Well, I have switched to "typo":http://typo.leetsoft.com/trac/ to run my blog. You have probably noticed the difference in appearance and I am hoping this will mean more posts as well.
For those techies, I am now using an application written in "Ruby":http://www.ruby-lang.org in a framework call "Ruby on Rails":http://www.rubyonrails.org. It is my first experience, I will let you know how it goes.
Enjoy!
This is a funny joke that was sent to me by my Mom. I liked it.
While trying to explain to our six-year-old daughter how much technology had changed, my husband pointed to our brand-new personal computer and told her that when he was in college, a computer with the same amount of power would have been the size of a house.Wide-eyed, our daughter asked, "How big was the mouse?"
This Friday and Saturday I attended the Creating Keepsakes Scrapbooking Convention in Charlotte with my friends Eileen and Heidi. During the convention I took several classes. My favorite class was a card design class sponsored by Die Cuts with a View. During the class we made four cards and were given supplies to make six more. The cards were relatively simple in design and in the materials used but the final product was very impressive. I can't wait to try out the new techniques that I learned. I also took a class on finding inspiration, one that explained how to use several tools and embellishments that I haven't worked with before and one on organization. The organization class was very interesting. The good part was that I learned a new way of organizing my scrapbooking stuff that should make it easier to find things. The downside is that the system they recommended is fairly expensive. They showed the Scraprack which runs about $200 for the entire system. You can get a smaller set for around $100 but over time it requires adding additional pieces.
Downtown Charlotte is really nice. We stayed at the Westin Hotel right across the street from the Convention Center. The convention is across from the public library and a very nice area with a green and a water play area for kids. There are also a few restaurants there. We did find that most restaurants close early in the evening and on weekends. We ended up eating breakfast in the hotel lobby because there weren't any other places open.
All in all I had a really good time and learned a lot of new things. I bought a few things at the vendor fair that I haven't seen anywhere else. I also made a list of new things that I need to pick up! :)
Tonight, we saw Kenny Chesney in concert. It was a pretty awesome concert. Pat Green opened followed by Gretchen Wilson. The were both pretty cool. Kenny was several notches above them. He just looks like he is having so much fun on stage. We even got a surprise visit from someone who goes by "Uncle" for his first name. If you like country music, I would definitely recommend that you go to a Kenny Chesney concert.
Today I got "Ruby on Rails":http://www.rubyonrails.com/ working with mysql (version mysql-standard-4.1.13-apple-darwin8.1.0-powerpc from the "mysql.com":http://www.mysql.com). I got it to compile yesterday, but when I tried to run typo I got the following error:
dyld: NSLinkModule() error dyld: Symbol not found: _sprintf$LDBLStub Referenced from: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.0/mysql.bundle Expected in: flat namespace Trace/BPT trap
I found this "blog":http://www.pjhyett.com/articles/2005/06/04/setting-up-ror-in-tiger about setting up mysql and ruby. After reading the comments, I saw that someone recommended that you download the latest version of "mysql/ruby":http://www.tmtm.org/en/mysql/ruby/ and compile it using gcc 4.0 on the Mac. Once I did that, it worked. I only had to jump through a few hoops to get it to work.
