da da da da da da

Posted by david on 6. February 2009 19:06

we’ve got a definite “da da da da da da da da” coming from Baby O now.  It’s funny because she totally over articulates the sound, dropping her jaw completely for each vowel.  I’ve got to try & catch these sounds on video, then make a phonetic dictionary out of it.

I, of course, immediately started pronouncing “ma ma ma ma ma ma” – because I’m a gentleman.

BTW, today is her 6 month birthday.

online fax

Posted by david on 6. February 2009 18:09

Question: how to get a fax number that will transmit incoming faxes to an email address?

Faxaway ... free incoming faxes well, a dollar a month nlimited incoming faxes

efax 12.95 mo to choose your number … 30day trial free with 50 outgoing, 130 incoming free

PhoneFusion  ( review ) 9.95 mo … also acts a voicemail / call routing service

You would think this is something that Comcast should do for a pittance or two.

ve: updating the db from the web service

Posted by david on 5. February 2009 00:19

Plan: update POI table with lat & long values retrieved from geocode service.  get a zip code field into the POI table.

Listening to: CBC Radio’s Climate Wars Part 1 of 3

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Copy 2009_02_04 to 2009_02_05.

Dropped the Raj Kaimal code – don’t need it right now since I dropped the DetailsView table.

Update selected record with retrieved lat & long

Research:

Using LINQ in ASP.NET (Part 1)

(2) MSDN: How to: Update, Insert, and Delete Data with the LinqDataSource Control

Following (2):

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gcaltasks – cool tool

Posted by david on 4. February 2009 19:36

This is pretty stinkin cool:

gcaltasks vista gadget

this is a vista sidebar gadget. Dead simple: a text field & three buttons: start, stop, & reset. 

You enter what you’re up to: “mapsite” & hit start.  When you hit stop, gcaltasks makes an entry into your gcalendar, with what you did, when you did, and how long it took.

Great task timer because it’s ultra simple. Superb task timer because it’s data is accessible in a context that’s actually useful – your calendar.

There’s an issue with initial configuration – I had to reset my google password to a new one before gcaltasks would see my calendars.

ve: geocode me

Posted by david on 3. February 2009 23:52

Previously on 24, Agent Bauer built a page up that has a working connection to the db of Places of Interest, and a working master detail two grid arrangement – so the user may select a place of interest  

come to think of it, the child grid is actually redundant here … think I wanted a separate place to put in a geocode button. 

Next step is to get some geocoding done on the selected record.

Plan: Throw in a button that will update the record that is shown in the child table by combining the address fields into one string, passing it to the geoservice, take the returned latlong & update the db fields with that info.

First step, get a new page built 2009_02_04, copying the meat from 2009_02_02.More...

misc links

Posted by david on 3. February 2009 21:04

a sign of the times when I have a link to frugal crock pot recipes mixed with resume design posts.

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/01/30/the-frugal-magic-of-the-five-ingredient-crock-pot-meal/

Change Your Resume for a Great 2009 – Part I

An Introduction To Popular Netbooks

How to Write a Resume That Will Land an Interview

citing sources in blogs

Posted by david on 3. February 2009 21:02

http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/06/citing-references-in-blog-posts/

a search on blog & bibliography & citations gives an insane number of links on how to cite blogs, but not how to cite in blogs.   The reason this comes up for me is because I keep referencing actual books, thanks especially to the Books 24/7 service at my local library.  

So my strategy now, is to have a table of some sort at the bottom of the post, with the book citation a la footnotes [1]… ah fk there is no anchor creation here …

hmmm, that might be too much trouble … I’ll keep working on that

Dymo 400 labels

Posted by david on 2. February 2009 22:45

Dymo 30252 Compatible Labels - Free Shipping  15.00 2 rolls

Removable Dymo 30252 Compatible Labels - Free Shipping 15.98 2 rolls

Dymo Store 22.00 2 rolls  + 6.75 shipping

 Update: I just got this in the mail today ... placed the order on the 2nd, rec'd on the 5th ... free shipping - LabelValue rocks.

ve: page with gridview from db, on the way to updating records with geocode

Posted by david on 1. February 2009 23:40

so add LinqDataSource

been so long since I’ve fooled with the db that I’ve forgotten whether things were straight in there.

open up SS08. Look.

I’ve got a list of POI .. but not a corresponding list of shapes that will represent the POIs.

POI: Places of Interest

this is the list of spots that is independent of the map … this list could be a source for a similar implementation on GMAPS or some other system. 

DBShapes: is the table of MapShapes one for each POI.  The MapShape is coupled with Virtual Earth.  It’s got the same fields that a MapShape object has. 

there is another: More...

ve: what is the geocode web service actually doing?

Posted by david on 1. February 2009 20:39

Built up a new page, 2002_02_02, using the styling of yesterdays page.  I like it, it looks clean for this kind of test work.  Not too much of a hassle.

The Plan:

add db connection, the mapsiteLinqToSQL

add a gridview,

take a crack at updating the records WHERE (Lat or Long IS NULL)  AND  (address  IS NOT NULL)
source for the update will be the geocode service.  

Questions to be answered:  More...