September 2006 Archives
September 20, 2006
| Country of Origin: | Dominican Republic |
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| Length: | 6" |
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| Ring: | 50 |
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| Type: | |
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| Flavor: | mild to medium |
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| Wrapper Type: | |
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| Wrapper Tobacco: | Indonesian |
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| Binder Tobacco: | Connecticut Shade |
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| Filler Tobacco: | Dominican |
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| Date Cigar Smoked: | September 20, 2006 |
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| Cost for One: | $5.35 |
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| Construction Rating: | 9 |
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| Taste Rating: | 6 |
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| Value Rating: | 7 |
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| Overall: | 7.3 |
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| Purchased At: | Holt's Cigar Company |
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| Tastes: | earthy,woody |
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| Notes: | I don't normally smoke Romeo Y Julietta, but only because I have a vague sense I don't like them. But that wasn't concrete, so I decided to give one a shot.
First off, the cigar bloomed in the tube. I bought it today, brought it home, opened up the tube and their was bloom. That was indeed a good sign. It also cut perfectly, and burned just as well. So from a construction point of view, it was extremely good.
As for taste, well, it wasn't offensive, but it's not quite my favorite. And since I paid over 5 for it, I think the value of the overall experience left something to be desired.
So if you like a woody, earthy cigar, then you will be pleased with this, as it is a decent value if you value those tastes. If not... well there are better values to be found. |
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September 20, 2006 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:59 PM
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Cigar Reviews,
Cigars,
And like that it's all over. Janice and I are married.
Everything was fantastic. The Ceremony was beautiful, pictures at the Art Museum were not as long as they could have been, and the reception was a whirlwind blast. Afterwards in the bar at the hotel was fantastic, and topping it off with a 1 am Pat's run was just perhaps the most absurd part of it.
Looking forward to the honeymoon!
September 20, 2006 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:58 PM
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Personal,
Philly,
September 13, 2006
To distract myself from my impending marriage, I'm deciding to open up a little side project I've been working on. For that I need some testers. Since the web application is geared towards cigar smokers (anywhere from casual smokers to passionate smokers,) I was wondering if anyone out there would be interested in testing?
Any one? Just drop me a line in the comments, and I'll send you the information.
Yes, Ryan, I know you're up for it... Remember, you're already testing it.
September 13, 2006 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 10:16 PM
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Cigars,
ColdFusion,
Web Development,
I'm sitting here on my porch, smoking a cigar and drinking some coffee and it's hit me: I'm getting married in three days. I'm still shocked that I'm allowed to do this. Like someone should step in and ask Janice what the hell is wrong with her, and is she sure this is a good idea.
Oh well, hopefully for me, no one will.
This probably hit me because today was my last day of work for three weeks. I've never had a three week vacation in my life. One of the reasons I love working at Wharton is the awesome vacation benefits (5 weeks and the week between Christmas and New Years off. ) But I never take them. Part of it is I'm a bit of a workaholic, and part of it is I truly like the job. But now contemplating three weeks away.... I'm thrilled. Maybe a little scared, but truly looking forward to it.
September 13, 2006 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 10:02 PM
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Personal,
Random,
September 11, 2006
I received this email today...
Dear Adobe MAX Registrant,
We have made some carefully considered changes to one or more of the program sessions for which you are currently registered. We encourage you to login to your personal Program eSchedule to add or alter your enrollment in any specific sessions.
...
The Adobe MAX 2006 Team
Evidently I have to guess what they are. Logging in showed me nothing.
September 11, 2006 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 3:50 PM
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ColdFusion,
Web Development,
adobemax06,
September 6, 2006
Ryan's post, and the ensuing cry and hue made me finally put to pixels what I've been thinking for a while.
Ajax and Flex can both at a certain level be used to build web applications. Experts in each can probably get each to do most of what the other can accomplish. However, they work from different directions.
Ajax enhances a HTML website, and through enhancement after enhancement one can build a zippy web application that makes HTML do things it's not really imagined to do, but it works and that's actually a testament to the technology's flexibility, so no fault there. Additionally Ajax can be added in very small doses to enhance a site one little section at a time. Further I would go on to say that when combined with Web Standards, Ajax can build some very cool applications that can degrade but still work in less capable browsers.
Flex replaces the HTML interface with Flash, and focuses on building new interfaces for the data it's working with. It's really good at pushing bite sized chunks of data at a user, perhaps giving it a cool view like a chart or a customized display widget, and allowing the user to interact with it intuitively. It's also important to point out that Flex makes it really easy to do so. However, for maximum efficiency you need to write little self contained applications. You really shouldn't use it to enhance one drop down box or text box. (I know you can, but it doesn't mean that it is as easy as other things, or even the right way to do it.)
Sure you can make a complete web application in Ajax if you're one of the geniuses that work 37Signals, but for the rest of us, it's still a little daunting to do an entire application in Ajax. In my opinion, it's a little harder to write a full web application in Ajax than in Flex.
Sure you could write a blog in Flex. But even when you do, you admit that it's just proof of concept, and not really intended to be a real interface. In my opinion, it's not good idea to deliver content that has a significant text component with Flex.
If you were to show a spectrum of web applications from "content with some interactivity" on the left to "applications with small chunks of data", on the right... then as you traveled from left to right you would start using Ajax, and at some point switch over to use Flex. Where you make that decision really depends on your existing environment, and your comfort level with the technology. (Perhaps whether or not you are 37Signals has impact on it, as does whether or not you are philosophically opposed to spending any money on software.)
So use the right tool for the job. Use Flex for rapid development of full blown web applications. Use Ajax to enhance sites that contain a lot of text content or need to tolerate several levels of user interactivity. Both can exist without annihilating each other.
Anyway, that's my, possibly inarticulate, opinion on it... Yours will probably vary.
September 6, 2006 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 1:47 AM
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ColdFusion,
Flex,
Web Development,
