Now the pictures are really out of sight
I don’t have any appropriate arms for this job, but it’s time to check out on the legal status; what happens if you try to “blow away” a snowbank that won’t stop growning? Not in the leafmover sense but rather in the shock and awe sense. We’re into another two or three days of steadily accumulating snow; what seems charming back four months ago is getting to be drudgery.
I’ve hit another little bump in my world of software bliss. The little wiki I use to amuse myself and other like-minded individuals (you know who you are) has stopped loading image files. Instead, I get a lovely tag, and if I click through all the file information is available. Hence, we’re dealing with a bug, rather than missing content. My first instinct was to blame the security measures that were implemented in extremis yesterday afternoon, but that was nothing more than coincidental. Others have found the same little flaw in the recently updated code for MediaWiki.
I may have to “back up” a version or two until the problem is solved, but I’ll probably keep on reading until I’ve satisfied my curiosity. If it was easy it wouldn’t be interesting.
I’ve been dealing with a dead hard drive at work, containing the integral of a co-worker’s productivity. We tried to find a similar drive to try the Frankenstein approach, but so far no luck. My call to a data recovery company in the neighbouring province show that I lead an isolated life as far as relative value for technical miracles: the starting price for a standard operation was $900 with a plus factor. Will we pay for a minor miracle? I’m not sure, but the reality is that the intellectual property involved is worth more than the money.
Our living room is currently inhabited by a “guitar hero”. Wii will never be the same.
