I spent most of tonight distracted by Amazon’s web services. They have a real simple REST example in Perl, so I downloaded that and spent WAY too long getting LWP and XML::XPath installed on my Powerbook.I was in the middle of writing amazon.rb when I realized that I was spending too much time trying [...]
It’s Child’s Play time again, so head on over and cough up some dough. If you don’t know what Child’s Play is (and you’re not my parents), you need to call me so I can yell at you.For Mom and Dad, Child’s Play is a charity that raises money to purchase games, toys, and [...]
I got a little sidetracked watching Scrooged, but I was able to lay some more foundation for Nanned.My initial idea was to create a table for each item type (movie, book, game) and then link them to the user table via a library table. Unfortunately, this proved harder than I thought. I couldn’t [...]
A couple of months ago I bought Ninja Gaiden Black. I went home, popped it into the XBox and had a great time.The next day I walked into the office and mhat told me “Hey, you wanna borrow Ninja Gaiden Black? I think I’m done with it.”I had been nanned. While nanned can mean pretty [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do here. It’s been really useful so far as an online presence, but it really hasn’t been much else.I think that now, that’s going to change. I’ve had this project kinda on my mind for a while now, but I keep falling off the wagon [...]
For those who like these kinds of things, Ruby on Rails just turned 1.For those that don’t, I suppose it doesn’t really matter.  Â