Eliot Pearson's Blog

Good bye blog!

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:54:40 -0900

I have started a new blog and suprisingly I am a little sad. I never thought about moving on. But anyways... I will longer post to this blog, so please visit and bookmark: http://epblog.eliotpearson.com/home. See you are around space cowboy!

EPBlog: Is live and hosted!

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:38:19 -0900

I have built my blog from the ground up. I have setup all of the hosting. Check it out!

http://epblog.eliotpearson.com/home

And yes, the blog and the new blog have the same content.:)

EPBlog: from the ground up!

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:17:31 -0900

My new domain has not been setup yet. I have however been able to get my new blog up and running!

*New Link - http://epblog.eliotpearson.com

I am going to write my own blog software!

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:44:36 -0900

EggBlog has been good to me the past few years. It is really great software. I am going to make a blogging package using the Zend Framework. It is more of an exercise than a real need. I want to work this great framework available to PHP.

I still have the 8700g

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:32:15 -0900

No iPhone and no Curve. I guess I am waiting on a few things: T-Mobile's 3G network (limitedly available now) and someone to crack the new iPhone. Well, it is not like a don't have a ton of work to do until this happens.

BlackBerry 8700g is great, but maybe I should get a Curve?

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:33:39 -0900

I would love to run the new iPhone on T-Mobile's network. But Apple's exclusive contract with AT&T will not make that easy. I know some people that jailbreak there iPhone to allow this. I haven't heard if anyone has cracked the new iPhone yet, but it will happen. I also heard the iPhone cost more if you do not activate it.

With all that, I have some thinking to do. The new iPhone has pretty much everything I need. The Curve is a little lacking but solid. Hmm...I wonder when Google will actually come out with a phone. I am sorry, I could not resist. I know Google is not creating a phone. Please, no flames on that one.

Fun stuff

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:24:05 -0900

Yes, I know writing is fun. However, I have been playing with a lot of cool stuff over the past few weeks instead of writing. Hopefully in the future, I can write some good articles about what I have discovered. Here is a list of some of the things I have been working on:

Reflection in .NET
PHP
Ruby on Rails
Flex

Please free to tell me about any experience you have on the topics above. I am always the student and willing to learn from anyone.

Windows Vista is terrible... not so much.

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:22:01 -0900

I have tons of friends that have either migrated to Apple or Linux. I also know of a few that refuse to leave XP. I have been using Vista for six months now, and I only had one problem. And guess what... it was my fault.

For home use, I think Vista is sensible. I am not running an enterprise network full of all types of quirky apps.:) So I understand people's apprehension about switching. Microsoft improved on one of its core applications. Anyone who knows me understands how critical I was of Microsoft in the past. This time, I am giving them the nod.

DB Tools: Vacuumdb

Sun, 25 May 2008 14:12:50 -0900

I run Postgres for a few applications I have. Why did I run Postgres when I seen a lot of open source projects use MySQLω I am not sure. However, the lack of visibility for Postgres did not deter me to explorer this great database management system (DBMS).

Postgres is great, but like any other database, it must be maintained. The vacuumdb utility comes bundled, and it is great. With this tool you can gather statistics on the tables and empty the garabage in the database. Yes, databases have garbage. It can be created from how data is retrieve and cached to and from storage.

If you run a postgres database, use this tools. It will keep your database clean and your queries optimized. Personally, I added a scheduled job (CRON job) to vacuum all my database everyday at 4 am.

Goodbye Palm, Hello BlackBerry

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:17:09 -0900

I was tired of carrying two devices all the time: my PDA (Palm T|X) and phone (Motorola Rzor). I decided to consolidate. Let me tell you...great decision. I have the 8700g, and I am debating on upgrading to the Curve. Unknown to me, the BlackBerry is a java based device. I am now checking out there APIs and development kit. I may have to cook up some apps for it. If you are thinking about getting a BlackBerry, stoping thinking and buy one. You will like, trust me.