so i successfully compiled and used GIMP (by way of fink and X11) last night. The iBook now has graphics, albeit a graphics program that will take a LOT of getting used to. Photoshop it ain’t — but it’ll have to do for now. Anyway, I must say that there’s nothing quite like watching the […]
finally got the XSL transforms working on my XML docs. Sort of. By “sort of” I mean that the DTD I wrote validates and when I run the XML docs through jEdit’s XSLT Processor plug-in, I get the desired results. Almost. *sigh* The 1st secret turned out to be this: use “xsl:for-each” in about half […]
approx. 90% of the things I intend to blog, I wind up forgetting. or else they become irrelevant between when i think of them and when i sit down to write them. or else i don’t want to be blogger #n describing situation x. but mostly i just forget. this past weekend my grandfather gave […]
you know you’re steeped in your own privacy when you decide to shop at a different grocery store b/c you’ll be paying only *slightly* more without having to use a “Rewards Card” that really only gaurantees that they’re going to market things to you.
tough decisions to make. Fink gets my crank turning and makes me perhaps a little too excited about getting Gimp and Sablotron up and running w/ little to no troubles… Sounds terrific! But there’s this problem for Fink when one is running Virex 7.2 virus protection. Naturally, that’s the most up-to-date version of Virex. *sigh* […]
“Rush [Limbaugh] … builds personal bonds with his audience (unlike bloggers).” Anyone care to comment? Bloody hilarious…
Destination: Delicious. Shout outs to my mom and dad for doing this every year. I think this past was 3rd annual. Not sure but damn… If only all my weekends could be like that.
Czar– Thought this was it? Oh that… That was 4 beers into a meditation on that job medley. Love code. Love graphics. Love web de(sign|velopment). Hate answering bullshit questions. But even that is 2ndary to feeling like I was lied to. “Thought this was it…” Thought this job would be where I settled for a […]
day begins… *riiing*riiing* “[…] Support, this is Rob.” “Hi, maybe you can help me.” “…” “So, I’m looking in [application] at our website stats and I had some questions.” “Sure, I can explain the site stats. What is it that you need to know.” “Well, I see where it tracks users by … wait a […]
i’m getting screwed at work. how? “hot seat.” 4 out of 5 days this week. While training new guy. While still feeling barely trained myself. Plus there was this awkward moment when during a mtg w/ my mgr, we’re talking about Flash detection and he mentions Moock and looks at me like he doesn’t expect […]