Wassappening

Figured I should at least update you all as to what’s been going on since it’s been a while since I’ve written and I’m busy as hell…as opposed to dead which some have accused me of.

First, and most importantly, both the Red Wings and Pistons are still alive in the playoffs! As a sports freak, that makes me happy…

Second, I’ve been working with Naviciti on a few applications. One of them is a mapping application for the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan Greenways project. It’s been one hell of a challenge. In a nutshell, it is an interactive map where the public can review the development plans for ‘Greenways’, registered users can participate in the development plans by adding markers, polylines, polygons to the map and discuss the sites with other users. There is also an adminstrative interface to the whole thing that manages all the sites, layers, discussions and users. It is written on Ruby on Rails and uses the Virtual Earth API. There are going to be a few articles coming out of this project so stay tuned. Who knows, if I’m really motivated, a Rails plugin for Virtual Earth…

Lastly, my wife and I refinished all the hardwood floors on the first floor of our house. All in all, things went really well and they looked great. We just finished putting the 3rd coat of polyurethane down and were standing in the kitchen when one of the dogs trotted up to the baby gate separating the kitchen from the dining room looking very proud. Turns out someone left a door ajar and he pushed it open and left a trail of puppy prints throughout the entire first floor. If I thought I’d never sell the house, I would’ve kept the prints. They were really cute and reminded me of the elephant trail at the Zoo. Anyway, a 4th coat of polyurethane went down instead. I still can’t feel part of my hand from leaning on it for 5 days…