Using it!

I’ve been annoyed with the image URL stuff. I had it set up that the image URL was the file name (which the web created based on what the user uploaded). The problem is, that’s kinda meaningless for everything that’s not the main site. Sooooo… I changed it to the full path and file name. Which works well – the web uses that for what it does. That is, it allows users to store images on the web site (handles the upload, et al). A external system could provide their own image repository, so the url would be to the actual image. I believe this fits with the basic philosophy. I may allow a extra thing to upload images the Web repository… or not. Have to see what happens.

I finally broke down and bought a lap top with some wireless stuff (Linksys wireless node). Cost around $3300, which sucks. I’ve been avoid large cash outlays on this stuff, but it’s just gotten to the point where I need to either put up or shut up :P

There are days when I really think I should just go ahead and get funding for this damn thing. I really don’t want to, as I’d like to keep the low-key, low cost way of running things. But I’d also like to be doing this more full time than I am now (work has been busy, which translates to not much time to work on AE).

Anyway, now that I have the laptop and the wireless stuff, I’m going to hook up the GPS and give it a try. I’ll do around the office to start with, and see if it works. While downtown Columbia doesn’t have a wireless network that I know of (USC might, but I don’t have access as of yet), it occurred to me I can run the web site on the laptop, for testing. I’m also going to write a “off-line” AE location entry thing, but I really need to be testing how the real, connected location aware stuff works.