August 2005 Archives
August 31, 2005
I had a goal of buying a bunch of cigars I have never had before, and really review them, instead of just recommending. So I went to top25cigar.com and picked a bunch of cigars of their top 25 list, and figured I would evaluate the best non-Cuban cigars on the list. Number 3 on the list, the Padron 1964 Anniversary Exclusivo Maduro, was the first non-Cuban in the bunch. So I am reviewing, possibly, the best non-Cuban cigar in the world. Cigar Aficionado rated it high, but not that high. I should have known it was going to be an event for me as Holt's does not sell them online, and when you go to the store, you have to ask for them behind the counter.
Construction: These are dense cigars. As Alton Brown would say "they are heavier then they look like should be." The are also "box pressed" which means they are bar shaped instead of round, this could have lead me to unevenly burn it as they are a little harder to roll as you smoke them. The draw was perfect, I was hardly aware I was taking a puff, but then my mouth was filled with smoke, which was surprising to me, given their density. It burned a little hot in the beginning, but I consciously slowed down the smoke, and that went away. Additionally they were packed with nicotine, as I'm a little woozy while I write this (not a bad feeling.)
Taste: Good but not great. They were a strong flavored, but not too overwhelming. Nothing too noteworthy, it had some sweet notes, but I couldn't identify them as particular flavor. If I didn't know it was a maduro, I would not have been able to tell from the taste.
Stats: It's 5 1/2 inches by 50 ring gauge. It took me about an hour and a half to smoke, but I slowed down to enjoy it. Holt's sells it in the store (behind the counter like I said) $10 and change, which is less than top25cigar.com said was it's average price.
Overall: It's a good smoke, and quality-wise I agree with the high rating. Taste-wise, I wouldn't have given it so high. When you add in cost, it's not worth it, but if someone offers you one for free, or they go on sale, definitely jump on it.
August 31, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 4:42 PM
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Katrina has destroyed New Orleans, and although thankfully the death toll seems not as high as the tsunami, countrymen of ours are suffering. Yet as of tonight there's no ad on the front page of Amazon for donating to the Red Cross like there was during the tsunami. There's no feeling that the hurricane has hit at the heart of American, like 9/11. And yet the current disaster is closer to home, and affects more people. I don't know, maybe I'm just not seeing it, but I feel like we (the citizens, the press, the leadership) are treating this without the gravitas it deserves.
Agree... disagree... in either case, please give to the Red Cross. Money is the easiest thing to give, and in the case of a disaster like this, is actually the most useful thing you can give.
August 31, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 2:08 AM
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August 30, 2005
I'm off until Tueday. I've got lots planned.
- I plan on trying at least two never-had-before cigars.
- I'll be finishing up some volunteer web work I've been doing.
- Probably cleaning up the house.
Am I missing something?
August 30, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 8:02 PM
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Personal,
August 29, 2005
Movable Type 3.2 won't work for me. I got support from Six Apart, but the fix ended up breaking all cgi-scripts in my server space. Six Apart gave me a detailed fix that involved changes to the IIS web site properties. It seems like it shouldn't be that involved a fix.
I have to say Dataride, my hosting provider, has been really cool with this. They've been much faster to repond then Six Apart. So once again I heartily recomend them for Cold Fusion Hosting.
Oh well, cognitive dissonance has set in, and now I must have it! I will make it work. As soon as Six Apart gets back to me... whenever that is.
August 29, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:45 PM
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August 27, 2005
Another day left to my own devices, another cigar. This time I went with one La Gloria Cubana. Despite the name, they make cigars out of Miami, not Cuba. However to add to confusion, this particular cigar was made from their Domincan holdings. Additionally, this is a tubo, or a cigar in a aluminum tube, with a cedar strip. Tubo's are pretty cool, since they transport easily, and stay properly moist, but in my experience they tend to be over priced. I'm sure the tube adds cost to production, but I wonder just how much.
