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Just got back to Blacksburg yesterday afternoon. Dave and I just barely fit into the car with all of our hockey equipment. It was a good thing we left before 3pm as we did. Matt, who left about an hour or so, got stuck in traffic on I-81 and had to take some back roads to get back at a decent time. When we got back I hung out at Dave’s place watched some hockey and had some Gumby’s pokey stix. Haven’t had those in a while. Then came home, unpacked, and passed out…

School officially starts tomorrow. However, I don’t have class on Mondays (or Fridays) so I don’t really start school till Tuesday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I have 3 classes starting at 8 am with comparative languages. Then I don’t have any classes till the afternoon, starting at 2pm with Operating Systems and then at 4pm with Wireless Networks. And then on Wednesdays I don’t have class till 7pm which is Computer and Network Security. Should be a good semester… Should have more time than last semester to work out and play hockey…

Just finished unpacking and cleaning up my room getting ready for the last semester… need to go to walmart tomorrow and restock the fridge/cupboards…

Goodnight!

J!

While hacking around with my BlackBerry today, I got Hello World! going fairly easily following a couple quick tutorials.

After that I wanted to test some integration with the Remember the Milk API so I followed the tutorial for HTTP connections. Got that working…

Next I was going to get the API login working which requires going to a specific URL to authorize the application. Here is where I hit a snag. the Browser API has this nice little note:

Signed: This element is only accessible by signed clients. If you intend to use this element, please contact RIM to establish the necessary agreements that will allow you to have your COD files signed.

Unfortunately, that necessary agreement to sign your applications is $100… Yes, $100…

So this has put a slight snag on me writing applications for the BlackBerry… I was going to try and hack up a quick Remember the Milk application this weekend as there seems to a fairly high demand for it…

Fortunately, I can still develop the application though using the BlackBerry Simulators, which are quite nice. So I think what I am going to do is try and develop the application using the simulators and show that around for now… I have some ideas for funding the $100 that I will get to if I can get some decent software up and running that people would like…

Probably going to spend the rest of tonight hacking away on the BlackBerry…

J!

not a big fan of Kukicha either…

J!

Sort of my new hobby if you will. I have been interested in tea on and off for a while and after talking to Katherine about some tea she got, I decided to take the plunge and get a green tea starter set from Adagio Teas.

So far I have tried Green Pekoe and Citron Green. Both taste good. So far nothing has stood out too much but there are tons of teas to try so I am going to keep sampling till I find some that I really like. I think I might try some of the flavored teas next.

If you have any suggestions, let me know and I will give them a try…

J!

Well I haven’t really blogged much lately… This past semester was probably one of my busiest and hardest semesters to date, so I didn’t have much time to blog. I don’t really have much excuse for not blogging over break besides just being in the habit of not blogging during the semester and eating too many Christmas cookies…

So one of my resolutions this new year is to try and blog more. At least a couple times per week. Hopefully more like once per day. So you should be seeing more posts in the near future from me…

Along with the other typical resolutions of losing weight and getting in shape (with a focus on hockey), I want to learn python better and create a web application using django. In addition to python and django, I also want to learn how to create applications for the BlackBerry. Specifically I want to create a BlackBerry application similar to facebook’s application for remember the milk to either sync tasks with the internal task list or create a standalone task application that would replace the internal task list and have more features.

The new year has a lot to hold such as graduating college (has it really been 4 years already?), starting my new job, and hanging out with rachel :).

Hopefully I can hold on to those resolutions and everything turns out well for 2008…

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J!

Upgraded the blog a few days ago to the latest version. As always, let me know if there are any issues…

WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to expose your draft posts. 2.3.2 also suppresses some error messages that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations. Get 2.3.2 now to protect your blog from these disclosures.

As a little bonus, 2.3.2 allows you to define a custom DB error page. Place your custom template at wp-content/db-error.php. If WP has a problem connecting to your database, this page will displayed rather than the default error message.

Happy New Years everyone!