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New user? Friday, October 13, 2000
I feel so validated :-)
I've been poking around Zope again, finally. I was sooo happy when I looked at the Define Permissions panel and found basically the exact same roles-based action-oriented permissions-acquisition design that I cooked up and convinced my customer into using for their CMS I'm building.
It's a good sign that this one-off CMS mirrors the design of a very well designed system like Zope in at least one aspect. :-)
Okay, now I can sleep in peace tonight... ahhh... sleeep.
You can get your own Zope site at http://www.zopesite.com/. Very cool.
Thursday, October 12, 2000
Yesterday was rock bottom
Okay, yesterday was a recent rock bottom. There have been worse times in my life of course, but yesterday is way up there on the shit list. I didn't share all of my misery on this site, which is why I said "It's worse than it appears" yesterday.
Things are looking much better today. And thank you to everyone who discussed the dog-situation with me, privately or on this site. It really really really helped, I appreciate it dearly.
Worth reading again...
I was thinking today about WebObjects, after reading this on osx.macnn.com:
So, go to the ADC site, join the program, click on downloads, and have a blast. Interface Builder and all the other OS X tools await you! (Well, WebObjects is not free, but still...)
It reminded me something I wrote earlier this year. It's worth reading again, I think.
WebObjects is free -- updated with a link to the WebObjects Overview movies on the WO training site.
Here's a really old article by David Neumann, a very talented and respected WebObjects developer who used to work on WO at NeXT and then Apple and now works for Valicert, IIRC.
How-To: RSS in Conversant
Conversant is so powerful that you usually don't have to wait for the vendor to add features for you. This is a perfect example. Steve Ivy has RSS being generated from his site just by being creative. Being able to have and use unlimited templates in a site is just one of the many features that helps make this possible.
Another example: a flat view of the discussion group rather than the traditional threaded view, by Mark Morgan in early October.
Greg Pierce is also working on that, using some new unreleased Conversant features that make setting up (and customizing 100%) a flat-view much easier.
Wednesday, October 11, 2000
Shaw, WTF are you smoking?
As I mentioned a while ago, I recently got a Digital Satellite System to replace the Shaw Cable TV I had previously.
Well, yesterday Shaw finally came to unplug the cable TV hookup. Guess what, they also unplugged my Shaw @ Home cable modem hookup! ARGH! I've been offline since 5:30 PM yesterday.
This is so typical of my experience with Shaw, it was practically a guarantee that this was going to happen to me.
I didn't even get to update my Oilogger site for the Montreal game last night. Now my weblog calendar is going to be all screwed up, thanks to them.
It's worse than it appears
The way things are going, I don't expect October 2000 to be on my list of all-time favourite months.
The latest dilemma: my dogs. I've had 2 dogs, Cinnamon and Chubby, for nearly 6 and 5 1/2 years respectively. My daughter loves them... they bark too much and that really drives me nuts, but other than that they're great, they're certainly family.
But... lately, I've been hearing Cinnamon yelp in the back yard, for until now unknown reasons. I could never get to the window fast enough to see what the problem was... until, today.
This time, Cinnamon just wouldn't stop screaming. I got to the window to see Chubby biting Cinnamon's front right leg, squeezing it in her jaw. Chubby is half-Akita so she has a VERY strong jaw. Poor Cinnamon!
Here's the dilemma. Throughout my entire childhood, I was taught that once a dog bites, it's not trustworthy, and could bite anyone at any time for any reason. This is not the first time this has happened, there were all those previous times I couldn't get to the scene-of-the-crime fast enough to prove what was happening.
Furthermore, I was taught to believe that once a dog is untrustworthy, you cannot keep it. In fact, it's best for the dog to be destroyed, because, and I'm paraphrasing, the dog doesn't mean to be bad but it's ruined and it's no good for the dog either. Now, I'm not sure I believe that last part, but I do believe in the rest of it.
So, it looks like I have to get rid of Chubby. This is breaking my heart! Cinnamon and Chubby are my first dogs of my adult life, I've kept them even through the bad times out of responsibility and loyalty. How can I do this? How can I NOT do this, I can't and won't risk letting Chubby bite my daughter.
Please, I need your advice. I'm pretty set on my decision, but it'd help to know that others think this is the right thing to do. If you totally disagree, please let me know. If you know where I can take Chubby where she'll be well taken care of, please let me know.
Tears.
Damnit.
