Angie & Jim

Wishlist Has Movedby Jim

Well, the time has come sooner than I anticipated. For some reason, the account I had at DynDNS.org has mysteriously disappeared. This means that wishlist.ath.cx no longer exists. I am currently trying to get support from DynDNS.org to solve this problem, but in the meantime, I know you all can’t wait for this to be solved. Therefore, I’d like to announce the new location for wishlist. You can find the website at the all-new easier-to-remember (but more-to-type) address of http://wishlist.angieandjim.com/

Well, there you have it. I was going to give wishlist a new home when I upgraded it next year, but I didn’t really have a choice. While I was at it, I changed the colors a bit too. Let me know what you think. Sorry about the downtime. Enjoy!

The Coolest Wishlist Updatesby Jim

Okay, I just finished two more update for Wishlist that I think are very cool. Now you can share reservations with other people and you can see all the activity that has happened since you last logged in. If people are currently doing stuff, just push refresh on the home page to watch the events keep piling up.

Have fun!

Another Wishlist Updateby Jim

I’ve added a new update to Wishlist. Now you can add a dependent list to your account to allow you to make lists for children or others who don’t (and won’t) have an account. Check it out at http://wishlist.ath.cx/.

Working on my code made me realize just how old and poorly written it is. I don’t know how many more hacks like this it can take. I’ve been toying with the idea of starting over from scratch, but I didn’t have the time for it this year. I plan on taking this on next year, so by next Christmas, we’ll have a really nice shiny new website.

Wishlist Gets an Updateby Jim

Well, all you anxious people can now rest a little more easily. My wishlist website now has a new feature. I added a “Mark List Ready” button to your personal wishlist that makes it so people can start reserving items for you. This means that once you’ve marked your list as ready, you may no longer delete items, so don’t do it until you’re ready. Check it out for yourself at http://wishlist.ath.cx/

Name that Carby Jim

So the other day I was on my way to the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield. It takes about an hour and we were driving caravan-style with a friend of mine from work (Justin Bradley and his family). We were about 20 minutes from our destination when I saw pulling onto the freeway this red truck with a bright yellow sports car on the bed. I didn’t get a good look at the car because the on-ramp was one of those circle-y ones and the so the front of the truck faced the whole time I drove by. I knew if it was being pulled by a truck, it had to be a nice car, so I got in the right lane and slowed down hoping to let the truck catch up with me so I could get a good look at it. Well, the cars behind me probably didn’t appreciate that and the truck was in the slow lane too, so there was really no courteous way to get the gander I wanted. So, on the next exit, I pulled off and immediately got back on. When we got close enough, I knew my effort had been worth it. Sitting on the bed of this truck was a brand new Lamborghini. I had Angie snap a picture of it on my (old) cell phone camera. Nice, eh? (Click on the image for the full size.) So, anyone recognize this model? Props to whoever can tell me what kind it is.