masuga.com

eProps
Last week, masuga.com was featured on Unmatched<style>, a new site that features sites built with CSS. Thanks for the showcase, Ryan.

ShortStat
I initially had a difficult time getting Shaun Inman’s awesome ShortStat to work on this site. After a little research, I found that it had to do with the fact that my site is hosted on a Windows box, i.e., it’s using IIS. I found that IIS doesn’t really understand $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. I googled the issue and found the fix you need to get ShortStat working correctly on a Windows Box. Before the line you place in the page you want to be tracked, (which looks like this):

< ?php
@include_once($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."
/shortstat/inc.stats.php");
?>

you need to put this code:


if(!isset($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']))
{
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = substr($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'], 0, strlen($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) * - 1);
}

I’m definitely no PHP code-jockey. I found that this works, and you can see ShortStat at work on masuga.com here: http://www.masuga.com/shortstat/ (you’ll have to copy and paste that - it’s not a link because I think there is a self-referrer canceling bit of script in there). If anyone knows a cleaner way to get IIS to understand ‘Document_Root’, please share.

Lastest But Not Leastest.
I dared to dream. And I didn’t want to say anything before I received a formal offer of employment, in writing, on paper, lest I jinx the whole thing. I got that in the mail today so here goes:

I remember dropping off a resume at Fusionary Media probably sometime in 2000. I had no skills to speak of, but I did hand-make a little book with cloth covers. I emailed them on a whim about a month ago and said “Hey, yeah, maybe you remember me…I’m lookin’ for a new gig, blah, blah, blah”. Well, they actually called back, and at our first meeting they produced the book that I had dropped off years ago. Very cool! After another meeting, and another, they decided to give me a shot.

So, beginning sometime in August 2004 (date not yet set in stone), I will become the Creative Lead with Fusionary Media. What does that mean? Well, let’s just say the details have me sweating in sheets and ready to swallow my tongue in nervous, twitching antici… … …pation. I should be allowed to feel anxious. After all, I haven’t done this job-switching thing in about three years (which is a personal record). I suppose, as a jobseeker, that after reading the ‘Webmaster Wanted’ ad I’m going to have to write for my current employer, I’d be saying, “You’ve got to be shi**ing me. Do I get my own lackey?” but I’m able to do this job just fine. Just not as fine as I’d like…but that’s another story. Basically, what I’m saying is, no job is ever as difficult as you’ve made it out to be in your head. I mean, this isn’t the Presidency. So chill the heck out, Ryan.

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