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Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie

Scott — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:19:26 +0000

I’ve been trying to broaden my musical horizons lately. If I hear a few songs from an album that I like, I’ll try to download it and I’ve had pretty good success. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie came out in May 2008. I’ve heard “I Will Possess Your Heart” a few times, and enjoyed it, but today I heard “Cath…” and decided to purchase the album. I’ve been very satisfied by this album. Ben Gibbard, who also contributed to the Postal Service, has a uplifting and easy voice, even if he’s singing something not very uplifting. The one thing I’ve really noticed about the band is the drums. There is great complexity and variety. I think I’m going to enjoy this album.

Domo!

Scott — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:37 +0000

Domokun!

Casbeers!

Scott — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:42:05 +0000

Ftw.

Color Correction Gels

Scott — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:50:52 +0000

I got my LumiQuest FXtra gel holder which came with some color correction gels. Here is a shot I took last night with my umbrella diffusing a 1/4 CTO gel. Came out nice and warm.

Bring on the Ruckus

Scott — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:54:08 +0000

The Ruckus is a great little scooter. Finally broke 1000 miles on it. I also got the Daytona Rear Shock in and the ride is 100% better. I’m no longer bottoming out the ride (I’m 225lbs now, and I think the rear shock is rated for like 180lbs) and when I go over bumps I don’t feel like my spine is being driven out through my skull. I recently added the Daytona Damos Exhaust and a Polini Variator. It feels faster, stronger up hills. Next up, new handlebars and disc breaks!

Kung Fu

Scott — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:39:28 +0000

Since April I’ve been going to Shaolin-Do Kung Fu classes. After the first week I knew I’d stick with it, after a month I loved it. Now I work my schedule around it! Right now I’m yellow belt, but I should be testing into blue soon. I’ve lost 20 lbs this year so far and I give most of the credit to the class. It has also given me a lot more confidence and flexibility. I’m pretty proud of the progress I’ve made and am excited about learning more every time I go.

Anime Avatar

Scott — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:59:07 +0000

You can make one of these here.

course I still like my old one:

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Scott — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:35:44 +0000

1 Banana
1 container of Strawberry Yogurt
Juice from 2 Limes
5 blackberries (or more)
1 cup of ice

Blend. Yum!

Garibaldi’s

Scott — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:51:19 +0000

I love this place. Best chilaquiles in town. I used to come here when I was in school with tommy, chalo and mike.

Using ZSI

Scott — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:57:11 +0000

So I had some task to complete at work which involved swapping out and old XML based API for a new SOAP based API. I had looked at ZSI in the past, was scared away and didn’t continue. Of course the WSDL for that one was over 1MB and this one was pretty simple, so what the heck. I found a simple example of a WSDL so I can explain how to use ZSI.

The WSDL located here is used in this simple example. Maybe I’ll post a more complex one soonish.

First, you find your WSDL. If you have ZSI 2.0 installed you need to run the wsdl2py script like so:

wsdl2py –url http://lyricwiki.org/server.php?wsdl

In the directory you’re in (make a new one if you are so inclined) you will notice two files, LyricWiki_services.py, LyricWiki_services_types.py. We aren’t going to be editing either file, but we will be using them. Now fire up your favorite editor and plug this in:

from LyricWiki_services import *
 
loc = LyricWikiLocator()
port = loc.getLyricWikiPortType()
 
request = getSongRequest()
 
request.Artist = 'Jack Johnson'
request.Song = 'If I Had Eyes'
 
response = port.getSong(request)
 
print response.Return.Lyrics

Which prints the lyrics! The basic idea here is that you have to build up your request and then send it off. For more advanced APIs you end up having methods that create new objects for you to build up. I’ll see if I can find something more advanced and post it up.