The Blog of Shanks Gavin

I wrote a little script to help me display my music library. Now when I update my library all I have to do is update the data file and viola! Instant update!!

I'll get to the separating path, album, and track title later. Formatting the output be more pleasing on the eyes will follow also.

In the meantime, enjoy running your mouse up and down my list...

I'm finally getting closer to being complete. It's pretty much all detail work now. Take a look at what I have so far...

What a weekend. I am sore. I need more time. I need to learn how to type faster with fewer mistakes. If only someone could create a device that types my thoughts. I'm sure the government is hard at work on a prototype.

"Since when did my music become 'classic'?" Del Amitri - Always the Last to Know.

Go to sleep... I even told myself don't get on the computer because you'll be on far too long. Wow! What a shocker. I logged on around 10 and I'm still here 2.5 hours later. We'll see if I can get into work any earlier than 1000 this week. Last week was a really bad week for getting to work on time. This is a trend I must stop. I intend on doing it but staying up figuring bills, checking email, Christmas shopping, and surfing myspace don't help.

Good Night. See ya in the morning...

Music of the hour...

I can't sleep. It's been a long time since I have been this far gone. My mind is swirling. I am trying to do far too many things at once. I'm going to attempt to do something about the design of my other site.

We'll see just how that gets. If I don't get far, I'm likely to just fire up the laptop and do some real paying work on the Map Gallery site I'm putting together. I need admin functionality, a script to scan for new project maps, capture info about the map, and insert it into the database. "And Then!" I need to produce a search page/process.

Not to mention, I have some additions to the existing site still uncompleted. I currently have 25 maps in the Gallery. The site allows for browsing of all publicly approved maps (so far all of them). I need to impose a "limit & offset" in the sql to keep the browsing section readable and useful. The site has the ability to show thumbnails of the maps or just a data catalog view if so desired.

Ok, I rambled about something. I feel better now. I'm going to play with Google's Sketch app.

Good Morning...

THis is to all the blog spammers who have been littering my archives... "Up Yours!" I've finally disabled the comments on all of my archived posts. It's a little sad but for those of you who know me you know how to reach me. For those of you who don't but want to I'm sure you'll figure it out.

"A rose by any other name is still a rose."

A site with a name is still a site with a name that could be an address.

My thoughts tonight come from the following comment:

"i decided my fate onto someone else, without progression. a silent stand-off"

What do I say to this knowing the author is likely to read it? I obviously tell you (and ultimately the author) the truth. There lies my dilemma. I am not totally sure I know the truth. I am not decided. I was just letting things be as they were. I was letting natural progression reign in place of personal control. I had no solid or long term expectations. I had succombed to a saying I once despised; Whatever will be, will be!

It would be helpful to know the comment has been provoked by the author verbalizing their expectations & desires and my silent response...

I have been told by many I do not speak my mind nor my feelings while in a relationship. The question always returns to me. How can you expect someone to love you if they do not know how you feel? My generic response has come to be "actions speak louder than words". I say 'generic' because I have noticed this answer has been used on several successive occassions. I stick to this answer primarily because I have not taken the time to thoroughly reflect and learn from my mistakes.

I have reflected upon my near past with a single question in mind. What is the common thread in the demise of my previous relationships? Is it something I am doing? Or 'not' doing for that matter. Could it be the fact the I don't express my feelings well? Could it be my choice in a partner? What qualities did each one have? What are the similairities? How were they different? And at this admission point I tell you I have created another sore spot by my thinking.

What good does it do me to compare and contrast only the past? Naturally I would have to formulate some sort of baseline from the past for one purpose only. And this purpose I hid from myself not realizing the harm I was silently causing. I was comparing her to all the others. This obvious action to the outside was brought to light on my inside world.

I still have no real answers but I can say I am stopping to take a look around. Guess we'll all see what happens soon. I leave with "Phil Collins - I Don't Care Anymore" playing in the background on my XM.

~Still waiting

I'm not really using this site anymore. I've become more friendly with mySpace blog. I'm thinking about taking my entries from here and moving them. The hackers are eating my site making it feel like swiss cheese. It's just a thought among many of thoughts... I am disabling comments these days as a result too... which means I can't get any feedback from you all. When I do leave it open I get over ran by spammers...

I never like spam as a kid and now I dislike it even more....

The Thomas Crowne Affair. I absolutely get lost in this movie. Pierce Brosnon is awesome.

I am posting an audio version of a blog entry from myspace blog. It's a little different from the print.

Oh the things you find early in the morning.

Oh yeah! I started a myspace. I was swindled into doing it. It was late and I said what the hell why not? So I did. Check it out: