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The mid-size mumblings of seyDoggy.
Fri May 9
RapidWeaver 4 oh my!: So Dan at Realmac software sent out the 3rd incarnation of the RapidWeaver 4 beta and happened to include an additional 600 more recipients. Round 1 downloaded in about 30 seconds. Round 2 took a few minutes. Round 3? Uh… yup that says 2 hours and 57 minutes! So do you think this is a sign that people are eagerly awaiting RapidWeaver 4? I think so.
RapidWeaver 4 oh my!: So Dan at Realmac software sent out the 3rd incarnation of the RapidWeaver 4 beta and happened to include an additional 600 more recipients. Round 1 downloaded in about 30 seconds. Round 2 took a few minutes. Round 3? Uh… yup that says 2 hours and 57 minutes! So do you think this is a sign that people are eagerly awaiting RapidWeaver 4? I think so.
Installing IE8: As a web developer this is a necessary evil. I don’t actually have a windows machine anymore, rather, I have 3 or 4 VM instances all running different states of Internet Explorer. What a waist of disk space if you ask me. Web designers really ought to band together and start a class action suit against Microsoft for all the years of waisted time and resources we have spend trying to support their various pieces of browser crud over the years.
Installing IE8: As a web developer this is a necessary evil. I don’t actually have a windows machine anymore, rather, I have 3 or 4 VM instances all running different states of Internet Explorer. What a waist of disk space if you ask me. Web designers really ought to band together and start a class action suit against Microsoft for all the years of waisted time and resources we have spend trying to support their various pieces of browser crud over the years.
To monopolize or not to monopolize; that is the question.: Well at least they give you the choice of whether to allow them to be the monopoly. Does that circumvent lawsuits? Here is the subtext: 1. “Use all of our REALLY cool stuff like it’s the only stuff out there… (Recommended)” 2. “Choose your own settings as if you really know what you’re doing… comon’ seriously… it’s a big bad scary world out there… you really think you can make it on your own… without our security blanket… pfft! What EVER! (Not recommended as you will probably blow up your computer)”
To monopolize or not to monopolize; that is the question.: Well at least they give you the choice of whether to allow them to be the monopoly. Does that circumvent lawsuits? Here is the subtext: 1. “Use all of our REALLY cool stuff like it’s the only stuff out there… (Recommended)” 2. “Choose your own settings as if you really know what you’re doing… comon’ seriously… it’s a big bad scary world out there… you really think you can make it on your own… without our security blanket… pfft! What EVER! (Not recommended as you will probably blow up your computer)”
The irony of Microsoft: One cannot begin to put in words the irony that is Microsoft and their efforts to build their first ever standards compliant browser. For on the very site that they showcase their newest browser beast there are no less than 131 warnings and in fact the whole site fails validation because there is no DOCTYPE. So my question is, when Microsoft actually gets it right with IE8 and has a standards compliant browser that follows all the rules, will Microsoft actually start abiding those same rules and build compliant sites?
The irony of Microsoft: One cannot begin to put in words the irony that is Microsoft and their efforts to build their first ever standards compliant browser. For on the very site that they showcase their newest browser beast there are no less than 131 warnings and in fact the whole site fails validation because there is no DOCTYPE. So my question is, when Microsoft actually gets it right with IE8 and has a standards compliant browser that follows all the rules, will Microsoft actually start abiding those same rules and build compliant sites?
Wed May 7
PHP makes it clean: Probably the best thing about working with PHP is the ability to have it do all the heavy lifting and repetitive work. One thing I hate when working in large sprawling projects is when a client decides that they don’t like that one word in the footer… the word that happens to appear on some 80 pages. I learned some time ago that PHP was one great way to handle these hiccups. It’s much easier to change a portion of a template and have that automatically reflected across the entire project. Today I was working on a project for a client and it had been a few weeks since I had added a new page so I was almost taken aback when I opened my template file and was greeted with the stark simplicity of it. Brilliant!
