david rasch - making stuff work

thanks!

drasch — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:58:14 +0000

Thanks to the help of the collective generosity of the internet, I’ve imported all the old Blog posts from my S9Y blog into WordPress!

Thanks

Eden Platform Gets You More Search Engine Traffic

drasch — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:40:04 +0000

I recently had the distinct pleasure of taking Preation’s Eden Platform for a test drive. The Preation team together with its Eden Platform make sure that your website will continue to deliver long after the initial setup. Through the platform you can add content, contact forms, calendars, navigation, look and feel, and media all through an intuitive user interface. Move pages, content, and articles around using drag-and-drop interface. Eden Platform is one heck of a CMS, but that’s not the best of it. Eden Platform integrates throughout the entire process information about every page, navigation, and even the analytics to let you know exactly how to get the most free traffic to your website via the search engines. It provides feedback on keyword density, links, URLs, and navigation. Best of all, it provides specific advice on how to address any flags that come up.

There are many cool technology aspects behind this project including the analysis of page content, drag-and-drop interface, scalability and caching concerns to keep things running smoothly.

And, Preation’s just released the Eden Optimizer (which provides the SEO feedback mentioned above) as a standalone product. See what the Eden Platform might do for you by evaluating your current SEO score.

‘call’ link on npr mobile

drasch — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:53:51 +0000

I was browsing NPR’s mobile site on my blackberry and noticed a “call” link. I decided to see what it was and my phone proceeded to dial a number and I was immediately connected to the program referenced by the … Continue reading →

Clay’s 2-month photos from Monday

drasch — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:50:44 +0000

courtesy of Libby as chief photographer

Clayton Week 5

drasch — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:53:35 +0000

Clayton enjoyed the swing once, the first night he came home he slept in the swing for a few hours while mom and dad got some sleep under the watchful eye of Gm+Gp Bucholz. Since then, he has had no affection for the swing and usually starts to cry within 30-90 seconds of being placed in it. However, in the last few days he’s started to enjoy watching the mobile. We think that perhaps he can now see further and the mobile can hold his attention.

[video filename=http://media.raschnet.com/movietest/SANY0339-web.mp4 height=360 width=480 controlbar=over /]

He’s also been standing (when held up that way), which makes him feel like a human.

[video filename=http://media.raschnet.com/movietest/SANY0338-edit-web.mp4 height=360 width=480 controlbar=over /]

Clayton turned 1 month old yesterday

drasch — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:09:36 +0000

See some photos!

Marshall gets his revenge

drasch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:50:12 +0000

[video filename=http://media.raschnet.com/movietest/SANY0287-web.mp4 width=480 height=360 controlbar=over /]

trying my own video player

drasch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:05:48 +0000

In the interest of being thorough, I’m also trying out my very own video player. Please let me know if this video looks better/worse than the Motionbox variety. Interestingly, it’s actually going to be easier to create a video of this kind because I can automate it.

[video filename=http://media.raschnet.com/movietest/SANY0244-edited.mov-web.mp4 controlbar=over height=360 width=480 /]

[video filename=http://media.raschnet.com/movietest/SANY0247-web.mp4 controlbar=over height=360 width=480 /]

Thanks to:

Either way, I’ll post my conversion command lines, and any other support tools/configurations.

Trying out MotionBox

drasch — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:24:45 +0000

Eric seems to like MotionBox for hosting his videos. Emulation is the truest form of flattery, so I’m trying it out.

Lily and Marshall adjust

drasch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:52:41 +0000

Lily and Marshall adjusted to Clayton’s arrival with more grace than we’d expected. Libby made the brilliant move to send a blanket of Clayton’s home to give the pups to smell and get used to before we came home.

Read on for the story in photos…

Upon our trip home, Libby went in to greet the dogs first, while Clayton stayed outside. The kids were quite interested, but not overly pushy.

After this, Marshall just relaxed and wanted some attention too. Lily wasn’t quite as sure, but we encouraged her with some canned-cheese.

Over the past week, they’ve both been quite good. Lily seems to realize that Clayton’s another little human and not to be played with. In spite of Clayton’s many smells, noises, and motions, Lily seems to have accepted him and we have to tell her occasionally to leave him be, but she always listens quite well. As Lily and Marshall napped with Libby and Clayton the other night, we weren’t worried to let them rest. We’re very proud of Lily and Marshall for being so accepting. We can’t impress enough the value of the training we’ve done with them and how it helps to be able to give them commands, and make requests of them and expect them to obey.

Lily and Marshall won’t be brushed aside by Clayton, but they’ll continue to be just as important members of our now larger family.