Anyway, it tastes great. The cedar strips give these cigars a particular taste that I never quite remember until I start smoking one. I can't describe it, except to say, it tastes like a cigar wrapped in cedar. In terms of strength it's middle of the road. I had it with some tawny port, and it didn't completely overwhelm it. (But a ) It was very well constructed, had a great draw, and burned like dream. Nice white ash, which is supposed to be a good thing, but I've never seen it correlated to my enjoyment of a cigar. I think it's related to the amount of magnesium in the soil.
Stats: It's a 6 3/4 inches by 48 ring gauge. It's going to take about an hour to and hour and a half to smoke. Holt's has them for $5.45 a piece in the store, otherwise you have to buy them in a box or 7 or 14. This is a very good price for this type and quality of cigar. These are a great cigars to give as a gift, as the tubo can keep the cigar moist and intact for a long time. Definitely try one if you get a chance.
Note: I will start picking cigars I've never tried before. It's not that I'm overly positive about all cigars, it's just I've been picking cigars I've enjoyed in the past. I fear that I've been more recommending cigars then reviewing them. I'll try and remedy this in the future.
August 27, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 5:32 PM
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August 26, 2005
Jon Stewart had liberal hawk Christopher Hitchens on the show tonight, and man did he kick ass. Once again Stewart takes on a pundit and defeats him with nothing but coherence. Hitchens is no mental lightweight, and he's been on the show before. Here's a sample lifted from Wonkette.
Hitch: I'm sorry, sunshine... I just watched you ridicule the president for saying he wouldn't give. . .
Stewart: No, you misunderstood why. . . . That's not why I ridiculed the president. He refuses to answer questions from adults as though we were adults and falls back upon platitudes and phrases and talking points that does a disservice to the goals that he himself shares with the very people needs to convince.
I can't believe I didn't fully realize this before, but I think he's saving his beat downs specifically for pundits. Goldberg and Carlson, he totally took out. He wasn't great against Wallace, but Wallace but just insisted on talking about fluff. It could be that he's got an agenda, and he's going against them out of his dislike of what he believes that they are doing to the country (case in point, his Tucker Carlson performance.) The alternative, is that they don't have stronger protection from agents and handlers that other celebrities have (case in point, his Santorum interview.)
It will be interesting to see in the next couple weeks to see if more pundits show up.
Update: Crooks and Liars has the Video up. Please judge for yourself.
Crooks and Liars: Christopher Hitchens vs Jon Stewart.
August 26, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 1:03 AM
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Installing Movable Type 3.2 totally failed. Tried a couple times. Glad I was paranoid about backing up. I got a "Bad Gateway" error when I tried to run it. There's nothing about the problem on their site. So I've submitted a help ticket. I'm waiting now.
August 26, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:03 AM
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August 25, 2005
I know what I'm doing tonight:
Announcing Movable Type 3.2
August 25, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 3:01 PM
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I stumbled on to plans for a complete overhaul of Vine Street, foucusing on Logan Circle, Chinatown, Frankin Square, and The Hahnemann Area (which you will recognize from the header of Aarrgghh!!.) It seems that the Willian Penn Foundation commissioned the report(pdf) from an organization called the Project for Public Spaces back in 2002-2003. The report has some really cool ideas for an area near and dear to my heart, Logan Circle.
The ideas that I really like:
- Programming Library activities in the Shakespeare Park.
- Adding outdoor book seller stalls infrom the library.
- Adding more outdoor café space to places like the Franklin Institute, and the Four Seasons.
- Lighting up the exterior of the Cathedral
I really like a lot of what they are recommending, but don't get me wrong there are some dumb ideas too:
- Adding an elephant topiary
- Installing a temporary stage with a "shade structure."
All in all, this sounds like a cool kind of plan for a city trying to encourage growth, especially amoung younger demographics. I imagine that we will see no action on it... ever. Instead those in a position to do something about it will pin our hopes on us becoming attractive to the huddled masses living in what I like to think of as the rest stop between Philly and Boston.
August 25, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:50 AM
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Philly,
August 24, 2005
The guys at somethingawful.com have started a cigar wiki. Odd combo, but then I like both, so why shouldn't more people. The objective information I red there seems legitamate, but who knows it might turn out to be an elaborate prank.
