Being sick sucks, as any sick person can tell you. This past week I’ve been trying to fend off a cold, but to no avail. First cold I’ve had in quite a while I think. Trying to puzzle out these MVC frameworks and figuring out how to rework my equipment tracking system using one of them is darned near impossible with a cold-fuzzed head. Ugh.
I just hope I’m better by the end of the weekend.
Trying to learn about PHP frameworks
A recent discussion on PHP frameworks on the PHP mailing list got me thinking about how I could use them to rewrite some of my DB projects. I looked into a few of the frameworks brought up in the discussion, and they look interesting. The frameworks I picked up on were the MVC (model-view-controller) types, which reminded me of the event-based OO programming style of Objective-C on NeXTStep.
They also made me realize that I’d really be pushing my meager programming skills to the edge trying to figure out how these things work and how to use them. It’s also going to take me a good bit of time to learn them too, which is something that always seems to be in short supply these days.
Well, add one more thing to my ever growing list of things to learn 🙂
Couple of useful articles I stumbled upon over at ONLamp.com that might help me get started.
Understanding MVC in PHP
Implementing MVC in PHP: The Controller
Implementing MVC in PHP: The View
Implementing MVC in PHP: The Model
A list of different PHP frameworks: MVC Frameworks Written in PHP
WASP looks interesting.
Oil cooled PCs
Why not, works for x-ray tubes and transformers. The guys at THG fill a case with cooking oil and dunk a motherboard in it to test out the insulating and heat dissipation powers of oil.
Haven’t finished reading all of it yet, but I assume it worked for them since they’re writing about it.
Happy birthday to me!
I’ve managed to start off the year with an odd every other day posting pattern, so I thought I might as well continue it with a narcissistic happy birthday posting to me 🙂
Tasty meaty fare
Went to check out a new Brazilian place called Amazon Grill last night. Way out in Goose Creek, it was out in an area that we’ve never been to before, so finding the place was a bit of an adventure to begin with. But after being lost for only about 30 minutes or so, we finally found our way to the place, located in an unassuming strip mall.
The restaurant was a nice, well lit place with the buffet running down the middle. Not a huge selection, but enough to keep us interested. We saw black beans, stewed beef, chicken, fish, rice, some delicious fried bananas that everybody kept going back for, and a cauldron of reasonably tasty soup made with beans and meat. At the other end of the buffet was the salady and fruity stuff and in between a freezer section with ice cream for later.
The real attraction were the guys bringing around spits of meat and sausages fresh off the grill to each of the tables (which apparently only happens on Fridays and Saturdays). If you opt for the buffet and grill, they stop at your table, you grab a piece of meat and they slice it right off the spit for you. There were a few different varieties, including bacon-wrapped chicken, brazillian sausages, sirloin, tenderloin and filet. All of them were very tasty, and if you managed to get some of the inner more medium sections, very tender and juicy. Even the outer more well-done parts of meat were tasty and full of that grilled rotisserie flavour, although somewhat tougher to eat.
It’s definitely a very meaty restaurant with anything resembling veggies being in somewhat short supply. Meat-loving carnivores out there are sure to love the buffet and grill. Definitely a place we’ll have to go back and try again.