Month: February 2007

Joomla-Craziness

I started with the lifeinnorthernmichigan.com website, then I did a church website (www.victory-stl.org). Now after buying and installing a RocketTheme template I get javascript problems that cause the dreaded “IE Aborted Operation Error”. It’s probably something to do with javascript loading, or it could be the AjaxNewsflash module, or the JCE Utils, or _______. Of course it all works fine in Safari and FireFox. It only burps periodically, so it is hard to reproduce (and therefore FIX). Joomla has provided a GREAT platform to do a lot of things previously beyond me due to time constraints. Sure I could write it all but … why? The answer is so I can spend my time doing something not nearly as fun as coding: finding IE’s warts.

While I contemplate a corporate strategy for rich client applications for my employer, I am more mindful of that solution including rich javascript applications running on IE..

Wii Play

Well… They were selling out everywhere. I mean the controllers are hard to find still – and for $10 more it comes with a potentially great game (no brainer for many). I already have 2 controllers (but 3 kids) so a 3rd controller doesn’t do a lot for me, but if the game is great it’s a free controller (the way I looked at it when I handed over my Visa card to the Best Buy cashier).

Wii Play is a lot of fun. There are several different small games, ping pong, billiards, darts, tanks, cow racing, find mii matching games, air hockey, and fishing. While they are all fun, some miss the mark as being too simple. Wii Sports really made you feel like you were bowling and playing tennis. Many of the Wii Play games are not quite as realistic. For $10 it’s a steal, for $50 it’s not worth it.