21st
December
2010
Learning by approximation… my way.
For some years now, I’ve had a small web server that runs on my laptop, and that serves as a learning tool. No public access (usually) and my data sets are of no particular value to anyone (but me). If the whole thing crashes, no lives will be lost. But I really dislike the way that small gestures have large effects, in the world of WAMP.
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19th
November
2010
Every time you send a request to a web server, and you get an answer, be thankful. On the whole, this Internet thing is stable and functional.
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17th
November
2010
Somebody’s getting married, and I think we need a new lottery. Based on what? Let’s just say that I had a little tip, and if I had the kind of bookie smarts that our national betting corporation uses for flogging that 49 thing, I’d be all over this one.
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12th
November
2010
Like a jewel in a bag of pebbles, Linux Mint has come through again. Another update, installed without brute force or unparliamentary language.
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27th
October
2010
My distrust of electronic data storage is similar to that felt by an owner of an automobile that has seen “better days”. Each time I’m able to recover a file of interest, it’s like getting back to the driveway after a perilous road trip.
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20th
October
2010
My government is upset with Google. Too much data captured while driving up and down the road in front of people’s homes.
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24th
September
2010
Can’t have too many tools in the chest. True for woodworking. True for keeping a whole bunch of laptops alive in the educational setting.
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15th
September
2010
The unsung heroes of our (computing) generation are the beta testers. The people who are willing to wade in the swamp. Leeches and gators, out of my way. I’m here to look for real bugs.
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2nd
September
2010
When the user asks me why something unexpected has occurred (in the world of software), does that person really want to know? Given the number of times I’ve had to reinterpret a facial expression, not too often. What that person probably wants is for me to unholster the magic wand that would negate the original reason for calling me.
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1st
September
2010
My kids, and others from that generation, have a good way of classifying efforts that have gone sadly awry: Epic fail. Say so much with two little words.
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