This blog has migrated to http://hashthyself.com/blog Please visit us there. It's been live since this afternoon, but expect many changes, especially to the theme as we try and settle on a good one.
Thanks.
- Hashers
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Migrating the blog (and other news)
Dudes et dudettes,
Last night, we finally managed to get Wordpress installed and configured just right on HashThySelf.com. Yes, selecting the right theme is always the most time-consuming as usual, and we're still not fully satisfied. We welcome your suggestions, of course.
We've been wanting to move the blog over to our local host for a while, now, but it had to wait for its turn in the project pipeline. Once we figure out a way to script or otherwise automate the transfer of past articles from blogger.com, we will start hosting our blog locally. (Thanks blogger, for having us in the meantime).
We have also made major progress with the promised FaceBook application, which is undergoing rigorous QC as we speak. I'm pleased to say that David Romano himself, the author of the Perl Facebook API on CPAN, is leading this effort.
And finally, of course, the migration of the back-end to be fully LAMP based is on schedule. We managed to scope out the issues in the last few days, and hope that this will happen before too long. We'd really like the databases to be migrated from MLDBM into MySql before we launch the FaceBook app. We have confirmed that the migration is most likely trivial, but as always, we need to make triple-triple sure that we haven't overlooked any hidden issues.
So, I ask you to please contain your excitement and keep watching our site.
Cheers.
A. Hasher
Last night, we finally managed to get Wordpress installed and configured just right on HashThySelf.com. Yes, selecting the right theme is always the most time-consuming as usual, and we're still not fully satisfied. We welcome your suggestions, of course.
We've been wanting to move the blog over to our local host for a while, now, but it had to wait for its turn in the project pipeline. Once we figure out a way to script or otherwise automate the transfer of past articles from blogger.com, we will start hosting our blog locally. (Thanks blogger, for having us in the meantime).
We have also made major progress with the promised FaceBook application, which is undergoing rigorous QC as we speak. I'm pleased to say that David Romano himself, the author of the Perl Facebook API on CPAN, is leading this effort.
And finally, of course, the migration of the back-end to be fully LAMP based is on schedule. We managed to scope out the issues in the last few days, and hope that this will happen before too long. We'd really like the databases to be migrated from MLDBM into MySql before we launch the FaceBook app. We have confirmed that the migration is most likely trivial, but as always, we need to make triple-triple sure that we haven't overlooked any hidden issues.
So, I ask you to please contain your excitement and keep watching our site.
Cheers.
A. Hasher
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
More cool things around the corner
Dudes et dudettes,
Since the launch of the "new look new feel" website for HashThySelf and a rather major overhaul of the back-end to be almost (but not yet quite) LAMP based, we haven't been twiddling our thumbs, of course. More new and exciting features are just around the corner.
Stay tuned for
(1) Some cool news about a HashMash API that will let you create your own custom widgets from HashThySelf Image Search Results
(2) A fantastically cool FaceBook HashMash app that lets facebookers directly hash their album photos and display the HashMash results on their profile
(3) Hopefully (yes, only hopefully, I'm afraid) an iPhone app, so you can Hash til' your heart's content from the coolest newest gadget out there! We've even looked at the Hash Widget under Safari on an iPhone and it looks like the funkiest Screensaver ever :-)
So keep an eye out for happenings at Hash. You'll like 'em.
A. Hasher!
Since the launch of the "new look new feel" website for HashThySelf and a rather major overhaul of the back-end to be almost (but not yet quite) LAMP based, we haven't been twiddling our thumbs, of course. More new and exciting features are just around the corner.
Stay tuned for
(1) Some cool news about a HashMash API that will let you create your own custom widgets from HashThySelf Image Search Results
(2) A fantastically cool FaceBook HashMash app that lets facebookers directly hash their album photos and display the HashMash results on their profile
(3) Hopefully (yes, only hopefully, I'm afraid) an iPhone app, so you can Hash til' your heart's content from the coolest newest gadget out there! We've even looked at the Hash Widget under Safari on an iPhone and it looks like the funkiest Screensaver ever :-)
So keep an eye out for happenings at Hash. You'll like 'em.
A. Hasher!
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Launched at last!
Dudes et dudettes,
As some of you might have seen already, HashThySelf Version 2 has now been live for a couple of days. We're very pleased with its look and feel, although it doesn't quite measure up to our old literary standards :-)
As I had mentioned earlier, we had some setbacks including hardware failures and network outages. But the killer setback was that Morgan R. Allen, who was originally assigned this project ran into personal emergencies that made it impossible for him to finish it in time. Fortunately for us, and thanks to Google, I managed to locate Mike Foster by searching the net for folk who had implemented things similar to what I had in mind. A quick email discussion later, despite the vast distances separating us, Mike and I had struck a chord and the cosmically cool widgets you now see on our site and yours are the results of his amazing work.
Let me take this opportunity to thank Mike for (a) stepping in to rescue us in the nick of time and (b) for doing such a great job in such a short time, allowing us to stick to our original deadline!
More good news - HashThySelf has found our first technology licensee. We have already confirmed that our simple plug-and-play deployment option works like a charm at their site. All they had to do was practically insert our HashThySelf image matching linux box into their network, point it at their image store and it went to work right-away, serving image matches from their inventory. With this new source of funding, you can therefore expect us to invest in improvements to both the service and the core technology going forward.
In other news, we have our first job posting out for a Business Development manager, although it is initially commission based. Let's hope this is the first of many in a rapidly growing venture.
Meanwhile, enjoy the new site and feel free to send us your comments. We appreciate them greatly, as always.
