http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog My Blog on VoIP, Ajax, XUL, PHP, Mozilla Stuff, and other Cool Tech Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:19:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've brought back my old site Buddhamartini.com Please go there for any gardening hydroponic natural type stuff. http://www.buddhamartini.com/ Best, --Joey http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2008/07/03/buddhamartinicom/ So I'm still working, different situation now, but still working. Rails is off the charts, XUL is gone, Dojo is in, Prototype is in. Winter is still here, but sun is coming soon. So how about a completely different direction?? I've been working on a hydroponics system lately. Will post more ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2008/02/29/different-direction/ Ok, so here's where I'm at. I'm over Rails, done with it, caput. It's got the greatest ideas, but the implementation is lacking. Many of the most common ideas are easy to implement elsewhere (Like PHP's Adodb Active Record as one example). So my interests have floated back to PHP. ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2008/02/01/update/ A new post. Where did this come from? http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2008/02/01/holy-crap/ So recently I've decided to get back into Jabber, all that fun stuff. I've meddled with it a little before, but not very much. What got me into it was xmpp4moz which I've been able to use as a xulrunner extension for the big app I've been working on for ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/04/10/on-being-late-to-the-party-or-pubsub-jabber-and-pain/ Niiice. Sorry it's quiet, just working on stuff pointing out cool stuff. Dynarch calendar is awesome. :)Japan's "real" 3D image projector - Engadget Update: Actually, Rails Bundles is not so nice. :( Errors out in Rails 1.2.2. "wrong number of arguments (6 for 3)" I'm not a rails genius(yet) so I can't ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/16/niiice/ This is awesome. Rails Flash MP3/ImageSlideshow/Media Player Plugin http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/13/sweet/ Where the heck is Haunted House Nation? Well, it is off season(although, technically, the season for house planning is just starting now) and I'm still struggling with the drupal upgrade, but it will be back in time. I plan to have it up, better than ever, by August. I'm working ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/13/haunted-house-nationrailsmac-mini-hdtv-screen-paint/ Low-cost alternative to cable/satellite is done. USDTV today announced they'd be closing down operations. Ah well, I was kind of looking forward to getting it but they didn't have any of the channels I wanted. I closed out my cable after it switched from Comcast to Time Warner, after my ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/07/usdtv-is-done/ Just saw this over at the Betas Site as well, a free Admaker that blends video / sound / pictures / attachments together. Visopic looks pretty cool but I only see it as limited usefulness(blend sound? Bleh, no craigslist with sounds is a craigslist I want to be on!).powered by ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/05/visopic/ Just saw this over at the Betas Site, an Ambient Clock that is colored based on what is going on. I love these concepts(like that old ball that changed colors, blue good, red bad, in between means in between). I'd still prefer a physical version of this that isn't so ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/05/ambient-clock/ Yeah, ok, so living in Texas is pretty good 90% of the time. But electric prices are really high right now, at least with TXU, unless you sign up for 24 months of phone abuse and even higher prices, they'll give you a $25 credit. Wow, let me contain my ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/05/texas-electric-choices/ Talk about being out of the loop for awhile. Instead of the terrible spam ridden Rails wiki(which I've heard is better now too) there is a searchable place for plugins. Woo!Ruby on Rails Plugins - Agile Web Development http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/03/rails-plugin-repository/ Ok, so it looks like I'm back on the bandwagon for a little bit. First rails 1.2, which isn't as impressive as 1.1(although I may change my mind soon), and now Rails 1.2.2. Also, RadRails has had an update since last time I checked it out. I'm still trying to ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/03/03/back-on-the-bandwagonruby-on-rails/ Finally got a new projector and got a Mac Mini to go along with it(as well as some work stuff, makes for a good portable unix box for debugging). Let me just say this, although MythTV is great, it's bulky, unpredictable(my hard drive filled because I hadn't set it up to ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2007/01/16/mac-mini-htpc/ Here's our goals for the first iteration. Task Database Object Add Task via Xul Client It's small, but it gets us started on all the overhead of both rails and xul. http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2006/11/03/project-management-tutorial-part-2-first-iteration/ Luckily/Sadly, there is no pressure for me to complete this on any timeframe, and it's secondary to the rest of my work, which is far more important. However, a nice diversion is always in order, and helps get my mojo back into my regular programming work. Read on for the ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2006/10/30/project-management-tutorial-part-1-planning-and-design/ Trying to install FreeBSD on my main computer, thanks in part to a new 500gb hard drive replacing my old 90gb hard drive(woo hoo!), I get "BTX Halted" over and over again. Nothing else. I've tried i386 and amd64 builds(I'm on amd64 but it was a recommended fix) as well ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2006/10/30/freebsd-woes-back-to-rails-project-management/ Not that I post that often, really, but here's a quick update. I've been consumer by work and a recent death in the family. First of all, for all you locals, there's a project to create a Haunted House in Deep Ellum. I posted the MySpace bulletin on my Dallas Halloween ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2006/10/09/quick-update/ So, going way off topic here, I was worried about some slow SQL queries, and, logs being mighty useless, I looked for a slow-sql log analyzer. In steps mysqlsla. Woo hoo, plain, simple, and to the point. Found out some weird queries that I can't even find with a simple ... http://www.josephguhlin.com/blog/archives/2006/10/06/mysqlsla/