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Re: A Retrospective on the 10th Anniversary of Lifestream Blog

traeblain — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 12:18:45 -0000

I'm quite fond of this blog... 😀

Re: 2015 - Where do we go next?

traeblain — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:59:15 -0000

Awwwww...

Re: Automatic Smart Driving Assistant

traeblain — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:44:11 -0000

I didn't want to pay the $99, so I got a cheaper adapter and use http://dash.by to get the nice user experience like Automatic. They also have IFTTT.

Re: Automatic Smart Driving Assistant

traeblain — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:42:21 -0000

If you get the OBDII tool from a week ago, get http://dash.by and get the same details and clean interface that Automatic provides but for iOS and Android.

Re: Bluetooth Car Diagnostic Scanner

traeblain — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:25:49 -0000

You can also get a program called Dash: http://dash.by And "gamify" you driving and pit yourself against your friends. Who can get the best gas mileage?

Re: Neftali Feliz battling to make the team

traeblain — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:14:16 -0000

Based on what I hear about Feliz, he's always had great talent and no work ethic. You take away that talent, like a surgery and injury can do, and you have to put in the time to get yourself back. Sounds like the DWL was able to push him, but the Rangers aren't... And never really have been, else we'd probably have a WS trophy right now. If, with all the pitching concerns we currently have, Feliz cannot make this bullpen, I hope it opens his eyes and he finally finally realizes he has to actually put in a real concerted effort.

Re: Portable Nginx

traeblain — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:50:24 -0000

Your error most likely has something to do with this line in the config:

if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php/$1 last;
}

It appears your script or something needs a different configuration here than what's happening by default. You'll probably need to look at stack overflow and other places for your specific nginx needs.

But make sure you have your index.php in the right spot. It looks like it wants to find index.php, cannot find a file or directory called that, so it rewrites to index.php/index.php and then cannot find that so it rewrites to index.php/index.php/index.php and so on.

Re: Portable Nginx

traeblain — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:08:39 -0000

I have no idea what the XAMPP version of php and mysql have in order to work for it. You should download the windows version of php and mysql directly from them and unzip them to the directory. That's all I can think of at this point.

Re: Nike Fuelband, Jawbone Up, Fitbit One, and Bodymedia Armband Comparison Review

traeblain — Wed, 29 May 2013 23:40:40 -0000

FYI, according to the Amiigo website, they are going one step further and instead of an API, they have an open SDK. Therefore tools like Endomondo, Strava, or someone else can sync and run the reporting and if you want you could have your own data backup tool. Also I believe that, Linux users will be able to sync as well, which is something they've (we've) been asking FitBit for years.

I've got some high hopes for it, but every time I look into it, it seems too good to be true... And from other crowd funded efforts, it normally is. That's why I'm in a wait and see mode.

Re: Nike Fuelband, Jawbone Up, Fitbit One, and Bodymedia Armband Comparison Review

traeblain — Wed, 29 May 2013 01:39:11 -0000

I know you honestly can't recommend one over the other due to personal preference, but after reading so many of these with the same conclusion, I'd wish someone would just sack up and say...buy this one, it's the best. hehe.

I also wanted to note on you spreadsheet that the Jawbone doesn't need to be turned off of sleep. It is supposed to sense prolonged activity and turn itself off of "sleep mode". Something that would be nice, because more than once I've looked down at my fitbit halfway through the morning to see it still in sleep mode. If jawbone had the passive sync system, I'd probably dump the fitbit for it (although the flex is calling my name.)

I've been monitoring the Amiigo project: http://www.amiigo.co/ It is waterproof and comes with a footpod for better step/run tracking. Said to be shipping this summer, and I want to see a few real-life reviews before I shell out the cash for one.

The other is Striiv. http://www.striiv.com/ The Striiv Smart Pedometer looks like a pager from the 90s, but has all the "app" functionality in it. The Play is the sleak one that is similar to the fitbit, but it only syncs with an iPhone, so that was a non-starter for me.

If the Amiigo doesn't work out, then I'll probably go ahead and stick with the fitbit, inertia is a hell of a thing. The flex will be nice to have, and hopefully they can get sync setup with my HTC soon then I won't have to worry about the dongle anymore.

Re: Amazon acquires social book site Goodreads in most obvious move ever

traeblain — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:28:41 -0000

What are they going to do with Shelfari now? This is odd... You guys should reach out to the Shelfari people and find out if this acquisition implies a failure on their part?

Re: The Safety of Our Eggs

traeblain — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:01:40 -0000

I find Feedly isn't a "feed reader". It's a magazine reader that is sourced by your feeds. I may give it a try in the coming months, but I want a list of headlines and then the text. Not a bit splash photo for all the items.

Also, I'm not sure, but doesn't it make presumptions on organization? In other words it doesn't follow my tagging scheme that I have setup.

Like I said, I'll give it a try. Right now, I'm hoping The Old Reader delivers on what appears to be great promise (I'm 8323 in the import queue right now). I'm also intrigued by the Digg reader, it seems well suited for their current direction, but I fear it may be too late to the game at this point.

