MikeBrum.com

I have finished writing the new Haiku Page. You’ll notice a much better viewing feature. Currently, it will display 10 per page, the most recently submitted first. I will be adding a random feature soon and then a search feature to up the capabilities. Please feel free to check it out and submit one or two.

Seeing as this is 100% re-written, there may be some bugs. If so, PLEASE contact me with anything that isn’t working or any comments/suggestions you have.

I also have to add an ‘update’ function to this so I can change any typos I might have or any inaccurate information (though I do try to keep both down to a bare minium). I was also thinking about adding a feature that you can add your own comments to any one of my diary entries. Like a user feedback that others can see. Anyone interested in that??

Well, I haven’t really been around since last Thursday. From Friday 10/19 to Tuesday 10/23, I was in Canada. (mainly Toronto, but briefly in Ottawa) I spent the whole thing with Mariah and had a GREAT time! We also got to visit some friends while we were in TO. Out of those few days, I’m positive that I drove over 24 hours. I think it’s somewhere between 30 and 35 actually.

Now that I’m back in Boston, it’s back to the usual routine. I did some work on my domain last night. It’s some really transparent security crap. Not “overly” fun, but I learned a few new things and my site is that much more secure. I don’t do anything of any great importance on here, so as far as I know, I haven’t ever been targetted by any hackers before/yet, so hopefully things will stay that way. But just in case, there’s no reason I should make it easy for them.

Ok, I’m going to go and do some more work on things. I know that I keep saying that I’m working on things and you can’t see any of it, but trust me, it’s there. : )

Well, in roughly 18 hours I depart for Canada for a few days. I really can’t wait! I have a lot of stuff to do tonight, so it’s going to be a bit hectic. But my excitement should keep me moving despite it all.

I have to head into Harvard Sq. to get a 4g taper, pick up some other stuff at the store, pack, research and finalize travel plans and directions and try to finalize plans for Saturday and Sunday night.

I’m so excited despite the craziness!! I can’t wait to see Mariah again and it’s going to be a lot of fun hanging out with my Toronto friends! I rarely get to see any of them, so this is going to be a birthday to remember!!

Canada… here I come!!!

Well, here it is Tuesday and I’m already counting down for my trip this weekend. I’m leaving early Friday morning to pick up the rental car and then heading up to Ottawa to pick up Mariah. I really can’t wait! Then it’s off to Toronto for a few days of fun and friends. A few people have something planned for me on my birthday, but I’m not really sure what. I’m sure I won’t be disappointed. Then it’s back to Ottawa to drop off Mariah on Tuesday the 23rd and back to Boston to drop off the car, try to get some rest after driving for 12+ hours and back to work on Wednesday.

Needlessly to say, I’m going to be beat… plus I have a bunch of stuff to do before I leave. One of the big time-consumers will be laundry tonight. I’m running out of clean clothes at an astounding rate. Gotta take care of that one soon. I might be going to Providence for a short visit on Thursday, but I’m not sure that. That depends on a few things.

Either way… not long now!

Well, I’ve noticed that I have a few typos in my last couple of entries. Oops!

This is a nice reminder of the next feature that I need to write… an entry update form. It’s really not overly difficult, so I can’t imagine it taking me more than a night to do. I just have to sit down and do it. I also have to make things a bit more organized for myself. Everything’s pretty scattered through my page and very unorganized. Since I’m trying to expand my site to be a lot more code-based than straight HTML files, organization is key.

But other than that, there’s not a hell of a lot going on. Just more projects that I need to do that will get done… eventually. But like I promised… more frequent updates.

I’m now working on re-doing my Haiku Page and porting it over to a mySQL database. I’m probably about 90% done. I hope to be able to finish it tonight and tweek and refine it later this week. Shouldn’t be too difficult… I hope.

I’m VERY impressed with myself!!! I have succeeded in creating a progran that’ll allow me to submit updates to the site via an online form and will be stored in a database.

Not only does it automatically update, but I wrote, what I consider, a very nice navigation function that’ll allow you to scroll through each page as time goes. On.

This is something I’m VERY proud of, and consequentally, it’s something you won’t be able to see for a little while because right now there’s only this one page that’ll be displayed. And believe me, it’s boring navigating through only one page. :)

Well, it’s beyond 2:00am right now and I have a somewhat busy day ahead of me tomorrow. I’m heading to bed. AND I’m doing it feeling very accomplished. I hope that at least someone’s even remotely close to excited as I am about this.

More later. Good night.

This is my first entry on the new diary program. Most of the script is still not done, but I need one entry to work with.

Hopefully, this won’t be too difficult to do…