PHP makes it clean: Probably the best thing about working with PHP is the ability to have it do all the heavy lifting and repetitive work. One thing I hate when working in large sprawling projects is when a client decides that they don’t like that one word in the footer… the word that happens to appear on some 80 pages. I learned some time ago that PHP was one great way to handle these hiccups. It’s much easier to change a portion of a template and have that automatically reflected across the entire project. Today I was working on a project for a client and it had been a few weeks since I had added a new page so I was almost taken aback when I opened my template file and was greeted with the stark simplicity of it. Brilliant!
XP-IE6: That is exactly right, I don’t want your stinking WGA or your IE7 so you can just quite asking me please! This is my VM image that I use to test for IE6 so I have no intention of updating it to IE7. I really feel like Microsoft should pay damages or award some sort of compensation for having to support their crap-ass browser. Or better yet, I should send my support concerns to them and have them fix it. Supporting IE6 is like Auto manufacturers patching holes in the city streets because they make their cars perform badly! I think it should be up to the city to fix there roads and up to microsoft to fix their browser.
XP-IE6: That is exactly right, I don’t want your stinking WGA or your IE7 so you can just quite asking me please! This is my VM image that I use to test for IE6 so I have no intention of updating it to IE7. I really feel like Microsoft should pay damages or award some sort of compensation for having to support their crap-ass browser. Or better yet, I should send my support concerns to them and have them fix it. Supporting IE6 is like Auto manufacturers patching holes in the city streets because they make their cars perform badly! I think it should be up to the city to fix there roads and up to microsoft to fix their browser.
Fri May 2
Buh-bye cd box!: I honestly don’t remember when I started this project but for some time now, I have been popping in cd’s while I work, and importing them all into iTunes. 3406 songs, and many months later, I have now completed the task. What will I do with the cd’s now? Well I hope to get my self a Blu-ray burner sometime this summer so I can back up my iTunes library, so until then I will be holding on to the originals. After backing them up though, I plan to take them down to the record shop and exchange them for some more music. Yeah!
Buh-bye cd box!: I honestly don’t remember when I started this project but for some time now, I have been popping in cd’s while I work, and importing them all into iTunes. 3406 songs, and many months later, I have now completed the task. What will I do with the cd’s now? Well I hope to get my self a Blu-ray burner sometime this summer so I can back up my iTunes library, so until then I will be holding on to the originals. After backing them up though, I plan to take them down to the record shop and exchange them for some more music. Yeah!
Wed Apr 30
Just updated RapidWeaved http://rapidweaved.com
Tue Apr 29
All is as it should be!: After a terrible few days, an awful lot of fighting with Apple, a great deal of stress, a full day of lost productivity and a 1.5 hour trip to an Apple store in Toronto… I am a whole man again, sitting in front of my Apple Cinema Display 23” HD. A brand new one at that! I want to thank the Apple Care manager that finally saw me through this process and I want to thank the Apple Store in Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for working with her on this deal. You have all restored my faith in Apple!
All is as it should be!: After a terrible few days, an awful lot of fighting with Apple, a great deal of stress, a full day of lost productivity and a 1.5 hour trip to an Apple store in Toronto… I am a whole man again, sitting in front of my Apple Cinema Display 23” HD. A brand new one at that! I want to thank the Apple Care manager that finally saw me through this process and I want to thank the Apple Store in Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for working with her on this deal. You have all restored my faith in Apple!
Sun Apr 27
ACD has a dead power brick: So I go and move a bunch of stuff around in the seyDoggy head quarters (Mac Pro was pulling a lot of dust from the floor) and when I put it all together… short… long… short… … short… long… short… my power led on the ACD 23” HD was blinking the code for, “You power brick is FAWKED!” Luckily I had a spare in the basement, one that I was intending to curb this week! *phew* I tell you, working on this crt beast is going to suck. Hopefully the replacement comes quick (and cheap).
ACD has a dead power brick: So I go and move a bunch of stuff around in the seyDoggy head quarters (Mac Pro was pulling a lot of dust from the floor) and when I put it all together… short… long… short… … short… long… short… my power led on the ACD 23” HD was blinking the code for, “You power brick is FAWKED!” Luckily I had a spare in the basement, one that I was intending to curb this week! *phew* I tell you, working on this crt beast is going to suck. Hopefully the replacement comes quick (and cheap).