Posts tagged with '43things'

Making a (small) contribution

I've finally done it: I've contributed to the open software movement. Well, let's qualify that a little bit: I've contributed a very small patch to an open software project.

As I started getting the hang of the new Drupal beta, I came across a bug; a bug bad enough that it made a major function (commenting) un-usable. First, I reported the problem. Then, after a few hours of looking closer at the code, I found where the issue was, I corrected it, and then put up a patch. Today, Drupal's lead developer applied my patch to the main source tree.

Yes, it was just a small patch in a very large codebase, but it's not too bad to start off with baby steps, right? Plus, it was nice being able to check off one of my "things" over at 43things.

Dec 15, 2005 03:40PM (43things, drupal, open source, programming) Comments (9)

The end is near

This Monday I registered for the last two classes I’ll need to get my degree. It’s a nice feeling getting that done, even if it won’t be until next May when I’ll actually “finish my degree.”

My first semester in college was in the fall of 1989. Here I am, sixteen years later, and I’m still working at it. Well, of course I dropped out a few times, changed schools (Michigan State University to Lansing Community College to the University of North Texas), and I changed my major quite a few times (Music Education to Psychology to Journalism to English Lit.). I think I’ll graduate with the most useless and unused credits of any senior, ever.

It’s going to be a great feeling to finally get this degree finished. I just need a few more months.

See more progress on: finish my degree

Oct 28, 2005 11:05AM (43things, school) Comments (6)

Slowly getting it done

I’m maybe 1/4 of the way into building my first Ruby on Rails program that isn’t a todo list (what all the tutorials teach). At times I think I’m trying to tackle too big of a project on my first attempt, but I think it’s good in that I’m having to learn a whole lot more than if I was putting something much simpler together.

I’m hoping to have the first public version of the app online by the end of the month. I’m not completely sure I can make that deadline, but I’m hoping I can.

See more progress on: learn ruby on rails

Jul 13, 2005 03:45PM (43things, programming, ruby on rails) Add Comment

43places is live

Now that 43 Places is live, I guess I can close this “thing.” I suppose I should close all the travel-related things on 43things as well, and just move everything over to 43 Places.

Like with 43 Things, I still wish there were a way to not only mark a place as “visited,” but also some status signifying that I want to visit a place (or do a thing) again.

See more progress on: Help test Tootietails: the next new thing from The Robot Co-op

Jun 28, 2005 06:12AM (43places, 43things, travel) Comments (6)

Oh well, maybe next time

I signed up for Railsday hoping to write a Rails app in 24 hours, but I was woefully unprepared. I quickly realized that I need much more practice, so I’m taking the time to learn properly instead of jumping in blindly. Next time, I’ll be ready for sure.

See more progress on: Write a rails app in 24 hours

Jun 07, 2005 12:50PM (43things, programming, ruby on rails) Add Comment