Andy Kopciuch's Blog
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Pantheon, Installations & Nova Scotia
"pantheon" ... we finally settled on a name. Aaron and I had a few hack sessions, lots of online conversations, T. has done massive work on documentation, and Aaron came up with the name "pantheon". I was not opposed, and we now have the domain and mail lists ... yet to build a site, but cmon ... it's been a busy month.
I have to admit that my contribution as of late to the project has not been on the scale that aseigo the commit king was. I did do some pretty major things. I did the leg work for integrating the new WYSIWYG editor. fkceditor . So I spoent several hours reading javascript and testing things, writing a plugin, figuring out how to integrate it smoothly, and allow for upgrading, and customization. I'm sure it will change ... but Aaron made some changes as well, and I think with a few things wrapped, and our simple changes we ended up with some really cool things.
Aaron went on to write the CMS Object insertion dialog. It's pretty swift ... nicely done ... CMS Object images ... the whole 9. I frantically finished the internal documents, and pages linking the night before he went to Dublin for Akademy. The whole goal was to release in Oct, and have a beta ready for him to show of our new toys to some people he meets with. So I was fairly happy, and we'll see what happens next.
I've been have a hard time finding time to code for my own personal things ... although I do really enjoy it. Life and work seems to get in the way. We had a project for a new client. I got a low level HP server. Couldn't install it ... the SATA RAID controller is unsupported in lunix ... well people have "made" it work. Proprietary closed source drivers available for RHEL, and SLES ... so I just told Gregg get me a new card. Some Adaptec card ... the RAID doesn't work ... but I didn't care as it's jsut a BIOS software RAID, and the Linux SW RAID is faster ... so as long as I could read the hard disks ... I was a happy camper. Set up the box ... Marc installed the MyBooks stuff. and we installed on site. I made a total of 3 trips out to Linden. I was quite happy with the project. There were no major problems once I could build the box. Things are good.
Yesterday in sort of a "we've been told" kinda way ... we had to move an entire rack to a different floor in a building. It was so bad ... although I did get stuck in the elevator with it. It kept getting stuck on the slots of the doors, and then the alarm would go off ... so down a floor, and back up and give it another go. We did scare the crap out of some ladies on the 11th floor. I guess it could be kind of alarming to walk into an 8 foot computer rack when you are not expecting it. We did get to clean up some cables, and power cords / supplies. Thigns went quite smooth there as well. Took total time of about 3 hours start to finish.
On a personal note. My sister has moved to Wolfville Nova Scotia to attend Acadia University. She's having an interesting time ... but I have talked to her a few times. I've forgotten already again ... but I believe she is doing her masters in sociology ... go Diana! Maybe I'll go see her next summer ... maybe. ¶ 12:26:00 AM 0 comments
I have to admit that my contribution as of late to the project has not been on the scale that aseigo the commit king was. I did do some pretty major things. I did the leg work for integrating the new WYSIWYG editor. fkceditor . So I spoent several hours reading javascript and testing things, writing a plugin, figuring out how to integrate it smoothly, and allow for upgrading, and customization. I'm sure it will change ... but Aaron made some changes as well, and I think with a few things wrapped, and our simple changes we ended up with some really cool things.
Aaron went on to write the CMS Object insertion dialog. It's pretty swift ... nicely done ... CMS Object images ... the whole 9. I frantically finished the internal documents, and pages linking the night before he went to Dublin for Akademy. The whole goal was to release in Oct, and have a beta ready for him to show of our new toys to some people he meets with. So I was fairly happy, and we'll see what happens next.
I've been have a hard time finding time to code for my own personal things ... although I do really enjoy it. Life and work seems to get in the way. We had a project for a new client. I got a low level HP server. Couldn't install it ... the SATA RAID controller is unsupported in lunix ... well people have "made" it work. Proprietary closed source drivers available for RHEL, and SLES ... so I just told Gregg get me a new card. Some Adaptec card ... the RAID doesn't work ... but I didn't care as it's jsut a BIOS software RAID, and the Linux SW RAID is faster ... so as long as I could read the hard disks ... I was a happy camper. Set up the box ... Marc installed the MyBooks stuff. and we installed on site. I made a total of 3 trips out to Linden. I was quite happy with the project. There were no major problems once I could build the box. Things are good.
