Little security upgrade on the old webpage tonight. Drupal 4.6.3 is now in place, keeping my site, and my host nice and secure.
Maps Located
Surely by now you have heard of Google Maps. Very cool technology with an open API for programmers like me. Not that I have the time to play with an API like that.
In any event combine Google Maps with and IP Address locater mix it with a dash of web site logging and you get gVisit, a Google map generator that shows where your sites visitors are physically located. Very cool.
Landlord Response
Just got some great news the other day. Recently Sox and I were beginning to wonder about the house we rent. We haven’t been in a lease for a while, and have been giving our landlord cheques three months at a time. The last time we had to give him the cheques, we asked if he wanted more, but his response was no. He had to travel out east, and wanted to talk to us when he got back.
My immediate thought was that he was going to put the house up for sale. Crap. I don’t really want to move.
Well, Tuesday night I talked to him, and found out the news.
Turns out that he wants us to sign another year lease! Excellent news. He actually has to move out east for a year and wanted a little reassurance that we would stay for another year. Woohoo! We don’t have to move.
Shoot Colors
The latest meeting of the camera’s was last night at McNeil Bay here in Victoria (this is located on Beach Drive). It was an interesting place to shoot, but since the tide was up so high, there was no beach to shoot on. With a little difficulty we were able to get onto the sand in an area that wasn’t about to be submerged. Add in the gusty wind, and it was definitely a night for the tripod (which I made good use of). I am quite happy with a few of my shots. I wished the colors of the sunset weren’t the drab grey. Oh well. Just before we were going to pack up and leave, I spotted a cool grate and an interesting green door. My shots of the door didn’t do it justice.
Insistent View
Ahh, the dog days of summer. Yoshi was quite insistent that he needed some exercise this morning, so this afternoon we took a trip out to Island View Beach (with a side trip to check out the kennels at Puppy Love).
Secret Tigers
Last Sunday K and JJ had their reception to their secret wedding. Secret wedding, not so secret reception. Beer, food, clowns, kids, family, and friends.
While the clowns entertained the kids, the adults got to eat. Then it was down to business. The happy couple laid down the ground rules for the crowd.
“Thanks for coming. Hope you got enough to eat. Let’s have cake. *
When the clowns were done, there were few kids left, only ferocious tigers, cute little bunnies, and beautiful flower children.
Of course, I was there, camera in hand, enjoying myself and taking pictures. Thankfully the weather cooperated for this event, unlike the last one.
Lots of fun this event was. Playing with frogs, drinking beers, catching up with friends, until the wee hours of the night (really only 10pm).
Once again, congrats to the happy couple!
* My words, not theirs back
Captcha Commenting
Just activated a new module here on muddylaces. The Captcha module.
Question: What is a captcha?
Answer: A method of distinguishing between people and computers (bots – something spammers use).
This will allow me to turn on anonymous commenting again, but hopefully regulate how many spam comments get posted. I’ve noticed that some of them are a little hard to read (one was impossible), so the module just generates a new one. Pretty nifty.
Oh, one note. You can’t leave a comment in someone else’s name, if they have registered at this site. This also means that if you have registered, but are not logged in, you can’t leave a comment in your own name (just login would ya?).
We’ll see how this works.
Physio Tubing
I have been to physio a couple times recently to get my shoulder back in shape. Going to physio it a time consuming venture, but the results are worth it. After my first appointment it was feeling a lot better. This last appointment, after the elctro-shok therapy (not sure what it is really called, but they put these little stimulators on your skin), I was off to the workout area. Using a rubber band I exercised my shoulder for probably half an hour. Wow. Tiring and difficult.
I was given some of the rubber tubing to use at home. Something I will have to be vigilant about. I want to be totally healed before the big race in September.
After the workout it was a little ultrasound treatment, then I was on my way.
I haven’t had a lot of good experiences with regular doctors, but these physio guys have always made a huge difference in the healing process. Sometimes it is hard to know when to see them versus a regular doctor. One more appointment to go, then I should be good enough to continue healing on my own at home.
Fake Victoria
Walking to work today I overheard an interesting quote. There was a group of 4 people, all in their late 20’s. One of them was facing market square, but looking up towards the heritage buildings nearby.
He said: “Everything here is so fake. … You know what I mean?”
Still not sure what is so fake about Victoria.
Training Pasta
Sox and I went to Spinnakers for dinner tonight. I made some extra cash last night training a couple people on Drupal, so I decided to take my wife out to dinner.
Dinner was excellent (we made excellent menu choices). We started with a couple appetizers, then finished off with this excellent chorizo pasta (we split everything).
Definitely glad we went. It seems like we have both been really busy this summer and haven’t spent a lot of time together. This was a great chance to catch up, and just be together with no pressure to cook or clean dishes. Very nice.