http://ehdotout.com/ en-us 40 eh?dotout comments <p>http://thelegendarybeek.com/boredcat.jpg</p> Tue, 30 May 2006 01:05:38 EDT http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-105 http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-105 <p>I switched from Azure to the Hi Tek theme.</p> Mon, 22 May 2006 16:30:25 EDT http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-101 http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-101 <p>Back to Azure for now</p> Mon, 22 May 2006 16:30:25 EDT http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-103 http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-103 <p>Yep, comments work a lot better with Azure</p> Mon, 22 May 2006 16:30:25 EDT http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-104 http://ehdotout.com/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay#comment-104 <p>It has been a while&#8230; But it is time for an update.</p> <p>First and foremost, I have been playing the Google Maps <span class="caps">API</span>. <a href="http://thelegendarybeek.com/map/">This is my first real creation.</a> My goal is to create an application for the creation/editing/viewing of similar presentations. It will be unfortunately similar to <a href="http://wayfaring.com/">Wayfaring</a>, but the whole animation thing is unique. Anyway, I&#8217;m starting work on that&#8230; Once I get into the Rails backend part, then I&#8217;ll hopefully get to implement my test recorder idea at the same time. But first things first, I&#8217;m starting to work on the editor first, which will be mostly Javascript.</p> <p>Next, I&#8217;ve finally ditched my old Apache/FastCGI setup in favour of <a href="http://lighttpd.net/">Lighttpd</a> and <a href="http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/">Mongrel</a>. The conversion thusfar has been quite easy. I was resisting the whole Lighty movement for the longest time because I wasn&#8217;t sure if it was configurable enough for me, particularly in the virtual hosts area. Well it turns out it&#8217;s more than good enough. I like the lighttpd.conf format too. And while I like FastCGI (and will continue to use it to power my <a href="http://forums.thelegendarybeek.com/">forum</a>), Mongrel is simply a better fit for a Rails application. I&#8217;ve still got a few loose ends to tie up in my Lighty/Mongrel configuration, but I really don&#8217;t see myself reverting back to Apache.</p> <p>As you can see, I&#8217;ve reverted back to the default Azure theme for this blog&#8230; SublteSpeed just wasn&#8217;t working for me, so in the process of moving to Mongrel, I ditched it. I intend to change the design (as well as the design of my <a href="http://thelegendarybeek.com/">web site</a>), but it&#8217;s a low priority.</p> <p>Most importantly&#8230;<br /> <img src="/images/blogs/sport-oilers.gif" alt="" /><br /> The Oil&#8217;s cup run is probably the greatest thing happening in the world right now. Not exaggerating. The only sad thing is that I&#8217;m not in Alberta to experience it. But it aint that bad&#8230; When I wear my Oilers jersey downtown I usually run into a couple vocal fans. And I&#8217;ve been booed a couple times, but that&#8217;s cool too.</p> <p>I&#8217;ve been buying a lot of records. Garage sales, antique warehouses, and record stores. Here&#8217;s just the latest garage sale haul:</p> <p><img src="/images/blogs/garagesale.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Finally<br /> <img src="http://thelegendarybeek.com/boredcat.jpg" alt="" /></p> Mon, 22 May 2006 17:30:00 EDT <a href="/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay">AprilMay - Google Maps, Lighttpd, OILERS~!, Records</a> <a href="/articles/2006/05/22/aprilmay">AprilMay - Google Maps, Lighttpd, OILERS~!, Records</a>