Superbowl XLI Ads on Squidoo

I had not create a Squidoo Lens in a long time, but I just finished Superbowl XLI Ads for this year. Last year's was a big hit, but I did not get to it early enough this year. Still, I think you'll like it. A lot more video choices this year.

The Rails Edge: Day One

The picture: tables with 8 geeks at each with laptops. Very little diversity.

Second session reviewed what has happened with Rails since 1.0. Plugins, migrations, RJS, etc. This was just what I needed because I tend to code in the 1.0 mode. It was also a review of upcoming sessions. So as the sessions continue I'm create a list of "better or required practices" that I'll post after the conference.

Instead of dinner last night I replace some "has_and_belongs_to_many" with "has_many .. :through =>". Made a few errors, but I learned. This turned out to be the perfect solution for a problem I was having.

The Rails Edge Conference: Expectations

I'll be attending the Rails Edge Conference in Reston, Virginia for the next few days. Hopefully this will get me to move Zlides.com and GreatUncle.com into the next phases. I find that I'm stuck doing things in the Ruby on Rails 1.0 way and I think this will get me to take advantage of the new approaches, the new deployments and the new practices that version 1.2 provides. I also have a couple of "translation into code" problems that I hope to get some help with. More on that later.

New Year So Remodeling

I've been working on redoing my personal homepage which was started about 10 years ago. So my web time has been spent on that and on my web applications like greatuncle.com. So expect some silence for a little while as I finish things up - not my strength.

Ten Predictions For 2007

1. Memory Stick Software
2. Web 2.0 Goes for Hobby Funding
3. AOL-Adobe-NewsCorp replace Amazon-Ebay-Apple which replaced Google-Microsoft-Yahoo
4. Intranet RSS Feeds
5. Digg Goes Bigger
6. Web Documents
7. Clickstream Contributer Content Overtakes Typed Contributions
8. New Site with Time Based Contributions Become Next Thing
9. Cell Phones Get New Name Beyond Smart
10. Web 2.0 Bubble Called, Misses Differences From Previous Bubble

Great Uncle

Years ago I had this idea for a web application. After working on it for weeks, I had to abandon it because I could not figure out the permissions. Now I have and in my spare time over the last two months, that is what I’ve been working on.

More later. GreatUncle.com: Never miss a family birthday again.

Don't be Fooled by the Beer Ape

Rolling Rock ain’t what is use to be. Beer Ape is interesting ad by Anheuser-Busch who now brews it on Bud lines in Newark. Not a very responsible business especially for he people in Latrobe, PA. Save Rolling Rock.

Stikkit beta

Just signed up for the beta of www.stikkit.com

Cobra Child Becoming Adult

Time to start looking at helping my daughter with health insurance now that she has been on Cobra for a year. This stuff is complicated even for a college education.

KKD and Messy World

Krisby Kream is a buy, says Kramer. Elections are suppose to be open to all, but we have laws to say who can vote. Rolling Stone runs an article on polluting the Antic to save Greenland. It is a messy world and somethings rise above and somethings need correcting. And more. Such is life.