I went ahead and linked the first version of the Paul Tatara database on the main menu. I’ll be tweaking it some more over the next few weeks, but most of the functionality is there.
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May 102002
I heard this on NPR this morning and almost had a wreck from laughing so hard.
May 092002
I’m still working on the DID feature. I’m having to check the size of the image that Amazon is sending me and that seems to have slowed the queries down a little too much. I’m not sure what I’m going to do about that. The Paul Tatara Movie Database is also delayed a little since the reviews on GoodAuthority.org are no longer available. I’m going to try to link into the Internet Archive for now. I’m hoping it may be possible to do something better than that, but we’ll have to wait and see.
On a personal note, my first wedding anniversary is this Sunday and tomorrow is the anniversary of the first layoffs at @hand, but we won’t dwell on that one. This year has gone by so quickly…
Don’t forget to call your mom or send her a card as Sunday is also Mother’s Day.
May 072002
The picture of the week is actually living up to it’s name. I’ve posted two weeks in a row. There’s a new one up now. I’ll have to set up a tip jar at Paypal so that you can show your appreciation.
May 022002
How much do we love our audience here at thechunk.com? So much that we’re giving you the opportunity to see a bonus picture from Eeyore’s this past Saturday. Now you can see our little budding Longhorn (or metalhead, depending on your point of view) in action. Photo credits go to Omid.
May 012002
I’ve run into a holdup with the Desert Island Discs feature. My ISP is quite a bit behind in PHP versions and a function that I really need to complete it isn’t available in the version that they’re running. After trading emails with them, I found out that they’re “in the process of upgrading”. Not sure how long that will take, so things are on hold for a while longer. I’ve been considering a switch to Java servlets/JSP for the site, which would require shelling out more cash each month. They’re laughably behind on their servlet engine. They’re still using Apache JServ (mod_jserv) and not Tomcat. They’re supposedly going to remedy this in the next few weeks as well. We’ll see. I did manage to get some prep work done for the Tatara database last night (along with catching up on balancing my checkbook as I was almost three months behind).
On a music note, the next two weeks will see two new albums from Tom Waits and one from Weezer. Better dust off the credit card.
The Boy’s got a birthday party to go to on Saturday. A co-worker’s son is turning three.