Its been almost a full quarter since I’ve posted here, so its about time for an update. I am no longer focusing on ArchLinux as the purpose of this blog.  Sorry ArchLinux folks, but the sharkoslinux repository & my packages are no longer maintained and I have dropped ownership of my AUR PKGBUILDS. ArchLinux is a great Distro, and perhaps I will eventually return to contributing to it.

The majority of my work is currently focused on the OpenTelegard project. This is a large project built using JRuby to recreate the Telegard BBS project. Its a lot of fun and has allowed me to put some Ruby skills to work. OpenTG has taken on the MVC style of splitting out the Database, Templates, and Actions into separate calls. This has made it easier to develop. It has also incorporated some Java libraries wrapped into Ruby classes to add functionality and features not necessarily available in Ruby, such as using the H2 Embedded Database (instead of sqlite) and the FreeMarker template engine.

I am also working on a few Rails apps, such as MyBabySays. A fun site for parents to post baby language. Its a kind of Thesaurus for translating baby words to actual words.

Also, for those of you searching for VPS services, I recently moved mine over to SpaceRich.com. They have a great set of features for the price, especially when compared against SliceHost or Linode.

Be sure to check out the Telegard.org website from time to time, as the majoirty of my posts will be there for quite some time as that project matures.