Category: photos

03/16/08 09:17 - 28ºF - ID#43696

St Patrick's Day 2008

Edited in record time! (Slideshow w/ bigger version here

)

Permalink: St_Patrick_s_Day_2008.html
Words: 55
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: work

03/16/08 11:31 - 33ºF - ID#43687

Project Color Palette

Permalink: Project_Color_Palette.html
Words: 2
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: work

03/14/08 11:10 - 40ºF - ID#43674

Conferences

I'm headed to a conference in SLC in two weeks, and then at the end of May going out to the Ruby on Rails conference in Portland. Wish (e:James) could come, but the last time he came to one of these he was widowed all weekend :(

Permalink: Conferences.html
Words: 49
Location: Buffalo, NY

03/14/08 02:35 - 46ºF - ID#43666

APPROVED

Tacos are ~~delicious~~ AWESOME.

Permalink: APPROVED.html
Words: 4
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: apple

03/14/08 12:36 - 44ºF - ID#43664

DENIED

Dear Registered iPhone Developer,

Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand during the beta period. We will contact you again regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time.

Thank you for applying.

Best regards,

iPhone Developer Program

paul writes at 04:45:13 03/14/08 - Comment #32753: This is exactly the bottleneck problem with the whole itunes store paradigm with apple as the gatekeeper. It is such totally controlling Microsoft/Sony style bullshit. As far as I am concerned apple is the new microsoft. Can you imagine if the web was treated this way and Microsoft had limited all development in web browsers to the select few who had paid for the access keys. If they cant even get it together to get out the dev licenses how are they going to be able to review all the applications? Guess what big business will come first and every niche market will be taken.

Back when Microsoft was criticized for locking the web into their OS I used to love apple because they were not like that. Now they have gone from embracing opens source technologies to turning them for a profit and locking the end developers out of the game. How is it possible even?

If the web on iphone is really the next internet this is a horrible way to go. Imagine if computers went this way. Where every application had to go through a commercial gatekeeper to be on a device.

jim writes at 04:29:10 03/14/08 - Comment #32752: I've seen posts from a few big name Mac indie devs that also haven't gotten in, I think Apple was just overwhelmed with applications. The SDK was downloaded 100,000 times which is crazy.

They better get their act in gear quickly and open more dev slots or they're going to miss a huge opportunity. As is, not being accepted into the program means that you can only test in the simulator - not on the real device which is just fail all around.

carolinian writes at 04:01:26 03/14/08 - Comment #32751: My sentiments exactly, (e:paul).

:::link:::

So, anyone up for joining forces and trying to win $$$ in the remaining month of the Android Contest?

jason writes at 03:23:45 03/14/08 - Comment #32750: Well, it wasn't a flat out "no" so perhaps in the next round you'll get the call-up. Let us know how it goes.

paul writes at 03:01:15 03/14/08 - Comment #32749: This is why apple sucks. Other people will have a bigger headstart and way more advantage now. its sad because you are the biggest apple fanboy I know.

jim writes at 02:41:26 03/14/08 - Comment #32743: There's this guy I know, Wayne, who lives in town and is amazing. He's on the core teams of some big Ruby open source projects. He scares me he's so smart :/

jim writes at 02:25:11 03/14/08 - Comment #32741: I'm just the most bloggingest ruby programmer in Buffalo, I could give you a several names of better Ruby programmers then me lol.

mrdeadlier writes at 02:00:21 03/14/08 - Comment #32739: That's absurd. Aren't they aware that you are the premier Ruby developer in Buffalo, NY??!

Permalink: DENIED.html
Words: 66
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: internets

03/12/08 09:53 - 29ºF - ID#43645

Planet Unicorn Christmas

Permalink: Planet_Unicorn_Christmas.html
Words: 7
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: work

03/12/08 03:59 - 34ºF - ID#43639

SQL

My ability to write SQL is severly atrophied, and I hate it.

jim writes at 09:09:53 03/13/08 - Comment #32675: Wrong account? LOL

megan writes at 11:45:28 03/12/08 - Comment #32660: UPDATE users, outtatheloop SET users.intheknow = 1 WHERE users.uid = outtatheloop.uid AND users.tony = 'awesome';

My SQL's OK. My Ruby... not so good.

Sometimes I like to Megahurts my RAM in public, but i'm going to end up LOLing my ROXORZ if I keep it up... Yeah.

And SQL actually stands for Shugga Quit Lieing, and I'm telling the troof.

PS. just remember to fully qualify your columns with the table name in order to avoid selector ambiguity so that the DBMS doesn't scream at you. Cause that's the last thing you need happening. Crazy DBMS's.... shesh.

jim writes at 10:00:56 03/12/08 - Comment #32652: Structured Query Language, it's relational calculus - math for interrelated data sets.

So you could select all entries that have a username of felly:

SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='felly'

But it gets more complicated then that when you need to retrieve/update results from across multiple tables of data.

fellyconnelly writes at 09:51:36 03/12/08 - Comment #32650: Super Queer Lesbians?
Simply Quiet Lasers?
Sandy Quests Lust?
Sadley Quaint Losers?

i could go on....

jim writes at 05:39:06 03/12/08 - Comment #32633: It went really well, 15 people I think. I ended up finding my new job via the last Ruby meetup, so I'm really happy to be involved in it. I present at all of them - playing at teacher ;)

carolinian writes at 05:36:33 03/12/08 - Comment #32632: Oh sh*t, I missed the Ruby meeting. How did it go?

carolinian writes at 05:32:02 03/12/08 - Comment #32631: So no going nuts and doing stored procedures and custom aggregates anytime soon?

jim writes at 05:31:10 03/12/08 - Comment #32630: SQL is fine, I'm just not used to writing complex queries anymore.

paul writes at 05:02:28 03/12/08 - Comment #32628: You hate SQL or your atrophied ability?

Permalink: SQL.html
Words: 12
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: work

03/11/08 09:41 - 29ºF - ID#43624

1 job down, 2 jobs to go.

OK, my one contracting job seems like it's done. Now I've just got my new full time job (going super well so far, 2nd week in) and some part time at-home contracting stuff to Roswell to work out tomorrow. And a ton of email to catch up on. Oh and I'm out of town for a week in a week. Hmmm... forgot about that. Programming conference in SLC and then visiting family for a few days. Still busy then. Oh well.

But basically, things are sweet! Light at the end up the tunnel? Can't wait for spring: take more photos, get out of the house more... yuck, cabin fever. Plus, it's my birthday at the start of April so ... 29. Seems like it'll be a good year. Get a house I hope.

Gotta go, have a good night everyone.