Yesterday in sort of a "we've been told" kinda way ... we had to move an entire rack to a different floor in a building. It was so bad ... although I did get stuck in the elevator with it. It kept getting stuck on the slots of the doors, and then the alarm would go off ... so down a floor, and back up and give it another go. We did scare the crap out of some ladies on the 11th floor. I guess it could be kind of alarming to walk into an 8 foot computer rack when you are not expecting it. We did get to clean up some cables, and power cords / supplies. Thigns went quite smooth there as well. Took total time of about 3 hours start to finish.
On a personal note. My sister has moved to Wolfville Nova Scotia to attend Acadia University. She's having an interesting time ... but I have talked to her a few times. I've forgotten already again ... but I believe she is doing her masters in sociology ... go Diana! Maybe I'll go see her next summer ... maybe. ¶ 12:26:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Lukas Lukas Lukas
I remember some time ago mentioning something about Dilana getting second place? I called it pretty close I thought. I predicted Magni vs Toby, and Magni gone. I said all along it was a coin toss. I admit I picked Toby, and he went home next. I think the audience was really surprised with that. Dilana was so cocky ... pick me ... I'm the best ... bitch.
Good for Lukas ... It's so justice the he of all the rockers beat her out for the job. I'll bet she still wants to just strangle him now. HAHAHAHA. Canada kicks ass on rock star.
Lukas has the "swagger" they were lookin for. He's got the talent, the attitude, the personality, the brains ... I don't care what Lang says ... he deserved it from day 1. ¶ 3:33:00 PM 0 comments
Good for Lukas ... It's so justice the he of all the rockers beat her out for the job. I'll bet she still wants to just strangle him now. HAHAHAHA. Canada kicks ass on rock star.
Lukas has the "swagger" they were lookin for. He's got the talent, the attitude, the personality, the brains ... I don't care what Lang says ... he deserved it from day 1. ¶ 3:33:00 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Rockstar - Hard Call
Covers :
1. Magni
2. Dilanna
3. Lukas
4. Toby
Originals :
1. Lukas
2. Toby
3. Magni
4. Dilana
That's my thoughts on the performances. We've already heard the originals once (or twice) before. Lukas revamped Head spin into an acoustic powerhouse. Toby didn't stray much from his original setting, but it is such an awesome song. I disagree with Tommy a little bit, Magni's song is much more memorable than Dilana's. Her original sounds like a soundtrack song, that isn't a hit.
As for the covers tonight. Magni shook the show with a Deep purple cover of hush. He was awesome. As much as I don't care for Dilana, she has guts. She took a kiss of death song in Roxanne, and made it a huge success. The other guys sang back up, and when she sang ... it was brilliant. Lukas did a Radiohead cover, and it was good ... nothing spectacular, and his preformance was great too. Toby's cover seem lacking to me. There was nothign special, and it's not an overly great song.
Although it is a hard call. I will not disappoint, and make my predictions. Dilana has totally redeemed herself, and will stay out of the bottom. I think Lukas will pull through because of the bands praise. I think Tommy's comment did Magni in ... bottom two for sure. I also think Toby didn't bring it like he did the last few weeks, and he'll end up squaring off against the ausie.
With that being said ... I think Magni with bite the dust. He's great ... just hasn't been over the top great ... which you would expect the winner to be. So between Toby, Dilana, and Lukas ... I think if they have to perform another original Dilana is screwed. She just doesn't have the creative talent ... and a voice isn't enough. If Toby really brings the pizazz ... I think he has the edge. And If Lukas nails whatever it is he takes a stab at ... then he's got the edge as well. So flip the ol coin between Toby and Lukas. I'm going to throw down the staff and declare Toby my choice to win. If they choose Dilana ... I'm boycoting all purchases of supernova materials. ¶ 3:09:00 AM 0 comments
1. Magni
2. Dilanna
3. Lukas
4. Toby
Originals :
1. Lukas
2. Toby
3. Magni
4. Dilana
That's my thoughts on the performances. We've already heard the originals once (or twice) before. Lukas revamped Head spin into an acoustic powerhouse. Toby didn't stray much from his original setting, but it is such an awesome song. I disagree with Tommy a little bit, Magni's song is much more memorable than Dilana's. Her original sounds like a soundtrack song, that isn't a hit.
As for the covers tonight. Magni shook the show with a Deep purple cover of hush. He was awesome. As much as I don't care for Dilana, she has guts. She took a kiss of death song in Roxanne, and made it a huge success. The other guys sang back up, and when she sang ... it was brilliant. Lukas did a Radiohead cover, and it was good ... nothing spectacular, and his preformance was great too. Toby's cover seem lacking to me. There was nothign special, and it's not an overly great song.
