Asymptomatic

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Owen, the unfriendly WordPress plugin dev
December 11, 2004

Yeah… I’m mostly a friendly guy on the net, but certain things set me off. Like this Mez person sending me three emails about a plugin saying, “I couldn’t get it to work. It doesn’t do what I want. Tell me where I can get something that does where I want. Now!” And then I bother to write back a kind reply saying basically, “Look in the config file and set the options to your liking,” and Presto! It works just as expected.

But then I come to the support forum a day later and find another flipping post from that person, asking about that same specific plugin issue again (posted before I answered the question). Do people not get that I don’t sit in front of the monitor waiting to answer their questions? It’s crazy.

How Much Did I Type Today?
December 10, 2004

I used to have this keyboard odometer thing installed, but it never worked quite right. I’d forget to reset it each morning, so I wouldn’t get a clear count of daily keypresses.

Anyhow, I just totalled up the character count on the three new wiki pages I added today. Just the new pages, not the changes to the old pages, and not the code that I wrote that was the impetus for these changes. The total doesn’t count the email between writing or any of the work I did on Wish List Live.

Secret Santa Gift Purchased
December 10, 2004

I got my notice from the Secret Santa elves moments ago, so I hurried out and looked at my giftee’s blog and Amazon wishlist.

I don’t want to reveal who it was, in case she’s watching somehow, but I think I got a good present. It’s a board game from the same people who made Settlers of Catan (you know, that game that takes hours and hours to set up, and even longer to play). It’s called Carcassonne. It looks like fun and the reviews are pretty good.

Delphi 2005
December 09, 2004

I’ve been a Delphi programmer for a long time. Since version 1, actually. I’ve been a Borlands fan for even longer. But lately, I haven’t kept up with my Delphi upgrades.

There are a number of factors involved, but it boils down to Borland not adding enough new functionality to merit having to upgrade and reinstall all of my components. Well, I just took a look at Delphi 2005, and it’s pretty darn functional.