INFUSED

The site has been down for several days because of a database problem, but my ISP has finally fixed the problem this morning.

I’ve been making sporadic progress on the infusedphoto.com website over the last week. I want both sites to have the same basic look and feel, but I’ve diffentiated them by using different color schemes. I’ve made some modifcations to the PHP scripts and database, but there’s still quite way to go before it’ll be ready. We’re going to Hawaii soon, and I’d like to get most of it done by then.

I received my new Canon FS4000 film scanner this morning, so expect new photos soon. I’ve been working with black & white much more lately and I’m just not that satisfied with digital black & white conversions. I’ll stick with digital for my color work, but I’m going to start shooting a lot more black & white with my trusty old Canon Elan IIe. In my opinion, digital just doesn’t have enough dynamic range to make good black & white photos.

I think I’m getting close to done with the genealogy update. I’ve typed in 1,654 individuals, 2,775 facts over the last two weeks. It’s getting really old, so I’ll be glad when it’s done!

It’s been a busy week! Last Friday was the company Christmas Party, Saturday the PDXGMC Chirstmas concert, Sunday night we went out on my dad’s boat to see the Christmas ships, Tuesday we made dinner for my dad & stepmom, Wednesday we saw the Lord of the Rings, and this afternoon we had our Christmas celebration with my my mom, grandma, bro and family. Tomorrow we pack and Monday we fly to Mexico to celebrate Christmas with Monica’s family.

Surprisingly, I’ve made really good progress on the gedcom conversion program. There are two things that I miscalculated. First, the gedcom format is even more complex than I realized, and second I’m learning Delphi much faster than I thought I would. I’ve already duplicated the output of the FAW program for Individual records (but mine has -correctly- recorded sources!) I still have a long way to go, but it’s going much much quicker than I thought it would.

I also managed to get the photos of the Christmas ships up here tonight. If I have time tomorrow, I have a special photo gallery to finish and upload.