Monthly Archives: December 2003

You’re a Nerd…

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But that’s ok, because so am I. As this article suggests “We are all nerds now”, which makes sense. Interests which used to be looked upon as “nerdy” are now commonplace: Video Games, Computers, the Fantasy Genre (ie Lord of the Rings). Look at how popular the Internet is, I can’t say I know anyone who doesn’t have an email address. Just 10 years ago, if you knew how to get around the World Wide Web you were the “Classroom Nerd”, now if you don’t know how to, you are just plain weird.

Anyway, just found the story interesting and thought I would pass it along. Have a good read.

Much Better Mood

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I know all of you were concerned, but I have found and fixed my problem with InstallShield. As it turns out, there was a bug in the way I was searching for a registry value. Not a bug in the way I was doing it, but possibly a bug in either InstallShield itself or the M$ Windows Installer. Needless to say, I found away around it and now I am about as happy as you can get. So hopefully I won’t be unloading on you, my loyal readers, anymore for at least a couple of days. But then, of course, I’m not going to promise anything.

Frustration

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I am so frustrated right now, so I am going to vent. I think I’ve vented about this very topic not too long ago, but I am going to do it again. If you have never authored a “software installation” before, then you may just chalk this up as whining. But if you have any experience with InstallShield, you will know what I am talking about. I am so frustrated with all of the crap that goes along with this half-assed program. I rely on it to do my job, yet I am at it’s mercy when it comes to deadlines. I am supposed to have a functioning installation ready in a week and have been stuck on a single problem for about 5 weeks now. For the past week, I have been waiting on one of InstallShields “support engineers” (or whatever the snazzy title is these days) to look at my problem and give me a solution. I don’t want what his little “checklist” says to give me for an answer, I want the real solution that will solve my problem.

No Luck.

I heard back from the “support engineer” today and am not happy with the response. According to him, it works on his end and it must be something in my script. NO SHIT. I’m not paying money for obvious answers, I want someone to tell me where the error is in my project, whether it be MY code or THEIR product. I am not convinced either way right now. It very well may be my problem, if it is cool, just tell me where the problem is, that is the part I can’t figure out. I am leaning towards it being their problem only because the same code used to work in an earlier version of their product.

Anyway…. I am going to leave at that for now. I could go on and on and on, but it would just bore most of you to death. But I feel a little better bitching about it.

Get Toasted?!

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I found this ad in my inbox today….. talk about a great ad for those “pot heads” out there. I wonder if someone at Quiznos was hittin’ the pipe when they thought this one up. But then, it did get my attention so maybe Quizno’s Ad agency is a bunch of pot-smoking geniouses.

Server Problems

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As some of you may have noticed my website has been down as much as it has been up this week. We are getting some major wind storms in my neck of the woods and we keep losing power for a few seconds at a time so my server gets shut down. I really need to get my hands on a battery backup so my server doesn’t go down or at the very least shuts down gracefully. If its not the power going out then it is my damn modem resetting. I don’t know how many of you out there may use broadband, but the modems your ISP lease to you are crap. Unfortunately for me I am to cheap to go and buy one. Anyway, obviously it is working today. So I may have to unload a bunch of posts on here today since I haven’t been able to most of the week.

To Do…

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stress.jpgDo you ever have a “To Do” list that you can’t ever seem “to do”? I’ve been working on one for the past few (going on 4 I think) weeks and, just today, have managed to only cross two items off of the list. Of course in that same 4 weeks, I have added many more items. You may think, “Hey you lazy bastard, get off your ass and finish that list,” but it isn’t that simple. I’ve been non-stop working on the list and I have the stressed muscles to prove it. My back is so tight right now you would have trouble hammering a nail into it (not that I am going to let anyone try).