Comments for The Day Today http://www.thedaytoday.com Yet another Wordpress blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:02:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Trying out Ecto by Dave http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/05/10/trying-out-ecto/#comment-314 Dave Wed, 14 May 2008 12:09:47 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/05/10/trying-out-ecto/#comment-314 I'd like some comments management in Ecto, but I guess that's outside of its scope. I like it, and I think my current issues with it are due to WP configuration (uploading images isn't working yet). I’d like some comments management in Ecto, but I guess that’s outside of its scope. I like it, and I think my current issues with it are due to WP configuration (uploading images isn’t working yet).

]]> Comment on Trying out Ecto by Peter Cooper http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/05/10/trying-out-ecto/#comment-267 Peter Cooper Sun, 11 May 2008 23:42:08 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/05/10/trying-out-ecto/#comment-267 Ecto is really good. I've been using it for a couple years and it definitely encourages me to keep up with the posting. Ecto is really good. I’ve been using it for a couple years and it definitely encourages me to keep up with the posting.

]]> Comment on Creating a single line text file from DOS by Peter Cooper http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/04/25/creating-a-single-line-text-file-from-dos/#comment-266 Peter Cooper Sun, 11 May 2008 23:41:11 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/?p=113#comment-266 Thought I'd Google it. Turns out my memory perhaps isn't so good (or maybe it is and there's more than one way to skin a cat) but someone else suggests: copy con filename.txt (without the colon) then using Ctrl+Z. Thought I’d Google it. Turns out my memory perhaps isn’t so good (or maybe it is and there’s more than one way to skin a cat) but someone else suggests: copy con filename.txt (without the colon) then using Ctrl+Z.

]]> Comment on Creating a single line text file from DOS by Peter Cooper http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/04/25/creating-a-single-line-text-file-from-dos/#comment-265 Peter Cooper Sun, 11 May 2008 23:39:39 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/?p=113#comment-265 It's been almost 15 years since I've used this technique, but can't you do: COPY CON: FILENAME.TXT then hit Ctrl+D whenever you're finished (I don't believe you have to do a newline). It just copies from the keyboard buffer's file handle to file. Admittedly the last time I used this was on DOS 6.2! It’s been almost 15 years since I’ve used this technique, but can’t you do:

COPY CON: FILENAME.TXT

then hit Ctrl+D whenever you’re finished (I don’t believe you have to do a newline). It just copies from the keyboard buffer’s file handle to file. Admittedly the last time I used this was on DOS 6.2!

]]> Comment on Object Oriented Programming Tutorial by Craig http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/15/object-oriented-programming-tutorial/#comment-85 Craig Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:49:45 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/15/object-oriented-programming-tutorial/#comment-85 Such a pity I live so far away now. I would have been more than happy to explain OOP over a beer. :) Such a pity I live so far away now. I would have been more than happy to explain OOP over a beer. :)

]]> Comment on Weekly Web Dev by Peter Cooper http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/13/weekly-web-dev/#comment-78 Peter Cooper Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:39:14 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/13/weekly-web-dev/#comment-78 "but I think there’s a responsibility to the blogger to remain somewhat anonymous" Ya do what! “but I think there’s a responsibility to the blogger to remain somewhat anonymous”

Ya do what!

]]> Comment on Weekly Web Dev by Andi http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/13/weekly-web-dev/#comment-77 Andi Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:01:02 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/13/weekly-web-dev/#comment-77 Awww, thanks matey :) Awww, thanks matey :)

]]> Comment on Finally I have details by Dave http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/12/finally-i-have-details/#comment-76 Dave Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:30:48 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/12/finally-i-have-details/#comment-76 Thanks for the comments Pete, you make some good points. Thanks for the comments Pete, you make some good points.

