Ugh. Web stuff.

I think what offends me is that this stuff was so poorly thought out.

If CSS and HTML had come about at the same time and HTML said , "I will be content", and CSS said, "I'll format and present you", and PHP said, "And I'll make you insecure", and JavaScript said, "I'll help you, PHP", and SQL Server said, "God help us all"….

I would have a better opinion.

I mean, if we started there instead of winding up there… we'd have been a lot further along by now.

It's an appealing thought.

Fighting an irrational urge to dive into Node.js.

It has no bearing on the code I am writing and thus would take time better spent on other things.

Life was easier when there was only C, C++ , and PASCAL and everything else was a academic wank toy or, like COBAL, FORTRAN and PL/1, headed for the tar pits thus beneath notice.

I swear that my cat is psychic.

Made the mistake of opening Outlook. Got caught up in a bit of customer correspondence. Then some office correspondence. Then grabbed my appointment minder and notepad. Got irritated.

Suddenly a paw on my leg and a chirp.

Pet cat

She jumps in the chair. I pet her a bit more.

Once I have forgotten about the irritation, she hops off and moves to her normal position - Under my desk.

Sidekick does similar things but utilizes English instead of chirps :)

Yeah. This is "Ignore the Internet" day. I'm just glad it is a Saturday. I routinely have customers call me and ask, "I just read 'X'. Is this true?!"

sigh

Status: Rediscovering my hatred for Wordpress.

Note: I am a C, C++ guy. Never liked the web stuff in general but there is something about Wordpress that just strikes me as wrong.

Note2: I am too good to Sidekick. She's the only person I would do this for.

…oh…and the most programming for Python (Aside from RHEL admin tools) I ever did was for IRC bots :D

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I have a straight-C and ncurses IRC client that I abandoned. I need to convert that over to something sane like QT someday.

Afterward, find a decent IRC netowrk…or start my own server again. :D

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They've got some damned good people working there - True.

Even as comparatively simple as moving from ext2 to ext3 was, it's a nasty piece of business to undertake.

Reads like my Linux list from a few years back. Time and work-load have killed my efforts at it now but I intend to change that.

I used to pass that instinct off as "tin-foil-hat" but it seems more than prudent at this stage.

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