Cigargoons.com
August 24, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 4:05 PM
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Day two of my vacation time, and what could be better than writing about cigars... Unless it's smoking cigars while writing about them. I may need a new definition of fun.
Today, my choice is a sentimental favorite. Back when I first started smoking cigars at 17, the easiest place to get them was this convenience mart/cigar shop/porn store in Voorhees, NJ on Route 561. The best brand of cigars they had there was the Royal Jamaica. By the time I was at Penn, and going to Holt's frequently, either my taste changed, or the cigar boom was killing of the supply for well established brands. Either way, Royal Jamaica went down in my esteem and I smoked my last one circa 1996.
Flash forward to yesterday, and I see this rebranded Royal Jamaica , or "Royal Jamaica Oro Rojo" (Red Gold.) And I saw they kept the old size names in place, searched and found the Park Lane. Perhaps my favorite size, as in addition to it's size, is a Perfecto, like the Ashton Cabinet Selection #2, and I have a weakness for the odd shaped cigars. So I took a risk and bought it, figuring it would be a win-win. Either the brand had rebounded and I would enjoy my cigar, or the brand still sucked but I could give a negative review thereby increasing my credibility.
Like the rest of it's Jamaican brethren, it's pretty mild, but it's not weak like I tend to find natural wrapper Macanudos (as opposed to the maduro Macanudo. ) That might be due in part to the reddish wrapper (I'm not sure what effect the Colorado wrapper has on taste.) It's not my favorite tasting cigar, It doesn't taste as well as I remember when I liked them, but it's not as bad as they were when they went downhill. It's well constructed, it's burning (that's right present tense) really even. The draw started out tough, which is to be expected with a perfecto but once the burning end opened up it's been a pleasure. The smoke is cool, and I haven't had to relight.
Stats: It's a perfecto 6 inches by 47 ring gauge. It's going to take about an hour to smoke. Holt's has them for $5 a piece in the store, otherwise you have to buy them by the box.
A $5 bucks, the cigar is a little pricy for my taste, but well within average for a brand name cigar of it's size. I would recommence them to somebody who likes Macanudos but is eager to try something a little bolder. I don't think I will pick up any for awhile, but it would be nice to have from time to time.
August 24, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 4:05 PM
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August 23, 2005
I'm enjoying my time off, and I wanted to show off. I went down to Holt's to buy a few random cigars to review, and figured I would also stock up on my regulars.
Somewhere out there Ryan is wishing he didn't have to give up cigars when he got married.
August 23, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:07 PM
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I know I'm being vague about the brand, but I can't find it on their site. I think it's only available in the store. You can find it in large boxes by the register in their humidor room. They're not wrapped in cellophane, and there's around 10 boxes with similar cigars around the same price. You can't miss them.
So how was it? I picked a maduro and it tasted great, and had that great full cigar taste (not too strong though) with the sweetness that you expect to get with that wrapper. If the taste was great the construction left something to be desired. It tunneled (burned really unevenly.) It needed to be relit several times in the beginning to get going, but stabilized in the middle. The draw also started tough but ended easier.
Why bother? Because the cigar costs $2. $2 for a 6 inch 52 ring gauge maduro pyramid with long filler. Stop in at Holt's and try one. They aren't great, but they are very worth the money.
August 23, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 9:58 PM
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I've writen before about how sometimes the amount of content in wikipedia on certain subjects disturbs me (here and here.) I have off for the next few days and was looking to work my brain a little bit and wrote this little application that will compare how many characters are written about any two subjects in wikipedia. So for example you can discover that more is written about "blankbabied" then "zombo.com". So check it out, and come up with and comment on your own crazy showdowns.
Wikipedia Showdown!
In order to do this, I had to rely on CFHTTP to get the job done. I've included the cfc that handles grabbing the input from wikipedia in the extended entry.
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August 23, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 2:47 AM
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August 22, 2005
If for some reason the whole establishing Blankbaby as a verb meaning "to get hired because of one's blog," doesn't work out, you can always try and get it listed as a verb that means "to try to hard to establish an internet meme."
