ThinkSoJoE's Thoughts

If so, we're finally re-launched here at ThinkSoJoE's Thoughts!  It took a while, and I haven't gotten everything I wanted to implement into the design (I'm still trying to get this Trackback thing figured out), but I think we're at a point here where everything is perfectly acceptable for a live site.

Please comment on this post if you find any bugs in the site.  Thanks!

I'm actually almost done with the redesign project.  I just have to get the pages (about, gallery, gear, and projects) finished up.  Not exactly sure how I'm going to do it, but I'll get it done.

I've actually done a lot of stuff over the last few days that I hadn't done before - I created a working RSS feed and a working RSS agregator.  I've even managed to get one of those lightbox things to work on one of my sites without the aid of a CMS.  I'm almost done, though I'm still hesitant to set a launch date.  I just got a new job, and I'm not sure when I'll be starting, so I don't know for sure when I'll be able to get a lot of work done.

I've gotten a great deal of functionality implemented in the redesign, and since it's being done from scratch, I can always add more.  I'll keep you guys updated as I get closer to launch.

I’ve done immersive PHP/MySQL projects before, but this is definitely the most in depth that I’ve gone.  I have an admin panel where I can control every single aspect of the site, at least the aspects that I control on a regular basis here.  There’s a couple of more functions I need to implement, but the project is coming along nicely.

Some of the permalinks are probably going to be changing around here.

I’ve been extremely bored sitting around my house in between job interviews and applications, so I started designing a new blog from scratch.  That’s right, no WordPress, no e107, not even CodeIgniter.  Purely hand coded with PHP and MySQL.  I know this isn’t the first time I’ve said I’m redesigning the site, but I’m actually half finished this time.  I need to code the admin section and finish building the user management system.  Then I need to finish the design and the menus.  Don’t really expect a drastic change on the front end, I’m keeping the same color scheme and a similar layout.  You will notice the difference, but I think you’ll all like it.

Expect launch in a few weeks.  I’m hesitant to set an official date, because you never know if I’m going to find a new job anytime soon.

Alright.  I’m either going insane or I have some kind of “Shining” thing going on with the people who come up with television lineups.  About a month or so ago, I was waiting for my girlfriend to bring me food at work, and I was singing “They’ll be food around the corner, food around the corner, food around the corner for me,” which is a reference to an old Looney Tunes cartoon about a dog, owned by Elmer Fudd, who is attacked by a flea who sings the song.  A couple weeks back, I was waiting for a bus, and I was thinking about an old Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs convinces Elmer that he’s got a disease called Rabbititis.  I haven’t seen a Looney Tunes cartoon in quite some time (save for “Duck Amuck,” which I purchased on the Xbox Live Marketplace some time ago), and much to my surprise, there’s a Looney Tunes marathon on Cartoon Network today.  The first cartoon that was on when I tuned in was the cartoon with the flea that I thought about a little over a month ago.  That was then followed up by the Rabbititis episode of Bugs Bunny.  Seriously - first two Looney Tunes shorts that I see in years are the two that I thought of at some point over the last couple months.

Ok, so you say it’s a coincidence.  Well, explain this to me - I sometimes get random Family Guy or Simpsons jokes in my head.  Over the past week, every episode of “The Simpsons” or “Family Guy” that I thought of a joke from happened to be the episode that aired in syndication later that day.  If I’m not mistaken, it also happened with an episode of “That 70’s Show” at some point last week as well.

This used to happen to me all the time when I was younger, though more with music videos or songs on the radio than television shows.  I like the fact that this happens to me, but it’s starting to get kind of creepy…