What am I doing now?2010-07-31T20:22:38ZPaul DavisCopyright 2010, Paul DavisSPHPBLOGNew script - help popup for formshttp://www.kaosweaver.com/testing/findme.php Works with tabs or with a mouse click, the setup is pretty easy, copy the code in the source, add the onfocus and onblur to the elements and then change the text messages in the JavaScript - done!]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry090212-1141462009-02-12T00:00:00Z2009-02-12T00:00:00ZTime with the kidsLuckily, I'll have Samantha home who can tell me how/what to do to get the house back operational. Sam takes great pleasure (i.e. laughs out loud) in my inability to do the simplest of things. I explain to her what I do at work at times, juggling several projects, priorities, managing several teams of developers getting projects done that are several hundred thousand dollars ... and ... I can't figure out how to operate the washer, I'm laughing too...]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry090203-0915142009-02-03T00:00:00Z2009-02-03T00:00:00ZGo Steelershttp://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry090201-2217382009-02-02T00:00:00Z2009-02-02T00:00:00ZSecret's out, I'm a STEELERS fan :) I have nothing against the Cards - in fact, I'm happy they made it to the superbowl with their history and all. Great job!
I'm just a fan of the Steelers (and the "holy city" Pittsburg!) and will be rooting for them...
I may even offer FREE extensions if the Steelers win!]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry090123-1144032009-01-23T00:00:00Z2009-01-23T00:00:00ZFacebook anyone? It is interesting how the draw of facebook keeps bringing ya back in to the fold to do and or update more things. Feel free to add me as a friend (just put from Kaosweaver in the email or I may not accept the invite, not that I'm picky, just like to know where I know people from :) )]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry090120-1540502009-01-20T00:00:00Z2009-01-20T00:00:00ZWindows 7 Beta is out! It comes with Internet Explorer v8, so that will also be an interesting application to look in to as well.
With the general public reception of Vista being less than "good" (personally, I've got several Vista machines, all work just fine... some games don't run, but beyond that, it seems pretty decent) - Microsoft needs to hit this one home!
Personally, I think Apple is missing a wonderful opportunity to unbundle the OS from the hardware and expand in to the computer enthusiast market. Plenty of us "geeks" would LOVE to assemble our own specific hardware and run OS X on it. The hackintosh as well as that "open computers" company who sells OS X on clone parts proves this is able to be done. Too bad the company isn't interested in really breaking the monopoly Microsoft has...]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry090114-1038182009-01-14T00:00:00Z2009-01-14T00:00:00ZHappy New Year! For Kaosweaver, I'm planning on making new products based upon the JavaScript libraries that have friendly licenses (i.e. not GPL or like that) and, maybe, a couple of custom scripts, like the Gallery.
I've also got a javascript library that I would like to release as well, it is a pet project of mine, so, it doesn't have top priority - and it will be on another site.
I've taken up contracting with a contracting company. I manage teams of programmers working on enterprise level to small business level websites and applications. We are always looking for clients - and we're competitive on price and meet our deadlines.
Hoping everyone has a prosperous and joyful 2009! Paul
]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry090101-0805512009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Griswalds' have nothing on us... Well, several more hours pass, he's fine, no more issues - we eat lunch. Yep, an hour later, he throws up lunch. By this time, we're 6 hours in to the trip and we've got 5 hours till we get to our location. We press on.
I hate ice....
About an hour or two later, he's thrown up again and the rain turns to ice. Traffic starts to crawl ... then ... stops dead. Apparently, the road in to Indianapolis is totally blocked off. My oldest son and his best friend (oh, I didn't mention that, not only are we nuts to take a road trip, we add to the mix with another teen...) see their first nudity - in the traffic stop on the road, an older lady (60+, we're guessing) in the car in front of us, comes out and drops her pants and pees right on the road, right in front of us. Stands up, turns toward us to pull her pants back up... My son and friend scream about how they are blind for life.
An hour later, we've moved - oh - 1/5th of a mile. I see a police U-turn section and (attorney note: he's taking the fifth, it was a miracle, "somehow" he ended up going the other way on the interstate...) we're traveling back to the last exit. 6 miles of backed up traffic the other way, we end up at a rest stop. We talk around and find out that the state's traffic call center is telling people they can count on spending the night on the road.... right.... so we scrap the plans and then go south. Our next destination is a log cabin in Helen, GA to visit my father-in-law. We travel a bit down the road and find a nice hotel to stay in. Kids are feeling better, everyone goes swimming (kids, that is) - we pack them in at 10pm, I stay up and play cards with the older boys.
New day, same old shh.... stuff.
We head off to GA - we travel back roads and, so far, the day is going well, no traffic, no hazards (although rain follows us all day, we get, like 30 minutes of sun total). Today, it seems the kids don't grasp they should all go potty at the same time - oh no - we stop every hour for one of the kids to go. We started a little late - the stops, lunch (and the waiter thinking we wanted to wait 20 minutes for our food...) we're rapidly running out of daylight and we never seem to get closer with each stop, our arrive time on the GPS gets knocked back again and again. Our youngest son throws up. This time, my wife is ready, gets most of it in a bag. Then goes to move something and the boy picks that time to hurl again, all over the place. We stop, we clean, we attempt to vent the van. We end up having to eat dinner on the road - Christmas eve - we end up at the Waffle House. They are slammed as they are the ONLY establishment open at this time. My oldest is complaining about being nauseated from the smell in the car. I have a head cold, so I can't smell much of anything. The smells of the food wake up the teenager's hunger and he piles on the food. We're attempting to pick between pressing on or staying there (according to the GPS, 3 more hours, it is 8pm...) - we press on - we are traveling on some back roads, end up in a mobile home park with unpaved roads (wrong turn) and then weaving around hilly terrain with no road markers ... fun fun fun! The middle son starts to complain about wanting to sleep about an hour in to it. Then he complains about being really hungry and it hurting - wife is on top of it and gets him throwing up all in the bag. The two teens lose it at this point and go off gagging and loudly carrying on about the gross factor. I've stopped and pulled over, kick the teens out of the car. We wait until he's done throwing up, dispose of the bag of hurl and I put the choice up to head back to where we know a room is or press on. Everyone yells at me - "we've gone through all of this, put up with this, we're NOT turning back...". We press on, we make it to civilization and it is 11pm, the GPS says about an hour more, we see a Holiday Inn (where, on Christmas eve, there is room at the inn...) and everyone just wants rest, the two youngest had fallen asleep. We get a room and find out that the path to Helen passes a high mountain where we'd have to be in low gear and really should be careful as it has dead drop offs... Glad we stayed the night here.
So, we still have to find the log cabin and still have to make the mountain trip and it is Christmas and I'm in a Holiday Inn...
I'm with family, what a blessed Christmas. One that, we keep telling ourselves, we'll be laughing about in years to come.]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry081225-0826112008-12-25T00:00:00Z2008-12-25T00:00:00ZWhere have I been?voices.com site design. The site is a technical marvel and I am thrilled to work on the project. The team at voices.com are a great bunch of people to work with and the ability to assist in their continued success was great. I am a contractor through Up and Running Software and we all worked to make the dream of David (CEO at voices.com) come alive.
If you do anything with voice talent or need to hire someone - voices.com is the place for you! Here are some links about the design and - if you're feeling so inclined, vote for them!
(permission granted from voices.com to comment about their site launch)]]>http://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry081124-1242532008-11-24T00:00:00Z2008-11-24T00:00:00ZTribute to Janehttp://blog.kaosweaver.com/index.php?entry=entry080620-1039042008-06-20T00:00:00Z2008-06-20T00:00:00Z