I'm just kidding, Scott, or am I? Or am I just giving you two attack vectors. You won't know until it's too late.
August 22, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:46 PM
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I'm not really sure, but I think Chris Wallace is trying to stick it to John Stewart because Steve Carell is doing so well with The 40 Year Old Virgin. He's saying that Stewart should be raging with jealousy.
Wow, what a dick.
August 22, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:23 PM
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An Ohio town is being "terrorized" by a mysterious screaming sound. The local news did a report on it. Watch it, listen for the recording of the scream. I don't know why, but it makes me laugh everytime I hear it. Maybe the tape recording diminishes some of the terror in the sound. Or maybe this town needs a higher threshold of terror.
August 22, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:43 PM
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August 21, 2005
Jeff Porten posted a link to a guide for blogging legal advice. Hopefully, I still don't need it.
August 21, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 9:58 PM
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There's an article on the Most Influential Blogger in Philadelphia, in the Philadelphia Inquier this morning, and I'm quoted too. Evidently, I'm told by people that read the paper in actual paper format, it was front page, below the fold. Very big deal, congrats Scott.
Scott has more on the article.
August 21, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:45 AM
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Yet another Ashton review... What can I say, they are my favorite brand... It was taking up too much space in my humidor... It was the only one in there... Oh, hell, I just like them a lot.
It pretty much has the same taste as the Ashton Corona. It is, however, longer with a larger ring guage so it takes much more time to smoke. Being larger, the draw was a little better than it's smaller sibling. The one bad thing about it was that it kept going out. This might not have been the cigar's fault, it might have been stored improperly as the other Churchills in the batch of 4 I bought were fine, but I smoked them over a month ago.
Stats: 7.5 inches with a 52 ring gauge, it's going to take you 1 to 2 hours to smoke depending on how fast you smoke. You can get them at Holts, for $8. They're not the cheapest smoke, but the days of a good $.05 cigar are long past us.
August 21, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:28 AM
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August 18, 2005
Starship Troopers is on TNT. Wow, it's more craptastic than I remember. Paul Verhoeven basically shat in a celluloid reel and made us watch it.
You disapprove? Well, too bad. We're in this for the species, boys and girls.
That's Doogie Houser trying to be intimidating as an SS officer. There's only one way that we could be a bigger weenie in this movie. If he tried to say "It's my way or the highway," which, like, only three actors in Hollywood can get away with.
Sadly, Doogie, you are not one of them.
August 18, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 1:39 AM
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August 17, 2005
I was tired of putting so much work to get pictures posted, and my options for third party tools are somewhat limited cause I'm just a wee customer on this host. (I still like them, I just like to do stuff for myself.)
So I went looking for a cfc that would allow for image manipulation. I figured someone must have figured out how to get Java objects to do it. I found Alagad Image Component, which seemed like both functional and cost overkill. But after more digging I found tmt_img.cfc.
Tmt_img does basically everything you need to crop and resize images, so I built a little picture display interface around it so I never have to crop or shrink an image for preview ever again. It reads in an image from one location, checks to see if a preview image has been created for it, and if not create it. It handles the linking, and the sizing, and the writing display html for it. I've included my image display cfc below.
Continue reading "Image Manipulation CFC"
August 17, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:16 AM
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ColdFusion,
August 16, 2005
Part of my job is to manage multiple Cold Fusion servers. All told my count is at 14, some are running Cold Fusion 6.1 some are ruuning Cold Fusion 7. Luckily as of now, all are running Windows 2003, as opposed to 2000. Keeping track of them has been hard, and I've had to come up with some custom solutions to do so.
However it looks like that's about to change as we're getting more serious about using Microsoft Operations Manager. I've been using it for a couple of days and I have to say I'm shocked at how good it is. I'll write more as I go on, but for now check it out.
Microsoft Operations Manager.
