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This will probably be my last post on rsbauer.com until its moved to its new server. I hope it goes smoothly!
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Someone sent me a message via the website asking to make some scripts available. I don’t enforce email address checking, but at the same time, you kinda have to supply one if you want a reply (and I like to think I’m pretty good at getting all responses answered in less than a few hours – unless I’m sleeping).

I had a request for the script to convert WAPs to Google Maps. There’s 2 pieces of the puzzle: the HTML/JavaScript page and the script to convert the summary file to XML. Now, the HTML/JavaScript page can be swiped pretty easily (right click and save as). The XML page generation is a different story. I’m looking at the code right now and its poorly documented. Plus, I’m pretty sure I’m not pulling everything available out of the summary files (like SID, and such). I’d like to have the XML file contain everything at some point.

At the moment, I’m leaning more towards setting the script up to run from the web. You upload your summary file and it converts it to XML. Then, as I update the file, everyone else will have access to the latest and greatest as well. Anyone else interested or would people prefer something different?
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The news I neglected to post in a timely manner? Eh, got busy.

I helped Employ Media by writing some scripts to automate a lot of the work involved in making “.jobs” domains functional. It was a bit of a time crunch. But I like to think I helped make a little bit of internet history.

Olessia is out of the house today. She and Amy (with Amy’s kids) went off to Toledo. They’ll be spending the night and coming back tomorrow.

Me? I’m hanging out at the house. I think I glued the last of the siding that might even remotely think about coming off the house. I’ve also mowed the lawn and did some shopping (food items, as well as some computer gear). Tomorrow I may go out to Lorain to check in on an autocross (assuming I get up at an early hour).

I’m still busy learning Russian in the mornings. I need to memorize “простите за опоздание” (if typed correctly, should say “sorry I’m late”). And another one that made Olessia laugh: Елки-палки

I’ve also been busy in my DSA2 class. Programming assignment 1 is done. Got a 50 out of 50. I’ve also just completed assignment number 2. I’ll post the code as I get the assignments back. Coding in Java has me pretty motivated to try my hand at J2ME (Java for mobile gadgets). I’ll post my creations as I come up with them…
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I think its fun to be able to look back on a map and be able to identify the nifty places you’ve been and where important things happened. The old way of doing it would have been to doodle no a map and tuck it away somewhere. Or, use Google Maps to do it.

Check it out: http://www.rsbauer.com/gmap. This will get you in. You can see my map here.
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I’ve had to grab the latest version of Gallery for Nora’s website. I found Gallery 2 made it to a beta release and decided to give it a whirl. Wow! It rocks with a ton of new features. It seems a ton easier to use too. I’ve had some negative feedback about my albums with albums approach. So I’ve imported all the albums and let most of them stand on their own (some are still grouped together like the Montreal v2 trip and Tanzania trip pictures). The Gallery also supports marking things “new” and “updated” (in theory).

The really cool thing is it supports the Nokia Server API which means I can easily upload pictures directly from my phone. Nice! You’ll find them in the mobile pics gallery (which right now has a lot of junk in it).
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