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Rolo wrote:

Neat, an art gallery! Where? I will have to come by and see it on one of my PT trips.

I hear ya, I am finally just about able to chew all that I have proverbally bitten off!

Two main reasons why PTCrew is getting overhauled: I cannot stand this forum software (like some of my trades, it seemed like a good idea at the time, baha) and the needs of the site outgrew having a forum only. I figured that would happen, but not for about a year; I was nine months off. (a good thing)

I thrive on trying new stuff, and building an elaborate site with many bells and whistles is definitely new to my rudimentary webmaster skillz. Particulars here: http://www.ptcrew.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=644&forum_id=20&page=1

My approach is moving from commercial code to OpenSource/GNU. I modded this forum software as much as I can, but open source is much more flexible and mod-able and has the support of an entire community rather than one author. I want to be able to tailor and customise pretty much everything and add just about anything.

Where I am now is learning to write PHP code (modifying is one thing, writing from scratch is another) to convert the current forum's SQL database to the new forum's database format; a simple import/export is inadequate. One learns much more when you have a real objective rather than "exercises" or "labs", much like "necessity is the mother of invention".

Fully customizable themes is a big bonus, too. A preview: http://www.ptcrew.com/v2/


haha, Oh, sorry, Rod, for the threadjack! You were saying 30C/60S/10I...

Rolo -

So you are writing your own forum software? That's pretty ambitous. The new site (v2) looks really sharp. Very impressive. Sounds like you are also too busy to put together what GTO suggested, but it does sound like a good idea.

I don't havetoo many complaints about this software. I haven't had time to worry about it. I do like the look and feel of vbulletin.com's forum software but I found it after I started this one.

The art gallery is in Ogden, Utah (on Historic 25th St.)I'm not sure if Ogden is ready for it so we have a floor of antiques as well to help pay the bills. It's a big, 100+ year old, 3 story plus mezzanine and basement building with 15' to 20' high ceilings. It looks really cool. We're excited about it and now we just hope Ogdenembraces it.

I just started on a webpage for it (the stuff on the page isn't even ours) so maybe someday you can browse the gallery from the comfort of your ownhome and not have to come to Ogden . (http://www.ArtistsAndHeirlooms.com)

 

[Rolo]

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tsptalk wrote:

So you are writing your own forum software? That's pretty ambitous. The new site (v2) looks really sharp. Very impressive. Sounds like you are also too busy to put together what GTO suggested, but it does sound like a good idea.

nono...I am using software already writtencalled PHP-Nuke, a free Open Source project (anyone can use, modify, copy the code). There are dozens of add-ons and mods available, some of which I have added. Once I get finished with what I need to do, writing GTO's idea won't be much on top of it.

It's just this whole job thing interferes with what I really want to do!



tsptalk wrote:

I don't havetoo many complaints about this software. I haven't had time to worry about it. I do like the look and feel of vbulletin.com's forum software but I found it after I started this one.

Yes, I seriously looked at vBulletin, too, after-the-fact. PTCrew.com is more elaborate and demanding, and I want to be able to modify it, 'cos I can never leave well enough alone, hehehe.

I'll keep you posted after I change over. Search for "PHP-Nuke" sites, they are scattered around. Bypass the one that wants membership fees.



tsptalk wrote:

I just started on a webpage for it (the stuff on the page isn't even ours) so maybe someday you can browse the gallery from the comfort of your ownhome and not have to come to Ogden . (http://www.ArtistsAndHeirlooms.com)

Oh yeah! I am for anything that enables me to sit right here, yet do stuff.

 

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I just started on a webpage for it (the stuff on the page isn't even ours) so maybe someday you can browse the gallery from the comfort of your ownhome and not have to come to Ogden . (http://www.ArtistsAndHeirlooms.com)

By the way, now the site has our stuff. I've updated the page since I wrote that. I take Visa and Amex... How many copies of this new print doyou want? Oh, and the original is still available.

 

[Rolo]

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Bruce Case is more my style, got any scans of his?