August 16, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 6:57 PM
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Web Development,
August 15, 2005
Over the weekend I attended the wedding of a good friend of mine. Cigars were distributed, Cuban cigars. Now don't get me wrong, I won't fly in the face of every cigar expert out there, and say that Cuba does not produce the finest cigars in the world, but I do not put Cubans on the exalted pedestal that everyone else does. Don't get me wrong, the Cuban Montecristo Especial No.2 is perhaps the finest cigar I have ever had, but my other experiences with Cubans have not lived up to their reputation. In fairness, Cubans are so sought after by people who "only smoke Cubans," that there are many counterfeits. Since I don't travel outside the county very often, my cigars are usually supplied be people who don't know cigars. Consequently, my experience with real Cubans might be limited.
Disclaimer over, on to the cigar. I was presented with it at the after-party for the wedding. It had an incredible draw, perfectly smooth. It burned freakishly even. It tasted good, not incredible, but good. It packed a great nicotine buzz. In short it was an incredibly satisfactory experience and I smoked the thing pretty much until it burned my lips. It was very good.
Stats: It's about 5 inches by 50 ring gauge. You can't buy them in the US, but if you could they're about $21 bucks a pop. That's definitely over-priced, but since I didn't pay for it, I'm not complaining.
Now, I held off until I had written the review to determine if it was a fake or not. I looked up the wrapper, and it turns out there is a good chance it is a fake. However I didn't get a load of the box, and supposedly that's a more important indication. Either way, I feel slightly vindicated. If it was real, then Cubans are not so good that they stand out when you really have them. If it was a fake, then goes to show you that you don't have to have a genuine Cuban to have a good cigar.
August 15, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:28 AM
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August 14, 2005
That's right, Mensch wrangled me a autographed picture of the screaming-one himself, Howard Dean. I figured I would take that blog worthy event, and turn it into an explanation of why I admire Dean. So, feel free to skip the rest of this if you have no desire to understand why I like Dean.
So first off, I should probably establish that policy-wise, I don't agree with everything he stands for, although I do agree with the majority of it. My admiration for him comes from him taking the DNC chair position. Now, Ed Kilgore says this a lot better then me, but I'm going to take a stab at it.
No single action Dean has taken was as demonstrable of his honest desire to actually change the country, rather than grab power for himself, as was taking the DNC chair. By taking that decision he assured that baring extraordinary circumstance, even if he succeeds in his charge as head of the DNC, he will not be able to even pursue the presidency of the United States for 11 years. He can't run in 2008 from the DNC position. If he achieves his goals at the DNC and a Democrat wins, he can't realistically run against that incumbent in 2012. If he fails in his goals at the DNC and a Republican gets elected, he will be a political failure and not in a position to make a realistic bid for President. Even if he runs in 2016, he'll be 68, and who knows what will happen to the Democratic field by then. In short, he made the path to his own presidency very uncertain, and hazy.
Well big deal, right? Absolutely, because as the Kilgore piece points out, he could have very easy formed his own very caustic nugget of Democrats or even his own absurd third-party, in his pursuit of a 2008 nomination. Instead Dean is trying to fix the party from within, instead of complaining about it from without.
I call Dean a hero, and admire him as such because he sacrificed his ambition in pursuit of what he believes to be the higher good. He has demonstrated that what he believes in, he will fight for. If others are to be admired for "really believing what they say they believe," then Dean has earned that same admiration.
Here endeth the rambling.
August 14, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 8:58 PM
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August 12, 2005
Boston is so liberal they even have lesbian swans. The horror, the outrage, the... eh the trivialness of it all.
August 12, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:06 PM
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August 10, 2005
12 kangaroos were found beheaded on a golf course in Austraila.
Somewhere out there is a 500 year old kangaroo that is hopping around telling anyone who will listen: There can be only one.
August 10, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 2:42 PM
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August 9, 2005
It's the first time I've ordered a cockpunchin' on a company, but they deserve it. Why? The commercials. They claim that they allows you to do the things you wish you could do in real life to car advertisements. A lot of them are dumb, but the dumbest is the one where the woman squats and spins in the car. Finally it switches to her perspective and you see she's doing one of those 360 views of the car. It begs the question:
WHO WANTS TO DO THAT? Additionally it has a 10 note theme that gets stuck your head, and they play it constantly.
