Last weekend was bachelor party weekend. Today, I am rough, so I am going to keep this simple.
Thanks to everyone. Here is a music video.
Archive for October, 2007
I did some more work on Grittr tonight. I like the way it’s coming along.
The big feature that I was working on tonight was the ability to read an article from a referring website right on Grittr. It’s super easy and you don’t even have to use the old Dos prompt to get to it to work. Click the link to the article, the screen goes grey, and then you’re presented the article. By chance you’d like to go directly to the article, there is a link at the top to the right of the title.
Each site structures their links differently, so I am going to have to go back and make some modifications. Plus it looks like I just broke the feature to drag and drop categories around. That’s why it’s still in the ‘Alpha’ stage.
To accomplish greyed out screen effect, I am yet again using another Javascript library called ThickBox. It’s a great script that will do the same effect with Flash, PDF, images, or even a series of images.
As of now, the feature works great with:
http://grittr.com/site/pantagraph
http://grittr.com/site/thedailyillini
http://grittr.com/site/thesouthern
http://grittr.com/site/chicagotribune
I got a report back from GTG today that her coworkers tried out the site, but they weren’t going anywhere if they clicked the links on the main page (http://www.grittr.com). If anyone comes across this issue let me know.
Leave a comment or email me: gotshoo dizzAT gmail dizzDOT com
This is actually the 999th post on Gotshoo. I was trying to hold out to do something shoo-special, but I saw this video today and was just amazed. I really wanted an iPhone, but I’ll take the 8 foot screen featured in the video instead.
Insert drool.
I had a little free time tonight so I fixed some issues with Grittr.
I fixed the issue with the Sun Times - I was not grabbing a date for the articles, so it kept indefinitely grabbing links. They had a weird way of putting together a date for each link.
The main page (grittr.com) now lists out all the sites with their corresponding feeds.
Features that I am working on (or at least day dreaming about at work):
- Calendar feature - Select a day and check out what the news stories were on that day.
- Search - duh.
- Ability to combine feeds from different newspapers.
- Ability to save a layout.
Any feedback? Any requests for other newspapers? I am trying to keep the number of newspapers down till I work out functionality issues, but if anyone has a special request, please let me know.
Congrats to Will & Jessie on their engagement.
Apple has just released a guided tour for Mac OS X Leopard. If you have an Apple, it looks like it’s worth the upgrade. But…. don’t you think that Apple is taking the black sweaters thing a little too far? Cultic? Heaven’s Gate-ish?
They’ve seriously made the whole OS act like iTunes.
Since I don’t have a Mac or the money to buy a new laptop, I will be downloading and trying out the new version of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibson). Let you know how it is.
I can crank my music as loud as I want to and he doesn’t care.
So the big day is not far away, the question I hear from everyone, “Are you nervous?” How can anyone be nervous for a huge celebration with family and friends, an event that no one is sure too forget about anytime soon? That question is usually followed by some helpful marital advice like buy it now or you’ll never get it [iphone].
If I was even a little bit nervous, it would be about the guest list and the flow of events for the day. Creating ‘the list’ is about the hardest thing to do for a wedding. Who’s going to bring a date? Who’s not coming? Who’s going to disown us? One can only hope everyone understands that if it was possible to invite every person they’ve come in contact with throughout life, they would.
It’s postage that is the real killer, not the dinner. We’re getting the super-value-wedding pack from KFC. We got a coupon.
A lot of the day, if not the whole marriage, will be based on the weather. It will be an outside wedding so it’s all in God’s hands. I don’t trust the Gus, but I am prediciting an unseasonably warm, thank you global warming, colorful fall day and an even brighter and happier marriage. Carbon offsets can be bought at reception.
Nervous, no. Done hitch’d up, yes!
Question to the Gotshoo audience: What marriage advice do you have for a Shoo and a GTG? (I’ve already been told that this is “our” blog.)
PS: Yes, I know I setup a wedding blog and we put like squat out there, but when you ask your fiancee to write something and she has 60 essays to grade, it kind of gets prioritize to somewhere else.
I tried to grab a few shots of the dogs after shooting at Washington Park today, obligatory dog pics for the gotshoo audience, aka mom. It’s really difficult posing a dog, needless to say, two. But some how I got them staggered just right and the neighbor happened to make a noise that got their attention.
I’ve taken a lot of pics of the dogs, but this has to be in my top 5.
Check out the larger version. The detail on Clancy’s fur is incredible.
Washington Park was filled with families wearing the same color shirts and photographers. I happened to be one of the photographers but my subjects were a little more cooperating.
Uploading the rest later on tonight.
I helped two coworkers today setup their iPhones to work with our Microsoft Exchange server. The phones do not use the OMA (Outlook Mobile Access) protocol. They instead have to be configured to use IMAP and SMTP, which means the IT guy, your’s truely, had to setup the firewall so they can work.
Here’s a quick run through of how to get things working.
After two nights of work, it works. What works? Grittr now has movable sections, which is kind of a feat for me considering I’ve always hated javascript. But I’ve got the handle of it now.
What I like is that it’s fast and has a ghosting effect. You can’t save a custom layout yet, but that will come soon.
Eventually you’ll be able to customize your news with more than just one newspaper and even maybe a 7 day weather outlook. The possibilities are endless.
There are some issues with the story preview and I have to tweak the color scheme, but how does it look on everyone’s screen? I’ve tested it in IE7 and FF2. If you run it in IE6, I am pretty sure it’s going to look crappy (transparent PNGs) - go ahead and upgrade while your at it.
If you’re interested in what Javascript libraries I used:
The dog above, Clancy, has cost me about $25 dollars in dog collars the last two weeks. He keeps chewing Bud’s collar off. I’ve tried apple bitter stuff, correcting him, and even threatening to sell him on Craigslist for a dollar to some creepy guy. Nothing has worked.
GTG is gone for the weekend. Bidding price starts at $1.
Just got the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows. It’s being distributed directly from the band from their website: http://www.inrainbows.com/. The band is asking their fans to name a price on the album. If you think it’s worth 10 bucks, you pay them 10 bucks. If you think it’s worth 2.50, you pay 2.50. You get the picture.
I’ve tried logging into the site to download it, but it’s down right now. I finally ended up downloading from a third party for free. I believe they are going to release a CD version, I’ll buy it then.
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