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Critters – FAQ

I have created a Critters FAQ to help users find answers to common usage questions. The FAQ is available here

Critters – Alpha Update on Android Market

I have released an update to Critters (alpha) on the Android Market. This is a bug fix release and does not include any new features. Changes for version 0.2.0: Enhanced the form validation dialog with a more intuitive message. Some users were having problems saving their owner information and the validation dialog was not as [...]

Critters – Users outside the U.S. and Canada

I accidentally made Critters visible to all countries on the Android Market. The current alpha release supports U.S. and Canadian English only. To prevent any further confusion for international users, I have temporarily restricted availability to just the U.S. and Canada. Critters is designed to support locale specific formatting for dates, postal codes and phone [...]

Critters – Alpha on Android Market

It has been a long time in the making and now the first alpha of Critters is available on the Android Market! Final Features: Multiple Pets E-mail Medical Records Locate Veterinarians Owner Details Pet Details Pet Insurance Veterinarians Vaccinations Medications Medical Conditions Weight History Feeding Schedules E-mailing of medical records with an attached photo is [...]

Karmic Upgrade – Failing Module Rebuilds

After upgrading one of my desktops from Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 to Karmic 9.10, I was left with a system that wouldn’t boot. Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) was not rebuilding the existing NVIDIA and Virtual Box modules that were in place before the upgrade. A scan through the system logs led to the conclusion that [...]

Critters Update for December

Critters has been updated and includes the following new functionality and enhancements: New – Pet list with thumbnail photos New – Pet list filtering New – Veterinarian search via Google Maps application New – Save custom veterinarian search terms New – User stories added to unit tests Enhancement – Owner list thumbnail photos Enhancement – [...]

Critters Source Snaphot Available for Download

The first source code drop for Critters is available for download. The application is feature complete for the management of pet owners. Unit and functional tests have been completed and included in this release. Don’t laugh too hard while you are reviewing the source. This is the first project I have done in Android and [...]

Critters Update

It has been hard to find the time, but I finally made a bit of progress on Critters. Pet owner management is almost complete and includes the following functionality: Create, edit and delete owners Attach a photo of an owner to their personal record Place a call from the owner’s contact list Send an e-mail [...]

openEPRS Project Update

It was over two years ago that I embarked on creating an open source electronic medical record. Today I have decided to discontinue work on openEPRS. This rise of other open source projects such as Medsphere put openEPRS at a competitive disadvantage. The complexity and scope of building an EMR is beyond the capabilities of [...]

The Prodigal Developer Returns to Rails

It has been two days since I posted an article on auditing data modifications using the Zend Framework. I have recently published a number of other articles on Zend in general. I noticed a recurring statement that forced me to rethink the pursuit of using alternative frameworks for openEPRS: “X is easier with Ruby on [...]