A small milestone...

I finished up the Django for Professionals book yesterday. My bookstore project is live at https://lennys-bookstore-c5f5989fa0ca.herokuapp.com/ and has the basics - you can sign up for an account, log in, log out etc. Some of the bugs aren't worked out yet - the signup page can successfully sign up a new user, but the site throws a 500 error when you try. It does add the account into the admin section though. Some of the pictures aren't being rendered right either. Since this project was just for practice, I'm thinking of just moving on. I have the Django for APIs book with me and am eager to get started on that one. I'm still waiting on the new engine for my truck to arrive from Wisconsin. While I was at the gym yesterday someone with Midas called and left a voicemail, saying it would be there in 7 to 14 business days. That's going to put the actual engine install either the week before Thanksgiving, or right after. The truck seems to run okay on just 5 cylinders, but I don't trust it any more and I'm not going to go anywhere far away with it until the new engine is installed. I really hope that after all is said and done I have a good running truck, because otherwise this ordeal will just crush my spirits because of the godawful amount of money I've had to spend. Things to do: - build a sitemap for this blog - either fix Summernote, or replace it with a Markdown-enabled text editor - fix the "Projects" URL on lennyshort.com - build a "Contact Us" page on lsenterprises.tech - setup Ansible on my smaller server and Cisco equipment - get a flu shot - do some research on good business ideas at the library There's more to be sure, but that's all I can think of at the moment. I'm looking forward to getting out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday and seeing my brother and his family. I could use a break.