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Today

17:49pm Thursday 8 June 2006

Today I learned a semi-sad thing regarding Curator, the awesome static image indexer:

I just read through most of the docs, and noticed a fundamental difference
in what we are trying to do.

(Damn.)

I am looking for a thing to generate indexes on my website in realtime.

I *might* rethink my workflow and incorporate Curator.   But now it
seems I need to rethink the original design and make sure I am on
track.

Past that, I have been writing my first python script. It's *very* cute, and by cute, I mean small.

import cgi

print "Content-type: text/html\n"

fields = cgi.FieldStorage()
name = fields.getvalue('name') or ''
if re.search(r'[^ a-zA-Z0-9]',name):
    name = None

if name is None:
    message = "only alphanumeric"
elif name is '':
    message = "what's yer name?"
else:
    message = "hello %s! What's yer friend's name?" % (name)

print """
<html><body>
%s
<form action="curating" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name">
<input type="submit">
</form></body></html> """  % (message)
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Tomoko and Sumidasan

00:56am Friday 9 June 2006

too tired to write this now, but I will in the morning.

Been reading about emAlbum some more. I probably would use that code as a start, but they are being jerks about the licensing. ("Must leave our name at the bottom no matter what amount of code is changed.") Gimme the FSF GPL!

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Veronica's reaction

22:49pm Thursday 8 June 2006

From my friend Veronica, an MD, and married to Dude:

Hey Rob I can't believe the docs agreed to take pics of you in the
operating room! I don't think anyone would do that for you in the US.
That fracture looked like it was probably pretty painful.  You
actually are lucky that you didn't puncture your lung.  Hope you are
recovering well.  When are you ever going to come back to the US?  We
miss you!
Veronica

Puncture my lung?? Yikes, stripes!

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recovery road

recovery road

Hello from recovery road!

Over the past several days I've been overwhelmed with generosity of good tidings
and monetary blessings toward my hospital bill.  So far, 140,000 yen has been paid
of the 450,000 yen total.  I feel quite thoroughly blessed and continually thankful
for the support.

In 1995, after my double-concussion skating accident, I learned the importance of
wearing a helmet.  From now on, I may learn the importance of accident insurance.

----

I went to the hospital on Tuesday to let the doctor get another couple of X-rays
and see how the healing is feeling.

He said the recovery is excellent, pointed out that the wound is less than the
length of the plate, and that the fracture line cannot be clearly seen in the
X-ray.

Fantastic!

----

I have been living in Jesse's apartment, and will probably keep doing so for the
next 3 weeks.  The deadline for escaping the country is continuing its countdown;
looks like I'll be in Korea soon for a visa-run, as we call it.  That will reset my
90 day tourist visa in Japan.  Hopefully during that run, I'll be able to hang out
with DruDaddy G, and possibly make something happen toward a new job.

----

It's been realllly hard to move myself forward in the job-getting phase of my life.
I use the shoulder as an excuse, working on my website as a distraction, not
wanting another English teaching job as a deterrent, ... Lots of self-made
obstacles, plus a decent amount of indecision mixed in.

----

I have just uploaded pictures from the day of my accident and my hospital stay,
including X-rays!  Please note, some pictures were taken by the nurse *during my
surgery*, so I have made available two versions of the album:

SURGERY:
http://robnugen.com/images/travel/tjbike/kyoto2006/almost_finished/Page3.shtml
(includes surgery pictures)

NO SURGERY:
http://robnugen.com/images/travel/tjbike/kyoto2006/almost_finished/Page3_no_blood.shtml
(does not include surgery pictures)

Please choose wisely, according to your tastes, and the comfort of those around
you.

     Love and Blessings
     - Rob! 
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