Due to a death in the family, I’ll be away from blogging/programming/etc. for a little while. In other words, I won’t be able to get the Subversion repository set up for Willowgarden just yet. I’ll keep you folks posted.
Have a great week!

I’ve changed my mind. See? That’s what having an open mind will do for you! No, seriously, I have changed my mind, and what I’m referring to is the release plans for DP2.
I now realize I was too ambitious. I tried to “pull a Vista” (sorry Microsoft) and come out with a new […]

Hey everyone! I’ve started a new video blog to be an adjunct to The Idea Basket, so sometimes when I feel like doing something more fun than typing on a keyboard, I’ll post a new video episode instead. You can watch the video on the jump, or visit this page at YouTube. This short introduction […]

Things have been pretty quiet around here lately; mainly because I haven’t found anything very interesting to talk about and have been so busy doing tedious low-level programming work. It’s good to clean up and polish code, but certainly far less glamorous than inventing cool stuff from scratch. In another life, I’ve also been busy […]

End of last week I attended a two day photography workshop taught by a couple of instructors from The Institute of Photographic Studies. These two crazy guys travel around the world taking amazing photos, teaching workshops, and and documenting and helping missionary and charitable efforts in far-flung corners of the globe. Both of them come […]

I know I promised to post something last week, but I was just feeling too crummy. However, I’m much better this week and getting back into the swing of things. Man, I feel like most of June just completely disappeared on me.
Anyway, I want to give you all a status update on the two big […]

I just haven’t been feeling great lately and in fact seem to be re-sick with the same cold I had two weeks ago. That and a wacko schedule has restricted my ability to blog effectively. However, I refuse to let this site get stagnant, so I promise I’ll post some interesting stuff later in the […]

Got a cold, gettin’ better,
will be back to write a letter
sometime soon, never fear.
The ideas don’t stop flowing here
at the Idea Basket.

One of the main enhancements for Willowgarden DP2 will be a vastly improved architecture for the data mapping layer. The goal is to allow archetypes (domain objects) to be loaded and saved via one or more storage systems and formats with minimal loss of data integrity. In other words, I want to be able to […]

Whew, I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work I have ahead of me for xajax 0.5 and Willowgarden DP2. Not that it’s particularly difficult or time-consuming compared to the work I’ve already done, but in both cases the work requires a singularly focused and specific train of thought, which is tricky to […]