Re: Heroku chief opens up about RapGenius, legendary hires, & developers’ woman problem

traeblain — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:59:43 -0000

This may be a bit nitpicky, but I find the statement: " middle-American dad programmer using .NET" to be a bit dis-respectful in context to any young person that likes and wants to use tools like C#, etc. With that much emphasis on respect, he shouldn't belittle a different community.

Re: Why you need more margin in your life

traeblain — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:48:55 -0000

Be cautious and biographies different from your work though. As a mechanical engineer, I made the mistake of reading a book on Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse and spent the whole time relating it to my work. So now I keep it primarily to WWII biographies and interesting sports figures (as these tend to keep my interest).

Re: Why you need more margin in your life

traeblain — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:29:58 -0000

I had similar thoughts and spent most of last year neglecting my 'margin'. It's crazy, but I posted about this actually yesterday. http://blog.traeblain.com/2... How I basically lost my 2012 because I never allowed my mind to disconnect from my work.

Many of your suggestions are great, I've done many of them before, but I also found I needed some time that forces my mind to escape. I've often found my mind dwelling on things--even late into the night--long after the workday is done and interrupting my sleep, time with my kids and wife, and more. It would basically be my home life became a semi-attached extension of my work. So I needed to force my mind to fully break.

I've done things like listening to audiobooks (specifically fiction and biography) on my way to and from work. The listening on my way home is the best, by the time my commute is complete, my mind could care less about the regular workday (if it was especially trying it might not be completely out of my mind). This allows a better evening with my wife and kids. I'm beginning to feel this is one of the best choices I've made in providing margin. Maybe it's just me needing something more than 15 minutes on my own, but letting my mind escape into another world or someone else's life allows me to dust of my work and jump into my home balance much more effectively.

Re: The story behind Ruzzle, the ridiculously popular mobile game gaining 2 million new users per week

traeblain — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:00:43 -0000

How is this any different from Zynga's Scramble with Friends launched 2 months earlier?

Re: Remove the WPMU DEV Notification

traeblain — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:21:20 -0000

Updated the link to incorporate the new line you have in there. You can download the new plugin at the gist link: https://gist.github.com/109... That's where development of the plugin remains. Thanks for the update.

Re: The Others: CoffeeScript, Dart, TypeScript

traeblain — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:05:20 -0000

I know this isn't supposed to be exhaustive, but since Opal is added I was surprised to see Pyjs wasn't http://pyjs.org/

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay With Paypal? Think Again!

traeblain — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:37:07 -0000

Yup, there are laws protecting retailers from this specific action. Normally the credit card company does much more contact on verifying whether or not the cargeback would be allowed. The TOS is the only limiting item here as PayPal would have been the company the credit card company would have contacted in the dispute.

That's why I said use local law and a serial number. They can locate the person and phone (if he hasn't already turned it around), and it puts it into a larger legal matter and have a court decide. But if this person is really scraping ebay for phones, I bet he'd be willing to return the phone without pursuing legal action.

It's a last ditch effort, but it puts the issue in more reputable hands than PayPal's.

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay With Paypal? Think Again!

traeblain — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:49:59 -0000

This is technically now theft, which means if you have an address and the iPhone's serial number, you can file a police report with the local law enforcement. Just an FYI.

Re: Remove the WPMU DEV Notification

traeblain — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:56:52 -0000

No, if you are using Greg's item in your function.php you don't need the plugin. The plugin, though, is theme indifferent. So if you change themes you'll have to remember to add this again to your new function.php, but the plugin allows you to skip this and just reactivate the plugin.

Re: Rules for Seminary (1 of 10)

traeblain — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:53:10 -0000

I'm glad you posted this. I began to almost hate anyone that attended
seminary. For a long time, I felt all I heard was quotes out of
'Systematic Theology'...over and over again. It's not that I think that
Grudem is wrong or flawed, but it made me question everything else this
person said. Felt like every time I had a topical conversation I was
talking to a drone that could only rehash the things he heard from
seminary. No critical thinking, no true self-opinions, and honestly
never once felt the person actually thought about what he claimed to believe.

In fact there were a number of life-groups that my wife and I attended
that we both left because the seminary student that was leading the
group completely lacked a critical thought. And anytime someone raised
questions, they'd basically looked up what 'Systematic Theology' said
about it (one guy literally had the book by his chair the whole time
looking up questions and answering them by reading the section).

I know this isn't every student, but for a time it was hard to find anyone that didn't 'drink the Kool-aid'.

Re: Remove the WPMU DEV Notification

traeblain — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:40:41 -0000

I no longer use Wordpress, you mind giving the new plugin a try and verifying it does the same (it should) as placing it in your function.php?

Re: Remove the WPMU DEV Notification

traeblain — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:35:36 -0000

Is this the latest change? I'll add this to my plugin Gist to include this as well.

Re: Portable Nginx

traeblain — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:53:38 -0000

The standard way to install nginx on a personal server over this portable version is to ignore nginx's "installed site" or virtual sites. For the portable version, just put all your material in the 1 nginx.conf under the nginx\conf directory. With that said (I got your original config in the email notification), you had an incomplete nginx.conf. Try this one. Long story short you need to specify location in the http block then serve out from there. Also, you were most likely having php issues because you weren't passing any parameters to the fastcgi process. Let me know if this helps.

https://gist.github.com/295...