Blog - Page 93

Right now the files are still being cached... it takes a bit of time to create all the flat files so you may find some links do not work... they will just wait!

I have created a caching mechanism for eecue / slacker. Every time a page is added or changed, a (mostly) flat html file is created. This will prevent server overloads from slashdotting and whatnot. It also greatly decreases the page load time. This caching mechanism also creates a flat file for the RSS feeds (which allows HTTP/1.1 to handle the work). I have also improved the page navigation for multiple page albums etc. I am adding this and the other functionality I added to slacker and will be creating sites for several people for xmas.

This weekend I attended the San Bernardino Sheriffs Search and Rescue Basic Mountaineering Course. This course covered all the skills necessary for an alpine search and rescue mission in the San Bernardino mountains.

The course actually started a month ago with 16 hours of classroom time. This weekend was the field exercises where we got a chance to apply the skills we learned about in the classroom. It was important to know the skills at a level known as unconscious competence, which means you can execute the task correctly without having to think about it.

• Here are some of the skills we covered:
• Ice Axe Self Arrest
• 2 and 3 Person Roped Travel
• Snow Anchors
  • Picket
  • Ice Axe
  • Deadman
  • Bollard
• Crampon Travel
• Ice Axe Travel
• Snowshoe Travel
• Snow Shelters
• Belaying
• Avalanche Beacons

All in all it was a great training and I had a great time and learned many valuable skills. I plan on attending the next two trainings.

Here are the pictures I took.

I found this blog entry about Search and Rescuefrom my feedster search: Feedster Search: Search And Rescue... The owner of the blog is a member of the St. John's College Search and Rescue team, which I was a member of when I was in High School. =]

Ok I have set up my gallery to show in a hierarchal mode so that they are easier to navigate... I have integrated all the old photos into the gallery.

I have finished importing my japan photos and they are now located here:

http://eecue.com/japan

Ok I have imported all my eecue.com photos from before I was using gallery. Check them out... note that the dates are totally incorrect on most of them because I never set the time on my old camera... oh well... the japan photos are coming soon! =]

Ok so during the update I added a really cool feature. The calendar now displays thumbnails for each event / photo group / post from this site... check it out: * June 2004 (a busy month!) * July 2004 * August 2004 * September 2004 * October 2004 * November 2004

It may take a second for all the thumbnails to load so be patient! Also there is a problem viewing the page in Internet Explorer (it looks like a long list of links instead of a calendar...) So use Mozilla or Safari.

=]

So I am now working on getting all my old digital photos in this gallery. The list of photos I will be importing includes: * Old eecue.com photos (everything from before i set up gallery) * Japan Photos * Drive Slagging Photos * Junglescene Photos (I will also be updating junglescene.com's photo section to be like the eecue.com section) * Old junglescene.com photos (before they were linked to calendar items) * Original junglescene.com photos (from 1999-2000)

I think that is everything.... keep an eye out! I will feature the imported photo groups on here... Some will get their own linked pages, like the Japan Photos...

I have been so busy programming this newest version of my website / slacker, I have neglected to upload photos from the last 2 months... here they are: * DJ SUV @ Respect * Art Show: Peace Warriors * Blurry Photos * Barbara Ramone * Scoobies * Muse #38 * Wreckignition #24 Machines Never Die * John B @ Respect * Thunder Canyon Cave Rescue Training (I got stuck for 40 minutes... it was fun) * Klute @ Respect * Antidote (Halloween Party) * Monster Massive

Enjoy!

-eek