February 2009
chswx bugs
bugs in chswx:
1) zomg, need to ROUND THE TEMPERATURE UP (duh!)
2) need to parse in advisories
3) changeover wunderground rss to NOAA XML (better data, fundamental rearchitecture — bye bye, magpie :( )
Scribbles re: charlestonwx.com
CharlestonWX.com initial release:
Uses existing wunderground RSS parsing like we do for the jwsdotcom widget; this is kind of lame, want to switch to API in…
Version 1.0 The Real Thing
The Wunderground API gives us more forecasts, weather alerts, and other items. Next-best thing to direct LDM access. Will seek to obtain realtime warning capability post-haste.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch →
It’d been a while since there was a good Facebook controversy, but there was plenty of chatter on the Twitters in response to a Consumerist article that brought a revision to the Facebook TOS to…
Anatomy of a WordPress Hack →
So I’ll set the scene for you:
Disgruntled College of Charleston fan, home after witnessing a loss to Elon of all teams, wants to sit down, sip on some Gatorade, and work on his Facebook “25 Random…
Shakeup →
Access to jaredwsmith.com will be intermittent through the weekend as I’m transitioning over to MediaTemple for this and a couple other projects. I’ll discuss the whys of it at a later date (if you…
Super Bowl XLIII: Close, but no cigar →
My Super Bowl prediction:
I think I take Arizona in a colossal upset, which means the Steelers will likely win because I haven’t given them a chance all postseason.
Boy, was I close. Super Bowl…
Super Bowl Sunday →
For the 43rd time, America is celebrating Super Bowl Sunday, an unofficial holiday of junk food, television marketing excess, the existence of Roman numerals, and football (or is it handegg?)….
