| July 1st: Upcoming solar eclipse/new Saros series & possible release date of Astroblahhh Desktop v2.0 |
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Monday, June 6th, 2011 20:53:18 GMT |
I made some progress with Astroblahhh Desktop, but it's still going to be a while before it's releasable.
I know I said "I think I'm going to avoid posting anything at all" until I finish something (like Astroblahhh Desktop, the AMODB, or some Perl scripts), but, I guess I'm not actually going to do that, since here I am, posting before I've finished anything. Why? I don't know, just a whim, I guess.
I guess I'll just avoid writing/posting anything that requires too much thought, or which seems too important to write hastily.
Two (totally non-astrological) links about the eclipse:
As for what the eclipse and new Saros series mean astrologically, I don't know. I just think it would be cool to accomplish something important (well, important to me, anyway) at the beginning of a new Saros series. :-)
The NASA link above says: "Each series typically lasts 12 to 13 centuries and contains 70 or more eclipses."
Instead, I'm going to just make sure the features that already exist are working properly in both Windows XP and Lucid Puppy 5.2, fully update the manuals, etc., then maybe work on some newer things if there's time and I feel like it.
Happily, it's already mostly functional in both Windows XP and Lucid Puppy 5.2. It's a pity that it's fussier about memory in Lucid Puppy 5.2, but overall its performance has been mostly satisfactory, except when running overly broad queries (without enough filters to narrow down the search) on very large databases. And the more free RAM I have available in Lucid Puppy 5.2, the better it tends to work.
Anyhow, I recently read that the upcoming solar eclipse on July 1 is the start of a new Saros series, so, I thought it would be cool to release Astroblahhh Desktop around then, if I'm able to get it done that fast.
By July 1st, Astroblahhh Desktop probably still won't have all the features I want it to eventually have. I very much doubt I can finish them all in such a short amount of time as less than a month, so I'm probably not even going to try to do that.
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Saturday, June 18th, 2011 18:22:51 GMT |
I just wanted to announce that I'm taking a long vacation from updating this website. (Except I might or might not release Astroblahhh Desktop in the relatively near future).
Perhaps if my situation improves, I'll feel like updating this site someday.
Donations and requests for open source, public domain software are welcome.
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 23:03:32 GMT |
OK, I changed my mind. I guess I won't take a long vacation from updating this site.
I just would like to reiterate that donations are extremely welcome.
Edit, 8:06 PM. By the way - sorry, but Astroblahhh Desktop will definitely not be released on July 1st, because it probably won't be done by then, and even if it is, I ought to test it out for a longer period of time.
Edit, 6/23/2011, 8:25 AM. Edited some mopey stuff out of this post. I really ought to focus on productive and positive things instead.