I would like to gather the people at
Vehix.com and their ad company together in a circle. Then I would get in the center, and tell them I have something to tell them. They would come in closer, and I would squat and spin, and cockpunch, or 'gina chop' (don't want to be sexist) them in turn.
'Cause that's something
I've always wanted to do in real life.
August 9, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:36 PM
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I have weird little preferences about my site, and I really wanted my links section to to come from my list of RSS feeds. But I use Sharpreader which is is a desktop client so I can't just pull my links in from another site., or publish, or work any other magic. However, Sharpreader can export to an OPML file, which is just a variant of XML. So I should be able to download a CFML OPML parser. Turns out that by "download," I mean "construct." Since I couldn't find one, I've included the source to make it happen. Enjoy, don't enjoy, use, don't use, whatever.
Continue reading "More Site Nonsense"
August 9, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 12:45 AM
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ColdFusion,
August 8, 2005
Do you want an inappropriately clinical explanation of what SomethingAwful.com is? Well then go to Wikipedia's SomethingAwful.com article. Also in this same vein:
If all this navel gazing wasn't enough, there's even the web equivalent of a mirror showing a mirror:
August 8, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 8:17 PM
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August 6, 2005
I've made a few updates to the site. Mostly minor, they constitute the 10% of the 90/10 redesign I did a few months back. The site was mostly updated, but a whole bunch of the small features were not looking entirely polished. I, therefore, fixed the following features.
- Comment Preview now shows you the comment as it will properly look.
- The Trackback view now looks like the rest of the site.
- The Comment Approval form now looks more like the rest of the site, and the Aarrgghh Guy will give you a random quote as he tells you to be patient.
August 6, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 10:07 PM
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Meta Blogging,
August 5, 2005
I've seen So I Married an Axe Murderer many times and it always leaves me with the same question:
What does the character Charlie Mackenzie do for living?
As far I can tell he is a professional beat poet but somehow I don't trust that answer.
August 5, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 10:40 PM
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August 3, 2005
There's a new set of commercials urging you to experience Lancaster County as depicted in the movie Witness.
Last time I checked, according to the movie there are two ways outsiders are received by the Amish:
- Kelly McGillis subtly tries to convert you to Amishism through "flirty fishing"
- They are buried under large amounts of grain.
With the exception of the flirty fishing part, there is no real upside to Amish Country according to Witness.
August 3, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 9:22 PM
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August 2, 2005
I think I'm finally converted to Cfeclipse. For those of you that don't know, it's an open source Cold Fusion IDE. I've been updating an old project and rebuilding the interface from scratch. I can honestly say that I've probably sped up my development by at least 50%, especially when dealing with CFC's. It might not be for everyone, but I would recommend it to anyone who programs CFML for a living. So let me break down the pros and cons, and you can judge for yourself if you want to give it a try.
Pros:
- Loads faster and seems more stable than Dreamweaver
- Code Folding, code folding, code folding.
- Doesn't require registry altering install, so easy to remove.
- New feature sets install very easily.
- Features are added often.
Cons:
- Requires Java, and can be temperamental to install if you don't have the right version.
- Doesn't appear to like UNC notation.
- It's an open source beta, so your stability mileage may vary.
- Doesn't handle web design.
If you're comfortable doing a little work to get your programming environment setup and mostly code CF instead of designing (or you're properly using web standards to yield lightweight interface code,) then I would tell you to give it a shot. On the other hand if moving to Firefox seemed a bit edgy for you, I would stick to Dreamweaver.
Cfeclipse.org doesn't have the best instructions for installing it, but you can find them at the old cfeclipse.tigris.org site.
August 2, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:14 PM
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Web Development,
August 1, 2005
This is an extremely funny account of what happens to a Slate reporter after trying to take on a bunch of webhoaxers. It includes Wookie fetishes, SomethingAwful.com, and upturned shirt collars. Truly a must read.
Green-Collar Crime - How I stopped an Internet sex hoax. By Cyrus Farivar
August 1, 2005 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 1:47 PM
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