What can I say?

I know this place has been quiet lately. Honestly there’s a lot going on, plus I was sick over the weekend, but mostly behind the scenes stuff. For example, I’m moving this site to a new hosting provider but hitting hiccups after getting put on a new, not quite shaken out, server and just trying to understand what’s happening has taken an excessive amount of time.

Also, I’ve mostly worked through the Rails book and have been obsessively reading the fairly active newsgroup to keep up with things. I even got some help last night from a couple of friendly, more experienced guys to understand how to do a form with a model that doesn’t connect to a database table. With the Thanksgiving holiday and a week off next month there should be something worth showing soon.

Finally, there’s all the fan mail. The life of an Internet superstar can have its downside. People expect that I’ll actually read their messages and won’t take a generic “the check’s in the mail” response. No, I have to go into the bank website and literally pay the bill. You tell me, is that any way to treat li’l ol’ BillSaysThis?

All in all, keep your fingers crossed. Think a positive thought. Remember to pour the beer down the middle of the glass. Keep on swimming.