 

[tsptalk]

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No scans of Bruce. Justa few more digital pics. He's kind of an up and coming artists around here where Stephen, who moved his studio into my building, is well known throughout some of the bigger art markets around here ... Park City, Jackson Hole, Sante Fe, throughout Arizona etc. By mid-August we should have 10 to 15 artists showing in our upstairs gallery (shown as empty room).

Thanks for the plug

 

[GTO1970]

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Hey Tom,

Are you looking for more artists to display? if so my son is a watercolorist check out his work at http://www.sandersarts.com

GTO

 

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GTO1970 wrote:

Hey Tom,

Are you looking for more artists to display? if so my son is a watercolorist check out his work at http://www.sandersarts.com

Very impressive work. Where is he located? I'd definately be interested. The only problem might be thatwe are settingupthe upper floor gallery as a co-op. I'd have to check and see how the other artists would feel about that (a non- co-op member).

 

[Rolo]

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tsptalk wrote:

Very impressive work.

Indeed!

I like "Weathering Away".

 

[iggy]

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Extraordinary and beautifull water color pictures!

I work for the US Army and I am a 2210.

I appreciate the website and have many concerns as everybody that visits your website. We found it very informative and helpful.

I would like to make aprogram to automate the daily shares from the fundsso I do not have to do it and make graphs autoamtically based on the data.

I want to know the most profitable path and compare it to my investment moves to see how I am doing, also perform "what if" secenarios.

My wife deifinitely do not want to input that for me.

There are two ways that I will problaby do, the first one is using excell to inport the data directly from a feed. The other one is creating a database in Linux (mySQL or something like it) from a daily data feed. ( I am leaningalso towardGNU)

I read in your website that two new investments funds will be added,I will have to take that into consideration.

Is there a data feed (RSS FEED) or something like that?

 

[tsptalk]

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Welcome iggy! I don't know of any data feed except for the script Rolo wrote. He's our programming guru.

 

[Rolo]

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Hey iggy! Welcome.

I wrote a PHP script that graps TSP share prices and puts them into a sql database. I have a cron job that updates it on weekdays. You can download all share price data from the web site listed in this thread:

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/forum30/398.html

I can e-mail you the sql export if you like.

More improvements to follow...

 

[iggy]

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Yes please send me the export on a CSV or text file.

I think it will have history data!

I am learning how I can maximize this TSP stuff. Just learning the basics and see how I can determine a strategy.

It is not easy to see if one gain or loose especially when the shares are similar price. I see that we can win .03 cents and make more money that wining .05 cents when we take in consideration the amount of stocks.

Well just learning thebasics, but I know that this is the most important investement I can make for right now. The more time I spend triying to figure this out the better.

I have been loosing money like $3k to $5k on a given quarter that is terrible. While I try to save money in things that I buy etc. I am loosing my guts here.

I took my 100% to G today I think is going down.

I do not understand why the diversification like 25% 25 % 25 % 25%. Does this makes sense?

I just plotted out the behaviour of S and I funds and the I funds always tend to do better. But just for a few days and then drops. that is why after three days of gaining I think it will drop.

Yes please send me the export on a CSV or text file.

 

[Timer]

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Rolo wrote:

Hey iggy! Welcome.

I wrote a PHP script that graps TSP share prices and puts them into a sql database. I have a cron job that updates it on weekdays. You can download all share price data from the web site listed in this thread:

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/forum30/398.html

I can e-mail you the sql export if you like.

More improvements to follow...

Can this be said in English? What exactly does your utility do Rolo? I'm wondering if this is something I can use. How tech savy do I have to be to make use of this. Will it work with Tom's new spreadsheet?

 

[iggy]

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Rolo can you send me that PHP by email?
lic_diaz@yahoo.com

 

[tsptalk]

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iggy wrote:

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Sorry about that email address iggy. Those emoticons (smilies) are programed as symbols that begin with a colon. If you write something with a ":", the letters after it could be the code for an emoticon.

I got a kick out of your email address.

": l" = :l
": i" = :i