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Well it looks like python.org has finally entered the realms of web 2.0. Nice colors, css templates, and new round jelly looking logo. Is this a reaction to Guido’s recent post regarding better marketing or had they planned this for quite some time? (my guess is its been in the works for a while).
Currently Python is my language of choice but after reading all of Steve Yegge’s old blog entries I am second guessing myself and thinking I shouldn’t drop Ruby totally.
Comments closedWell you might have noticed my book list on the right and see that I am reading the whole Harry Potter series back to back. I just recently finished Goblet of Fire and the movie came out today and was anxious to see it.
My first impression was that it was a Cliff notes version of the book. They cut so much out that it felt like the movie was on fast forward. I think it was better than the Prisoner of Azkaban though.
Lets see some of the things they left out (there are more but here are the highlights):
It’s safe to say I am a big David Gilmour fan. I love Pink Floyd and whenever I would talk to someone else who liked them as well they were always surprised I didn’t like Roger Waters more. Perhaps this is too strong – I like him just fine but I don’t think he was the “heart” of Floyd as some fan boys and he himself thinks. I distinctly remember getting into a fight with someone over this a few years ago. We were discussing the relative merits of Gilmour and Waters when finally he said something to the affect “Well without Waters you wouldn’t have songs like Comfortably Numb!” when I told him Gilmour wrote the music for it he thought I was lying. What attracts me to Floyd and Gilmour is the music. The lyrics are nice too But don’t get me wrong, I am not bashing Waters. I loved Radio K.A.O.S and The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. But Gilmour’s On an Island and About Face are better!
Comments closedWell this is the first entry of my new blog. I thought “Hey everyone else has one – why not me?”. Well not exactly. Actually another blog entry persuaded me to blog. Steve Yegge used to work at Amazon.com, where I work now. While I recognized the name I didn’t really know him. I didn’t even know he wrote a blog until I saw it linked off of reddit.com the other day. I was hooked. After spending most of Sunday night reading through his blog I came across his entry titled You Should Write Blogs and it convinced me to start one of my own.
So I did some googling and decided on WordPress. I had previously setup MediaWiki so I already had a mySQL installation. I had it up and running in about 20 minutes and was impressed – not only did it look good but is a cinch to administrate.I then had to convert my old site to WordPress. I still have a lot to learn but I got it up and running in about two hours, which included modifying the default template. My old site had a javascript calculator I wrote which doesn’t work correctly as a WordPress “page” so I will probably work on that next.
Speaking of modifying the default template, how do you like my header? I got it from a program called RapidWeaver which I bought and used for about a month before deciding that it wasn’t powerful enough. Thankfully since I own a license I don’t feel bad about ripping out one image and some CSS from one of their templates.
One other thing…I am eagerly waiting for midnight when David Gilmour’s new solo album, On an Island, is released on iTunes.
Well I guess this is enough for now…stay tuned!
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