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[jpinsd]

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I've been having some trouble concentrating on my "work" lately. And by "work" I mean learning JQuery and MVC, so I can put together a better résumé / portfolio to find a new job.

After a day of doing chores, and trying to avoid contact with my room mate (he has the flu, poor bear), I went to dinner tonight with the delightful mdarnaud at El Zarape Mexican restaurant.

39 / 365, originally uploaded by JP in SD.

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[inbhirnis.livejournal.com]

Stay well! Although I can't join you chaps for Friday evening, hope to see you on Saturday, maybe, and take your distinguished guest to brunch or something... :-)

colors?

[garbear73.livejournal.com]

So I'm curious if you modified the colors at all. Are these sauces orange and yellow? :)

Re: colors?

[jpinsd.livejournal.com]

I did just a tiny bit of color correction to warm the colors up a tad. The salsa in front is your typical salsa fresca; tomato based and mild to medium spicy. The other one is more green than yellow. It's a salsa verde, which is usually mild and a little tangy, but they made theirs a little spicier. Salsa verde is made from tomatillos, not tomatoes.

Re: colors?

[garbear73.livejournal.com]

I've been learned...? lol ;)

Re: colors?

[jpinsd.livejournal.com]

Sorry! didn't meant to be so pedantic and stuff. It's just that most east-coasters don't know about all the different kinds of salsas and stuff. I sure had no idea about the difference between salsa fresca, pico de gaillo, salsa verde, salsa roja, molé, or chipotle salsa, to name a few.

I just knew that guacamole was made with avocados. And in my 20-year-old ignorance, the first time i saw the word "quesadilla", i may have pronounced it "KWAY-so-DEE-luh". ;-)

Re: colors?

[garbear73.livejournal.com]

The proliferation of 'American' Mexican eating establishments has allowed the East Coasters to know most of the things you listed. However, fresh authentic Mexican is a totally different beast. Unfortunately for you, eating the tortilla chips would be out of the question. LOL

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you have any questions about MVC, I can help… I used to lecture on it while at MIT (and after I got out as well).

[jpinsd.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I might just do that.

What I've read so far tells me that i've been pretty much doing it on my own anyway, because it makes sense. I just haven't been doing it as structured and formal as the examples i've been looking at.

I think mostly what I need to do is come up with a little project for me, something that uses MVC and jQuery both, and just start *doing*. i learn so much better with practical application, not theoretical.

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Well, jquery by its nature isn't fully OO (javascript is sorta kinda OO, but not like Ruby or LISP), which means you're going to be shoehorning Proper MVC in some places. This will inevitably result in some spaghetti code, but proper form will keep it at a minimum.

The wonderful thing about using a real OO language and MVC is you can have a fully working app, stubbing out all the functions in literally moments. You can then, in an orderly fashion, code and insert each module, without breaking anything, ever. This entails thorough planning (like Pre Vis in movies/TV), but you want to do that anyway.

[danlmarmot.livejournal.com]

JQuery 1.5 is out, and fun!

[sluggobear.livejournal.com]

Yer a jQuery.

[danlmarmot.livejournal.com]

yer

[sluggobear.livejournal.com]

Your roommate is sick? The poor dear. I know the feeling... oh wait.