Bennington V Purcell http://blog.benningtonpurcell.com Bennington Purcell's blog. Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Updates from Bennington http://blog.benningtonpurcell.com/2009/12/updates-from-bennington/ http://blog.benningtonpurcell.com/2009/12/updates-from-bennington/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:04:42 +0000 Bennington Purcell http://blog.benningtonpurcell.com/?p=711 Hello everyone. I am not making apologies.

So. Things going on here.

Three months ago we hired Jeffery D’Urso for a 3 month contract to get some line of sight and direction in technology.  He was great.  It doesn’t seem like it has been 3 months, but as of friday it was.   He is now heading off into the sunset riding his 18.5 inch laptop…

But huge things have changed, I will detail those in other posts. Now I just want to review the big ones.

  • Work developments
    • Website almost fully redeveloped in PHP on the Code Igniter framework. Some highlights -
      • Completely redesigned data framework, much cleaner
      • New design, and complete content reorg
      • HUGE drop in processing needs
      • Much more streamlined code -  at least a 75% drop in code volume
      • 2x the features (including, integration with video chat, workflow tool, new CRM integration points)
      • re developed customer section for better usability
    • Brand New curriculum and tests!
    • Many Many More.  When the site launches live I will give you a better update and maybe a walk through.
  • Musical Developments
    • Picked up the Bass guitar
    • Expanded horizons
      These are my last 3months of listening changes
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      Compare to overall
      topartistsOverall
  • Extra Curricular
    • My bowling team wow the league championship.
    • I am doing crossfit.  My crossfit number is 925
    • I started eating outmeal and PB&Js again.

Those seems like the biggies to get out there.   I will post a work update on the site once we go live (hopefully for 2010)

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  • When grown men cry. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/when-grown-men-cry-13-famous #
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  • i like the wave. I have 15 invites remaining… #
  • Gonna Try it. http://bit.ly/48ld7p #
  • http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/11/age1.jpg by my calculations in 33 years we will have nationwide acceptance of Same-sex marriage. #
  • http://bit.ly/MZAUJ Matrix as Chaplinesque silent. #
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  • http://www.beardrevue.com/ Seriously. Beards. Check it out. #
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  • Radio controlled beetle flight footage http://bit.ly/I5UkI #
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  • Rewritting RoR GeoKit for Code Igniter. trying to geocode the world in one DB call was a bad move. #
  • Just to let you know. I just saw ben afflect. Fact. #
  • We are going to redevelop our entire site in PHP… Goodbye RoR. Hello PHP and CI. #
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  • How to Make Your Very Own Badass Arcade Cabinet for Cheap-ish [DIY] http://bit.ly/3oeoh5 #
  • Tweeting from inside an ec2 instance! Help get me out of here!I am going to build a small netbox running GUI an from big ec2 instance… #
  • http://gs1jv.tk This is worth a read. I will do a dramatic reading on my blog this weekend. #
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  • Office Folds Up Into Retro Steamer Trunk http://bit.ly/oLpsN #
  • Currently Browsing: http://wmrgl.tk #
  • One year walk/beard grow time lapse video http://bit.ly/GsxL7 #
  • In july my Cloudfront served 2 million objects, totally 120 gb and cost 18 bucks or so…. #
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  • Can't figure out how to stop quickly on his fixed gear…. #
  • also, I now have a sweet fixed gear bike. It is hard to drive. #
  • i built the sweetest bed from scratch this weekend in my new apartment. For 120$ i will build one for you! it is rock solid. #
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    Well the summer is winding down.  Getting quite and i am getting less busy.   I have moved 99.8% of my apartment (just my futon is left and some food) but i am pretty much there in davis square now.  It is great!   I like it.  My roommates all seem great and my room is pretty sweet.

    My dad and I built a sweet bed for me (i will post pictures and some basic instructions later on) so things have been going well.

    Almost been a year at Ivy Insiders now, pretty exciting as well.  Also, shaved my beard and it looks good.  I guess the weight i loss came out of my fat face!

    Thats it.  Just saying Hi.

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