runleaderboards.com

A few weeks ago I started a new project: http://www.runleaderboards.com/

It all started in late June when a friend of mine started a "Calorie Burn" challenge on facebook.  The idea was to get people off their ass and do some exercise.  We had around 15 people sign up and the idea was to use runkeeper.com as the main source to track activities.  It was a manual task of tracking who did what and who was winning in some type of spreadsheet, it was not fun, nobody wanted to be in charge of it.  So the project begins.  It is simple to sign up and link your runkeeper account.  Once that is done you join a challenge (or create your own and invite people) and sit back and watch (not literally, you'll have to complete activities in runkeeper).

Updates

I really need to remember to update this more often.

It looks like my last weight update was back in march.  As of today I have lost 24 lbs.  They are becoming more and more difficult to lose but I keep going, would like to do another 5 lbs and then I think I will be content.  In July I have joined a "Calorie Burning Challenge" with Dave and a few other people so that should help motivate me for the next month.

I really haven't done much development lately.  Netflix has recently gave notice that they will soon stop provided rental history via the API that that pretty much makes stalkflicks.com pointless.  I do have the rotten tomatoes API integrated now so I will most likely continue to just provide info, ratings and reviews for movies.  I have also decided to move the whatson2night stuff over to stalkflicks so it will turn into movies and TV shows with notification for both.

I have actually done some golfing this year, 4 or 5 times already which is more then the last couple of years combined.  I may look into relaunching my golf stats website.

Makynzie just complete her first season of softball.  They lost every game but one, but they went out with a win so that was fun.  She improved greatly over the weeks and it was fun to watch.  Izzy hasn't been to the hospital in almost a year I think so for her that's doing well.

whatson2night.tv

I am working on launching a new site: whatson2night.tv

The purpose is to let you know what TV shows that you watch are on that day.  I was tired of tracking when new seasons would start and which shows ended or were renewed.  You will also be able to find new shows that you might like based off what you are watching.  I plan to launch it in 1 to 2 weeks.

Updates

I just thought I would give a quick update it's been a while. I have started using the rotten tomatoes API for movie reviews on a stalkflicks.com. This will also allow me access to movies currently in theaters and being released on DVD.  On the day care management system I am about to launch a new design along with some new features including a new forum and the ability to remove expense types.

January 9th

Last night I worked on converting the daycare website pages over to the new design. Still have a lot of clean up work to do and then need to test it.  Dave recommended allowing the user to change the color themes so I will have to add that.

DaycareMS Redesign

I have recently started working on redesigning http://www.daycarems.com.  The current look of the site was created by me if I remember correctly and I am in no way able to make nice looking web sites, though it does work.  The plan is to clean up the code, maybe add some social networking features and complete the redesign.

No Gaming

I haven't played a game since last week.  I have been working on re-writing the code for my netflix tracking site.  I shut it down 8 months ago because it became to much work to maintain both the rss and API calls at the same time.  I have ditched the rss and gone 100% with the API which called for major changes in the database and code to be more efficient and scale better.  The new site will be much more accurate and have more data then ever thought possible previously.  www.stalkflicks.com

Let the Fun Begin

First off I would like to say "Welcome"

I created this site so that I would have a journal to make notes in and post photos that I capture along the way.  I have wanted to get into photography for a few year but never had the money really to do so.  Right now I have my new camera on order and it should be here late this week.  The plan right now is to make my first project one to personalize this site... change the photo in the header to one of my own.

I am also in the process of trying to find a good beginners book for photography just to have a refercne on the subject.  I have been reading a few different forums here and there and soon I hope to actually be able to take part in them.  Wish me luck.

Building New (old) Server

I am in the process of building a new server which is actually an older pc then the current server. The new one is about half as fast as the current one though I don't think you'll be able to tell. The Gallery might slow down just a bit but thats not really a huge deal being that the bottle neck is really my upload connection. I'm making the switch so that I can use the faster PC for my secondary PC which i use for testing apps and doing stats.

The change over will most likely be this weekend. The change is Complete

Updates to Eichmeyersgifts.com

I made a few picture updates to the Eichmeyers Gifts site (added missing photos ) and I also updated the In Stock list. I would really like to do more development on this site and maybe get some sales but time is a non-existent thing right about now. Maybe I should quit playing Xbox all the time.

Daycare Site

Just a small update on the Daycare site project. During the past week we had some small server issues which required us to move the site to a new server. With the current design this proved to be somewhat of a chore. This small issue has made us realize that we need to get working on and finish the redesign. The end user interface will remain pretty much the same for now, the back-end is what is really being re-written. I am in charge of this and the plan is to have it done by July 1st at the latest.