]]> Comment on Finally I have details by Peter Cooper http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/12/finally-i-have-details/#comment-75 Peter Cooper Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/12/finally-i-have-details/#comment-75 Just to add yet more blathering.. I saw the title of your last post and felt inspired: "Making 2008 memorable" In twenty years when, I hope, you're telling your kids the stories of your life, what do you want to be telling them? Let's assume staying in London would be good, and going to Florida would be less than perfect. Still, you'd either be saying that in 2009 you played it safe, had a fun time in London, got a good job, and so forth.. (that is, not a story you'd tell your kids at all) or that in 2009 you moved to Florida, got into all sorts of crazy scrapes, and had an amazing mind-opening experience in a foreign culture? Perhaps the kids / legacy angle doesn't work for you, but I try to keep it in mind when I can! One of my best moments to recall is when Laura and I got stuck on the wrong side of Snowdon, on the side of a cliff, in cloud under 10m visibility, Laura bawling her eyes out, me crapping myself, but hey, it actually felt good in a way and I really have fond memories of it now (Laura doesn't, but that's a different matter). Dramatic experiences can still be good in the end. Just to add yet more blathering.. I saw the title of your last post and felt inspired:

“Making 2008 memorable”

In twenty years when, I hope, you’re telling your kids the stories of your life, what do you want to be telling them? Let’s assume staying in London would be good, and going to Florida would be less than perfect. Still, you’d either be saying that in 2009 you played it safe, had a fun time in London, got a good job, and so forth.. (that is, not a story you’d tell your kids at all) or that in 2009 you moved to Florida, got into all sorts of crazy scrapes, and had an amazing mind-opening experience in a foreign culture?

Perhaps the kids / legacy angle doesn’t work for you, but I try to keep it in mind when I can!

One of my best moments to recall is when Laura and I got stuck on the wrong side of Snowdon, on the side of a cliff, in cloud under 10m visibility, Laura bawling her eyes out, me crapping myself, but hey, it actually felt good in a way and I really have fond memories of it now (Laura doesn’t, but that’s a different matter). Dramatic experiences can still be good in the end.

]]> Comment on Finally I have details by Peter Cooper http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/12/finally-i-have-details/#comment-74 Peter Cooper Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:01:02 +0000 http://www.thedaytoday.com/2008/02/12/finally-i-have-details/#comment-74 If Pam wants to go and it's logistically possible (I imagine she's more than qualified, but US immigration is a total bitch to work with at the best of times) then I totally think you should go. It's really easy to make friends and meet people in a place like Florida (even I know people there!) and unless the pay is crap, there aren't that many negatives. The main pros for staying here, of course, are probably familiarity and the ability to settle. But, heck, you're 25 not 35, and you'll probably be kicking yourself in twenty years if you didn't take the opportunity. As they say, "on your deathbed it's the things you didn't do you regret, not the things you did do." Of course, this is an extremely simplistic stance, but, well, sometimes the most complex of situations requires the simplest of decision processes. I've done quite a few things just with a "oh fuck it, let's just do it" mentality (moving out, buying a house, writing a book, for example), and can't say I regret it. I mean, come on, you jumped out of a PLANE! Moving to sunnier climes and having an adventure of a life-time is not even as bad as that! :) If Pam wants to go and it’s logistically possible (I imagine she’s more than qualified, but US immigration is a total bitch to work with at the best of times) then I totally think you should go. It’s really easy to make friends and meet people in a place like Florida (even I know people there!) and unless the pay is crap, there aren’t that many negatives.

The main pros for staying here, of course, are probably familiarity and the ability to settle. But, heck, you’re 25 not 35, and you’ll probably be kicking yourself in twenty years if you didn’t take the opportunity. As they say, “on your deathbed it’s the things you didn’t do you regret, not the things you did do.”

Of course, this is an extremely simplistic stance, but, well, sometimes the most complex of situations requires the simplest of decision processes. I’ve done quite a few things just with a “oh fuck it, let’s just do it” mentality (moving out, buying a house, writing a book, for example), and can’t say I regret it. I mean, come on, you jumped out of a PLANE! Moving to sunnier climes and having an adventure of a life-time is not even as bad as that! :)

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