Comments on: Meal Bandit: The reality and the dream http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Heather http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Heather Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:04:51 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-476 <p>ooh! you should totally have THIS: go to etsy.com, and check out all the trippy shopping options on the left... you can shop for stuff by color, and all other kinds of badass, timesuck fabulous options!!!</p> <p>(see how un-tech-savvy i am? i can't even do the linky thing. :( )</p> ooh! you should totally have THIS: go to etsy.com, and check out all the trippy shopping options on the left… you can shop for stuff by color, and all other kinds of badass, timesuck fabulous options!!!

(see how un-tech-savvy i am? i can’t even do the linky thing. :( )

]]> By: Laurel http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Laurel Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:13:41 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-412 <p>As a fellow obsessive dinner-photo-blogger, I'd be interested in helping out with this! I've got RoR experience too.</p> As a fellow obsessive dinner-photo-blogger, I’d be interested in helping out with this! I’ve got RoR experience too.

]]> By: Neil http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Neil Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:21:26 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-408 <p>Marlene! (sorry Kathy, I couldn't resist ;-)</p> <p>Now all you need, Mathew, is a way for me to make reservations to eat your upcoming dinners.</p> Marlene! (sorry Kathy, I couldn’t resist ;-)

Now all you need, Mathew, is a way for me to make reservations to eat your upcoming dinners.

]]> By: Kathy Ramsey http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Kathy Ramsey Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:35:57 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-407 <p>I don't know nuthin' about birthin' no websites. But I would like to know about the sausages and grapes recipe.</p> <p>For some reason the last name Shaw sent a shiver through me and I got all tensed up, but then I realized it was a different Shaw and I relaxed a little.</p> I don’t know nuthin’ about birthin’ no websites. But I would like to know about the sausages and grapes recipe.

For some reason the last name Shaw sent a shiver through me and I got all tensed up, but then I realized it was a different Shaw and I relaxed a little.

]]> By: Ryan Freebern http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Ryan Freebern Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:55:34 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-406 <p>I would volunteer except I am working on this crazy housing-related website that a friend of mine suggested.</p> I would volunteer except I am working on this crazy housing-related website that a friend of mine suggested.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-405 mamster Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:08:34 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-405 <p>OK, fine, I'll play with Ning. But I paid $40 for this Rails book!</p> OK, fine, I’ll play with Ning. But I paid $40 for this Rails book!

]]> By: Liza http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Liza Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:32:37 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-404 <p>I saw the Ning people give a demo and it probably is a lot of what you want, although not if what you want is an excuse to say "powered by Ruby on Rails!" But yeah, the disappointment in the room was palpable when they said, "And it's in PHP!"</p> I saw the Ning people give a demo and it probably is a lot of what you want, although not if what you want is an excuse to say “powered by Ruby on Rails!” But yeah, the disappointment in the room was palpable when they said, “And it’s in PHP!”

]]> By: L http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-403 L Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:05:10 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-403 <p>Yeah, I think RoR is probably the right way to go... I was just saying if you don't find an expert, I could probably get up to speed pretty quickly if I put my mind to it...</p> Yeah, I think RoR is probably the right way to go… I was just saying if you don’t find an expert, I could probably get up to speed pretty quickly if I put my mind to it…

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-402 mamster Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:56:18 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-402 <p>Thanks for the correction, katre. I'll fix it right now. L, the reason I'm leaning toward RoR is not just that it's the flavor of the month, but I really like the apparent maintainability of the code; I feel like I could actually work with the code myself, whereas I'm always more nervous doing that with PHP code.</p> <p>Of course, Roots and Grubs runs on PHP, so.</p> Thanks for the correction, katre. I’ll fix it right now. L, the reason I’m leaning toward RoR is not just that it’s the flavor of the month, but I really like the apparent maintainability of the code; I feel like I could actually work with the code myself, whereas I’m always more nervous doing that with PHP code.

Of course, Roots and Grubs runs on PHP, so.

]]> By: katre http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-401 katre Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:50:43 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/08/meal-bandit-the-reality-and-the-dream/#comment-401 <p>"If you want to see only the dinner-related posts of a certain user, there’s an easy way to do that as far as I know."</p> <p>Do you mean "no easy way"?</p> <p>Also, check out Ning.com, seriously. It's supposedly a way to create social web apps quickly, with tagging and RSS and whatnot, so it sounds like exactly what you want.</p> “If you want to see only the dinner-related posts of a certain user, there’s an easy way to do that as far as I know.”

Do you mean “no easy way”?

Also, check out Ning.com, seriously. It’s supposedly a way to create social web apps quickly, with tagging and RSS and whatnot, so it sounds like exactly what you want.

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