Netflix Stats

Do you have Netflix ?

I have been working on building a site to store Stats from Netflix. All you have to do on my site is sign up really, then watch and check your stats. You have to put in your Netflix RSS ID and the site does the rest from there. Every night it goes and checks for any movies that you had returned or had shipped out to you. It stores this information in the database and then creates stats based off this information. The site is in development still and currently just collecting test data from a few people that have netflix and agreed to help test. I plan to have enough data for testing to finish the site in about 1 month. You can find the site here http://www.ikmyer.com/netflix

Projects Update

I have since made a golfpaytracker that is a site I set up to track my pay and savings from the golf course and then giving me a total of what I actually make calculating in the amount I save from not having to pay for golf. Right now I am the only one using the site, just have not told anyone about it yet. Not sure if they would really be interested. Trying to focus more on the http://www.thegolfstats.com

The daycare site has really had no updates lately. We have no new users/customers and the redesign has been on hold for a few months now.  I'm not sure why, we just have not had time to work on it (pretty much due to Halo3 and other xbox games).

Golf Stats - Testing Phase

I have pretty much completed the basic 1.0 version of the site. I have the site being hosted for me and I have a dev. and prod environment. Updates are made to Prod site early on Monday Mornings. I have been entering in a few rounds and have come across some issues and have since corrected them. Now I have to get more testers to really bash out the small bugs and to get opinions of the site and functionality. I have a few ideas of features to add but I will probably wait on those until I get the site running in a smooth fashion. I have made a decision to pretty much have the site running with very little ads at this time. There will be just the one small google ad that is on the bottom of the site. Being that the hosting is pretty much free at this point there are no cost with having the site up so I will first try to build a large customer base. And a benefit of the site will be very few ads compared to past golf stat tracking sites I have looked at.

Golf Stats - Almost there...

The golf stats site has come along way in the last 2 weeks and should be done really soon.

At this point all i have left to create is the section to edit a round of golf and the Stats section. So right now the site can accept new users ( with email validation ) and allow them to enter in new courses, tees, or golf rounds. If you are interested in seeing what I have done or even using the site please feel free to visit http://www.ikmyer.com/golf

Golf Stats - Slow Going...

It has been a while since i have had any real time to put into writing code lately. I do have a skeleton of the site up and running which you can view here. I have all the idea in my head right now, just need to sit and write them out. I also have most of the Database structure thought out as well (i think). I plan to work on this a great deal in the next week or 2 as the Golf Season is coming up quickly.

New Golf Stats Tracking Site

Last night I thought of a new project I think I'm going to start working on. Just in time for the new season I am going to create a Gold Stat Tracking web application. I don't really have a lot of details at the moment but you will be able to enter in your complete scores and the application will track all kinds of stats and calculate your handicap. Check back soon for updates.

New File and Image Sharing Site

Within the last few days I have started a new project in which I will be developing all by my lonesome. The project is a website that will allow users to upload files and be able to share them. Any and all users will be able to see all files that everyone has shared. Each user will be able to have full control over only the files they have uploaded. The site is for other members that belong to the Gift's wholesaler I am a member of. I have the main setup and account management done for the site and now need to work on the actual process of uploading a file. I will not be able to provide a link at this time, maybe in a few weeks when i have the site fully complete and tested.

Address Book

As a small php project I created an Online Address Book

Please feel free to sign up and enter any address you have to save. Your account is safe and no other users can view your address. Also has a "Christmas List" feature that will help when it comes time for christmas cards.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments

Current Projects

For the last 2 months a friend of mine and I have been working on creating some websites. I though I would take a min and explain our first 2 major projects.

The first one consists of combining a POS (point of sales) web based application with a calendar. We are customizing the POS to conform to a hair style business and also we needed to integrate a calendar or appointment book if you will. The first round we integrated a calendar that we found on the web and it was very deep in detail and really was over kill for the needs we had. So after about 2 weeks of getting it all to work we scrapped the calendar we found and decided to create our own. Couple weeks later we have it done and it is ready for testing.
The second project is a Daycare Management System. We created this based off an access database that Dave had created a couple years ago. We decided to redesign the application and make it web based so that we could easily update and make changed, and add new features as time goes on.� This will enable us to provide better support as well. In the site it has the capability to store all the clients, children, income, expenses, and a ton of reports. Currently the idea is to offer the service to the public and charge a monthly or yearly fee and reap some rewards for all the hard work we have done. Please feel free to ask any questions or post any comments in the forum.
I have the planning of our 3^rd project underway but any work has yet to be done and it is being kept a secrete so I can not tell you about that right now, but once complete I will let you know.