A. Hasher
As some of you might have seen already, HashThySelf Version 2 has now been live for a couple of days. We're very pleased with its look and feel, although it doesn't quite measure up to our old literary standards :-)
As I had mentioned earlier, we had some setbacks including hardware failures and network outages. But the killer setback was that Morgan R. Allen, who was originally assigned this project ran into personal emergencies that made it impossible for him to finish it in time. Fortunately for us, and thanks to Google, I managed to locate Mike Foster by searching the net for folk who had implemented things similar to what I had in mind. A quick email discussion later, despite the vast distances separating us, Mike and I had struck a chord and the cosmically cool widgets you now see on our site and yours are the results of his amazing work.
Let me take this opportunity to thank Mike for (a) stepping in to rescue us in the nick of time and (b) for doing such a great job in such a short time, allowing us to stick to our original deadline!
More good news - HashThySelf has found our first technology licensee. We have already confirmed that our simple plug-and-play deployment option works like a charm at their site. All they had to do was practically insert our HashThySelf image matching linux box into their network, point it at their image store and it went to work right-away, serving image matches from their inventory. With this new source of funding, you can therefore expect us to invest in improvements to both the service and the core technology going forward.
In other news, we have our first job posting out for a Business Development manager, although it is initially commission based. Let's hope this is the first of many in a rapidly growing venture.
Meanwhile, enjoy the new site and feel free to send us your comments. We appreciate them greatly, as always.
A. Hasher
Saturday, June 30, 2007
New Look New Feel is on schedule
Dudes et dudettes
Despite enormous setbacks and hurdles, we have managed to stick to our schedule and the new look of hashthyself that was promised earlier is due to roll out tonight. If you are one of a select set of invitees, you will receive an invitation to beta-test the new site this evening.
Then, depending on whether your collective feedback suggests drastic mods or not, we hope to go live on Independence Day, 2007.
We thank everyone who had sent in comments and feedback, every word of which has been immensely valuable to us. We hope you will be as excited about the new site as we are.
We just can't wait to open up the site!
A. Hasher.
Despite enormous setbacks and hurdles, we have managed to stick to our schedule and the new look of hashthyself that was promised earlier is due to roll out tonight. If you are one of a select set of invitees, you will receive an invitation to beta-test the new site this evening.
Then, depending on whether your collective feedback suggests drastic mods or not, we hope to go live on Independence Day, 2007.
We thank everyone who had sent in comments and feedback, every word of which has been immensely valuable to us. We hope you will be as excited about the new site as we are.
We just can't wait to open up the site!
A. Hasher.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Widget ETA is by the middle of June
Dudes et dudettes,
Just to let you know that Craigslist stepped in to the rescue once again in helping identify who seems like an absolutely top-notch developer for the Widget task. His name is Morgan R Allen (Check out his blog). For a sample of cool stuff he's done recently, look at:
http://www.turnhere.com/sfbayarea
http://error.servebeer.com/sand box/hashThySelf_widget
So welcome Morgan. We look forward to a really cool widget from you.
Cheers.
A. Hasher.
Just to let you know that Craigslist stepped in to the rescue once again in helping identify who seems like an absolutely top-notch developer for the Widget task. His name is Morgan R Allen (Check out his blog). For a sample of cool stuff he's done recently, look at:
http://www.turnhere.com/sfbayarea
http://error.servebeer.com/sand box/hashThySelf_widget
So welcome Morgan. We look forward to a really cool widget from you.
Cheers.
A. Hasher.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Widget on the way
Dudes et dudettes,
As part of the UI reengineering effort, we have decided to present the results in the form of an animated widget. But wait, here is the cool part: You can show the same widget on any web page of your choosing by inserting a single (configurable) javascript line in the page where you'd like to see your HashThySelf results Widget.
This is very exciting. So stay tuned and watch this space!
A. Hasher
As part of the UI reengineering effort, we have decided to present the results in the form of an animated widget. But wait, here is the cool part: You can show the same widget on any web page of your choosing by inserting a single (configurable) javascript line in the page where you'd like to see your HashThySelf results Widget.
This is very exciting. So stay tuned and watch this space!
A. Hasher
Sunday, March 04, 2007
New look for HashThySelf Zeta
Dudes et dudettes,
In response to your feedback, for which we are thankful, we have decided to increase the priority of a redesigned web interface for the HashThySelf app. In particular, we hope to model it after our experimental QTmeter website. Yes, that's right. This was in the pipeline scheduled to make its appearance sometime in the 3rd quarter. But it may be sooner than that. If you happen upon this site, please tell us what you think (be mindful that we are still not using the right reference images for comparison, i.e. not composites from the real top 10 cuties).
Check out qt meter
Both as a fun diversion and for a peek into what the HashThySelf interface will look like shortly.
And BTW, we will also, most likely, do away with the archaic language that has adorned Hash up till now and move to plain clean modern English!
Cheers.
A. Hasher.
In response to your feedback, for which we are thankful, we have decided to increase the priority of a redesigned web interface for the HashThySelf app. In particular, we hope to model it after our experimental QTmeter website. Yes, that's right. This was in the pipeline scheduled to make its appearance sometime in the 3rd quarter. But it may be sooner than that. If you happen upon this site, please tell us what you think (be mindful that we are still not using the right reference images for comparison, i.e. not composites from the real top 10 cuties).
Check out qt meter
Both as a fun diversion and for a peek into what the HashThySelf interface will look like shortly.
And BTW, we will also, most likely, do away with the archaic language that has adorned Hash up till now and move to plain clean modern English!
Cheers.
A. Hasher.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Zetangole is down!
Dudes et dudettes
Zetangole is down due to a serious hardware fault and we will resuscitate it at as soon as possible. Please bear with us in the meantime. Apologies for any inconvenience this is causing.
Hashers
Zetangole is down due to a serious hardware fault and we will resuscitate it at as soon as possible. Please bear with us in the meantime. Apologies for any inconvenience this is causing.
Hashers
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