer is going to be easier.
When I got home and looked at my new computer, my girlfriend’s new nano, my IPod, and the sudden IPhone commercial on the TV I realize that I have been consumed. Even as I am writing this there is another IPhone commercial on and it really seems like it is only a matter of time before it consumes everyone else. Or maybe it already has…
It is the perfect time for a nice weekend of relaxation. Lately I have been so incredibly busy with everything that I really haven’t taken the time to enjoy this time of year (normally my favorite). So this weekend I am sitting back in my chair and enjoying what is around me. I am spending half of this nice long weekend in my hometown city of Chicago and the second half in my getaway on Goose Lake in Wisconsin. I hope to do nothing more that enjoy some laughs and to take some photos.
I just registered for a photo class at the Chicago Photography Center! It is part of my efforts to do somethings for myself. Lately I have been really enjoying shooting film and now I will have a place to process it.
Well I hope everyone enjoys their weekend! Be safe!
I wanted to let everyone know that I have decide to start a daily photoblog. I am very excited about making this idea a reality. Basically I realized that I have too many photos, and mainly too many stories to not have a photoblog. 
Also one of the main reasons I have been motivated is that over the last few years I have been increasingly jealous of people have streams of photographs that you can trace back. They have a great history that is documented and can be enjoyed. There have been a few links in my photography section for a while now of Noah K Everyday and The Adaption to my Generation - A Daily Photo Project ++ c 7 11 23 and I am just so amazed at peoples dedication. True dedication is becoming harder and harder to come by. Therefore it is time for me to join in the fun!
Check it out!
For those of you who have used Flickr you are aware of how easy it is to change the titles of your photos. You simply click the text you want to edit, the web page does some fancy stuff to change the text to a form element, you change your text and hit okay. It couldn’t be easier. I find myself working on a project where that type of functionality would be perfect except it would be great if I could change the form element to a select box instead of a input box.
After some searching I found SubZane’s Ajax.inplaceselect which is an update to the class published for scriptaculous . This worked absolutely great. However, I really was hoping to include an onComplete event that would update some content on the page based on what a user selects. I attempted this with the built-in InPlaceEditor and it worked find, but for some reason not with the InPlaceSelect. I was able to find a way around this by modifying a small bit of the code.
Before:
onComplete: function() {
this.leaveEditMode();
//this.options.onComplete.bind(this)(transport, this.element);
}
After:
onComplete: function(transport) {
this.leaveEditMode();
this.options.onComplete.bind(this)(transport, this.element);
}
Now I am up and running. I am assuming this.options.onComplete.bind(this)(transport, this.element); was commented out for a reason so if anyone knows please pass it on. For the meantime this appeared to solve the problem.
I was just listening to Yahoo! Music while reading TechCrunch and I almost dropped my glass of water. Apparently Yahoo! is going to add lyrics to their music service. I am already a big fan of what they offer. I have been using it for a little over a year now and it makes me happy that they are still improving what they are offering for roughly 70 bucks a year. It is by far the best musical investment I have made.
Well I am back in Chicago and finally over the flu that I picked up as I was leaving San Francisco. The weather here today was in the 80s!!! I thought 60s in San Francisco was beautiful compared to the 40s we were plagued with before I left., but today was great. Joellen and I went to North Ave beach for a nice walk. Anyone who is visiting Chicago should pay a visit to this place.