For whatever reason, decided that I need a new android tablet, after all that one has full 1080p resolution. And that will be a good excuse to write knife steel chart for Android tablets. Last time I bought Galaxy tab, but never got motivated enough to write tablet version of the app. I suppose full HD tablet should do the trick ;)
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 22:36:11
Simplified table structure somewhat, improved indexing and more importantly fixed a bug which was picking up last 8 days instead of 7, and switched steel of the day stat analysis from query strings to actual record ids. In short, it's much more accurate that way and faster as well. I still need to work on other queries, to switch them from query text analysis to alloy name record analysis, but that's for a later time, along with improved analytics.
Sunday, July 15, 2012 22:44:59
Kershaw Knives facebook page features my apps on Jul. 10th :) Sure, it feels good to get my appz endorsed by major knife maker, especially when it's one of my favorites. Kershaw, Shun and Zero Tolerance are all owned by Kai cutlery. Kershaw knives reviews here and Shun Knives reviews here. As much as I dislike facebook, it still is good :) Give them a like if you stop by there.
Friday, July 13, 2012 23:41:13
Dug up Geerman steelmaker Eschmann Stahl's catalog. Dunno if it is full or not, but st least tool steels are in it. Adding incrementally.
Thursday, July 12, 2012 21:15:27
Just like the first one Scott Cook Locsha, it is made using Crucible CPM S90V steel, with Titanium integral handle, except, this time it's made by Peter Rassenti. Should arrive in a few days. Pix will be up once the knife is in.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 21:43:44
I was analyzing query logs for the steel search trends page upgrades and noticed bunch of valid queries returning empty results. Further analysis of the database revealed about two dozen hidden alloy names, i.e. valid alloys, but not flagged properly. Fixed those. Also fixed a bug preventing correct processing of the steels with - and spaces in them. In some cases they also returned empty results. All that is well now :) So, I can proceed with improvements and upgrades to steel search trends statistics...
Monday, July 9, 2012 20:48:17
Added new alloy names, mainly German W-Nr steel standard names, although a few British old BS standard names were added as well.
Sunday, July 8, 2012 13:14:27
Took a long time to get through all the hurdles, but finally the app is published, and available for free. 4700 alloy names for now, with ~900 compositions, 17 international steel standards and up to 5 alloy comparison capability. Syncs with central database as well.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 17:33:51
Tough day. First I've released 3.50 which had rather large set of new features, specifically, alloy listings based on standard, makers, countries and technologies. Earlier, only quick Standard switching was supported. Plus, added rte me button, may be that'll make it easier for ppl to rate the app. And in 1 hour after release I found a crash, which happened only on older android versions. Took another 2 hours to fix, test, package and publish 3.51... I guess serves me well for not testing on the old device before releasing the app.
Sunday, July 1, 2012 22:47:54
Arrived yesterday. The knife is a beast, at lest for a folder it is a beast. Started carrying it already, but the grand plan is to have custom blade made for it. Crucible CPM S30V steel is a good one, and Spyderco does good job with its HT, but that knife deserves better steel. Now, all I have to do, find a maker who will make it happen...
Friday, June 29, 2012 23:24:03