Although it is a hard call. I will not disappoint, and make my predictions. Dilana has totally redeemed herself, and will stay out of the bottom. I think Lukas will pull through because of the bands praise. I think Tommy's comment did Magni in ... bottom two for sure. I also think Toby didn't bring it like he did the last few weeks, and he'll end up squaring off against the ausie.
With that being said ... I think Magni with bite the dust. He's great ... just hasn't been over the top great ... which you would expect the winner to be. So between Toby, Dilana, and Lukas ... I think if they have to perform another original Dilana is screwed. She just doesn't have the creative talent ... and a voice isn't enough. If Toby really brings the pizazz ... I think he has the edge. And If Lukas nails whatever it is he takes a stab at ... then he's got the edge as well. So flip the ol coin between Toby and Lukas. I'm going to throw down the staff and declare Toby my choice to win. If they choose Dilana ... I'm boycoting all purchases of supernova materials. ¶ 3:09:00 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Final Rockstar Rankings
Hello fans ... this is the final week of Rockstar rankings as next week is the finale. I'm not sure if there is another vote, so I may add one more list ... who knows. Anyway ...
1. Toby Rand
2. Lukas Rosi
3. Storm Large
4. Magni
5. Dilana
Toby kicked serious ass all over tonight. His cover of "Mr. Brightside" was spot on ... great song for him. I love that song ... and he totally nailed it to the wall. His original song was awesome as well. It was really high energy ... I could listen to it getting pumped up to go to the bar. Lukas ... he has balls the size cantelopes. He took the untouchable Bon Jovi classic "Livin on a prayer" and made it his own mellow and deep track. His original song I really really liked. Mellow again, something I would listen to all day long while working on the computer. Storm rocked on her cover of "Suffergate city". Dave Navarro jumped ons tage with her. She sang like it was just a wild party. Her original was very high energy. It was a great song, good lyrics, and well created. I didn't like it all that much, it just wasn't my speed, but I goot give credit. Magni had a stock good performance, but nothing really different than previous. I don't know if it will be enough to carry him all the way ... but he is very talented, and does fit the mold of the front man really well. I loved his original tune. I would totally rock out to it on a road trip. Dilana had a memorable performance on her cover tune. She actualy sang awesome for some of it instead of growling. I thought she was _way_ better than last week, but compared to everyone else she just didn't compare. She was forgettable. I did not like her original song in the least. It was too simple ... I agree with Gilby ... she just doesn't have the creative talent the others seem to have ... I predict this is her downfall, and based on her original ... she'll get the axe tomorrow. ¶ 11:03:00 PM 0 comments
1. Toby Rand
2. Lukas Rosi
3. Storm Large
4. Magni
5. Dilana
Toby kicked serious ass all over tonight. His cover of "Mr. Brightside" was spot on ... great song for him. I love that song ... and he totally nailed it to the wall. His original song was awesome as well. It was really high energy ... I could listen to it getting pumped up to go to the bar. Lukas ... he has balls the size cantelopes. He took the untouchable Bon Jovi classic "Livin on a prayer" and made it his own mellow and deep track. His original song I really really liked. Mellow again, something I would listen to all day long while working on the computer. Storm rocked on her cover of "Suffergate city". Dave Navarro jumped ons tage with her. She sang like it was just a wild party. Her original was very high energy. It was a great song, good lyrics, and well created. I didn't like it all that much, it just wasn't my speed, but I goot give credit. Magni had a stock good performance, but nothing really different than previous. I don't know if it will be enough to carry him all the way ... but he is very talented, and does fit the mold of the front man really well. I loved his original tune. I would totally rock out to it on a road trip. Dilana had a memorable performance on her cover tune. She actualy sang awesome for some of it instead of growling. I thought she was _way_ better than last week, but compared to everyone else she just didn't compare. She was forgettable. I did not like her original song in the least. It was too simple ... I agree with Gilby ... she just doesn't have the creative talent the others seem to have ... I predict this is her downfall, and based on her original ... she'll get the axe tomorrow. ¶ 11:03:00 PM 0 comments
Friday, September 01, 2006
Yellow
I just bought a bag of Peanut M&Ms ... I did not realize it was the special bag of "Pirates Of The Caribbean" M&Ms. I opened the bag to discover ... every M&M is yellow. Different shades of yellow to represent a treasure chest is the gimick. I fucking hate Yellow M&Ms!
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