Life of a Web Programmer

ROCK THE HOUSE!

zachary.spencer — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:26:51 +0000

MacBook Pro + iSight + Photo Booth Video Recording + YouTube == Fun for all! Or at least some.

REMEMBER PEOPLE!

ROCK THE HOUSE!

OK, that is cool… Amazon Wishlists hide what you’ve received during the month of November/other dates you specify…

zachary.spencer — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:46:32 +0000

That is freaking sweet. Amazon wishlists hide whether you’ve received something during dates leading up to birthdays, etc. That way you won’t know if someone bought you something for Christmas!

That is *so cool* Seriously! I was worried about that because if I buy someone something off their Amazon Wishlist I would be worried that they would know what I got them. Now I don’t have to worry!

To my friends and family: This holiday season, you need Amazon Wishlists!

zachary.spencer — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:33:40 +0000

Seriously guys, it’s hard enough guessing what you want! build an Amazon wishlist so I can figure stuff out easier.

Mine are:

Knowledge is Power - Stuff that I want to better myself
That’s Entertainment! - Stuff I want that is fun!
Workin’ Out, Breakin’ a Sweat - Stuff I want to help make my workouts better, stronger, faster.

Just got out of auditions!

zachary.spencer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:09:06 +0000

Oh wow, the most exciting thing I’ve done in so long! I loved it!

I hope I get to play the Wizard. Most people are way more experienced than I am, but not many people auditioned for the Wizard :-D.

Yay! New piano!

zachary.spencer — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:53:23 +0000

So I recorded my first bit of music on the piano, and it is now available for your listening pleasure: Experiments in Am.

Glaring Flaw in President Elect Barack Obama’s Plan for American Service.

zachary.spencer — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:11:39 +0000

OK, so maybe he does...

If you’re about to become the one of the most powerful men in the world, you probably should not commit the faux pas of publishing your website with your plans without content…

Let this be a lesson to you! Don’t make an under construction page! Only release pages when the pages are ready to be released!

An Excellent Website for Those of Us Who Wish to Lose Weight (And Get Buff)

zachary.spencer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:25:13 +0000

Traineo.com offers a really powerful method of tracking your progress as well as networking with like minded individuals. I really like how easy they make it to log workouts, as well as how you can log anything you want. The social aspect is pretty nice too, though I’ll confess I haven’t really networked with anyone on it yet. Maybe Facebook integration should be on their list?

If you want, checkout my profile. Maybe even do something crazy and be a motivator for me.

Free Mapping/Tracking software for the Sprint Mogul and Windows Mobile 6

zachary.spencer — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:30:32 +0000

Earlier today I discovered I had a quandry. I want to be able to track my runs to see how far I go, where I go, how long it takes me, what kind of altitude changes I experience, current speed, airspeed of coconut laden swallows, and that kind of thing.

Because I don’t have a Google Android phone I have to make due with my Sprint Mogul. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad phone. It’s just not an awesome phone either.

After a little bit of poking around I found a free piece of GPS mapping software called GPSVP. I downloaded and installed it, and could not get a GPS signal. Durr.

Here is the solution.

Run GPSVP
Tap “Menu”
Tap “Setup->Settings”
Change the “Port” to COM4
Change the Port Speed to 4800

It now connects to the GPS satallites just fine.

To use the software, just start it up and go about your business. After you are done with your run, it generates a “track” file. Then simply upload that using GPS Visualizers Google Earth or Google Maps converter.

Tada! You now have a cool record of your run! Including distance, altitude, etc.

I really suck at this entire “Being a nice person” thing…

zachary.spencer — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:26:48 +0000

Some of my friends and I went to BiggBy’s yesterday night, and I tagged along. One of my other friends is a barista there. Fast forward to today, when I took my colleague, compatriot and minion Davin to BiggBy. Since they had just opened they have these awesome buy one get one free coupons, which I didn’t happen to have on me. I asked the nice barista if I could have one. She did a (highly exaggerated) eye roll, sighed, and said “I guess so” and smiled at me. I laughed and said “Well, you’re much nicer than the barista last night.” She handed my my receipt which I promptly began signing and she said “Oh yea?” Me, lost in my own little receipt signing world didn’t even look up and (thinking that my friend was the barista yesterday) responded “No.”

All of a sudden it hit me what I had just said. I looked up, horror stricken and started apologizing profusely. “Oh my gosh, I did not mean to say that, I don’t know why I said that, I am so sorry, that was incredibly cruel, I cannot believe I said that!” Meanwhile, Davin is standing there just cracking up.

This is why I am single.

Worst Way To Find The Leak in Your Sewage Pipe…

zachary.spencer — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:33:59 +0000

Step 1) Wake up

Step 2) Walk two steps

Step 3) Get dripped on

Not the best way to start the day.