Ok, this project is bringing me to many places.

It's because of this project that I read up like crazy. Besides burning my eyes on the LCD screen, I printed and brought notes to camp so that I could study the mysql and cgi module in detail. Devshedhelped alot too.

I tried setting up an Apache server on my XP laptop but I couldn't get it to work no matter what I did. I could access it locally but those outside my LAN couldn't. Maybe I didn't do enough, but that's it for it. No way am I going to waste precious time at home on it.

I drew up schema tables for my mysql database so as to eliminate many-to-many relationships, then realised that my drawing skills are pathethic. When was the last time I seriously drew something? I recalled Tony Buzan writing that drawing actually promotes thinking, so for the last week I drew what I could, including an intense two hours this early morning when I was doing my guard duty. I admit that it was actually fun.

tuxfamily is generous enough to host me with MySQL, python and the MySQL python module. That's everything that I could ask for, not to mention that it's ad-free. The only downside is that it's in French and I couldn't understand most of it, even with the help of google.

Right now I'm designing the interface of my project. With the shallow understanding of the modules and MySQL, it's beginning to look tough but at least some progress has been made. I think my goal of finishing it by the year ends could still be met.