relearning ACL in CakePHP

I started looking into user management and access control lists (ACL) in CakePHP. I'm going to be rewriting filed away from C# .Net over to CakePHP and I figured I would do everything the right way. Up to this point every CakePHP project we've rolled has had its own custom user relationship model and tables custom to the project. So this academic approach to do things in the standard acceptable way is a little bit different, but overall going to be a great thing for any future projects.

Since CakePHP released its 1.2 Final just over Christmas and I've been meaning to jump on the rewrite, it's a good time to start hacking away on some new code.

Mamp Mysql setup lifesaver

I would have spent a lot more time trying to figure this out if I hadn't of found this on google:

http://www.fischerlaender.net/apple-mac/mac-os-x-trouble-with-mamp-mysql

started studing genetic algorithms

I changed my major over to Biology from Computer Science just a while ago. So next semester I'll start with introductory biology and chemistry. I've been researching bioinformatics and synthetic genomics as possible career options.

I've been reading some biology ebooks I downloaded a little while ago and its been really interesting. I haven't lost complete interest in programming though. I'm researching genetic algorithms. So far I started with Genetic Algorithm Tutorial by Darrel Whitley.

I'll be updating this post with my notes later.

I'm not going to blow up twitter with these...

• My car is broke again
• I'm taking a 15 hour train ride on Tuesday to go to San Antonio for 2 weeks
• I love Spore
• Seven Pounds, the new Will Smith movie, was amazing
• I need to go to the gym and run
• I need a new computer monitor (the one I've got wont work with my mac)
• I need to update the generated emails html stuff for Appian's contact forms
• I need to work on some installations
• I need to finish the update on the mass upload application for TDC