Benfalk Blog

Today was a busy day.  Had a lot of calls and was taking care of little issues that kept cropping up this morning.  My day got better the second half though =) .  I started working on a web based tracking system, that, when I finish I hope is pretty sweet.  I want to design a system for our loading dock person that will give them the ability to scan any package from a major shipping company and pull up the info for it and log it as well.  I’m hoping to tie in and do automatic tracking look up for UPS, FedEx, and DHL at least.  I was able to get the UPS portion working with a SOAP service.  That alone got me pretty excited about the whole project.  When the framework is all put together I’ll make a code post on the design layout and how it works.

When I got home from work my room mate and I went running around the cemetery.  He is getting quite a bit better.  He ran every other loop and rode his bike on the odd numbered ones.  My knees feel good most of the time; however, I am always paranoid of the right knee having fits.  I’m trying to stick to my plan of doing a series of staggered long distance runs with plenty of the right nutrition and rest between runs.  If you look at my October running logs so far you will see the distances I want to run.  Hopefully by the middle of next week the long runs will be in the 14 to 15 mile range.  On Friday I plan to use the apartment’s “fitness center” and do some strength training to help my knees out as best as I can.

While I want to go over and hang out at my brothers to enjoy his new TV with him I feel compelled to stay home and finish reading chapter four of my C++ book.  May god have mercy on my soul.