Davs Rants and Random Thoughts

I have just uploaded the first public release of blogCal.

You can get a copy here or by downloading it from the link on the right.

If you have any questions or comments please let me know.

Update: Here is a list of todo items for blogCal:

1. Drop the prototype library in favor of the Javascript Behaviors library.
2. Remove the requirement for the back end PHP file.. Using DOM to parse the already existing archive lists.
3. Incorporate popup divs to display titles of posts for each day.

I have created an AJAX calendar for archive viewing. Note the calendar on the right side of the page under the archive heading. The only real requirement is that you have PHP installed on the server that hosts your blog. Then it’s as simple as:

1. Putting this code in the HEAD of your blogger template:
   <script type="text/javascript" src="/blogcal/blogcal.js"></script>
2. Putting this code in the BODY where you want the calendar to display:
   <div id="blogcal"></div>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
  blogCal.show();
</script>


It uses a php file on the server to build the calendar and locate the archive files. The calendar is fully stylable. All elements of the calendar have a unique id.
I will try to get the files commented, zipped up & posted to the site sometime tomorrow.

Port Charles Pictures
Originally uploaded by davglass.

Just added Donna’s Port Charles trip to flickr.

Stop by and take a look.

I have moved my site from it’s old location to a new account with Blogger.com.

Please drop me a note and let me know what you think. The only thing I haven’t moved yet is the pictures, I will be adding them to flickr.com when I have a chance.

Thanks
Dav

Dixie Chopper
Originally uploaded by davglass.

Just testing the flikr integration with pictures.

Donna & I have been talking more and more seriously about moving. We are thinking about heading south. A place with nicer weather, better scenery & in general more things to do. I have started applying for positions in South Carolina, Florida, Southern Georgia, California, Nevada & Arizona.

If someone reads this and is interested in offering me a position, please drop me an email.

Welcome to my new website. I am in the process of moving my site to blogger.com.

I am also in the process of moving all of my pictures to flickr.com.

Stay tuned for more posts.

I found this on the net, I thought someone might enjoy it.

Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity.

Rule 6: You are accountable for your own actions. If you mess up it’s not your teachers fault, your parents fault, or your enemies fault. It’s your own fault.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and no employer is interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television in NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to geeks. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.