Posted by Peter Morris Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:09:00 GMT
As was pointed out by Jan, nothing but the frontpage was available.
Some problem with Apache.
I have stepped back from Apache and am currently using Web-brick. Seems to have solved the problem for now.
Must look into the problem with Apache, thats not nice.
Posted by Peter Morris Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:12:00 GMT
This link points to the account of a major development effort that has switched from Java to Rails.
Interesting account.
Good fodder for further discussion.
Posted by Peter Morris Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:46:00 GMT
This morning I found this article on del.icio.us.
It details a way of storing tree structures within an SQL database that makes use of the strengths of SQL to speed up the manipulation of the tree.
Its very interesting, as I read it, everything in me rebelled against it. My initial feeling was that maintenance of the “left” and “right” values would be a problem. Using a classic procedural language this would have been the case, with SQL its a snap.
There is one problem, it is best to maintain both ways of relating the data.
One scenario is particularly difficult (in my eyes) to do with the left-right numbers.
Producing the list of direct children of a particular node.
Good article, definitely worth a read.
Posted by Peter Morris Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:18:00 GMT
I am a bit of a music buff.
My CD collection runs to some 400odd CDs.
As you can imagine, 400 CDs take up some significant amount of space.
I really need to be able to play my CDs from any room in the house.
I’m a coder.
So, combining these, I came up with the idea of using a Rails app to generate an index to my CD collection (ripped into MP3 files) that can be served via shoutcast.
Heres the project page.
Posted by Peter Morris Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:16:00 GMT
I find myself at a bit of a loose end at the moment.
review my work page for details of what I do.
Posted by Peter Morris Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:50:00 GMT
Well, here it is. I have finally started a new blog. This has been prompted by the “Typo” blog tool.
In this blog I will be talking about Coding, Fatherhood, Food, anything I can think about that I have some opinion about.
