Found a folder in the Quicksilver catalog that was indexed to infinite depth, adding hundreds of (wrong) entries and blocking the correct ones. I can actually use it now that I’ve fixed it.
Not being able to navigate without the mouse was actually stressing me out quite a lot. Feels like I just surfaced for air. Gasp!
Read more...Six Flags
Rode along to Six Flags with Jennifer and Bryan - lotta fun. The wait for the X2 was ridiculous, especially considering it was like a 90 second ride, and there were zero lines for the rest of the coasters. At least we got some cool photos while in line… The Flip Mino video camera I got as a Christmas present from Integrum took some impressive video while on the coasters themselves. (Er, that is, it would have, if we had broken the rules and brought it, which we would never do.)
In a happy coincidence, Eric and Hitomi just moved less than an hour away from there, so we got to combine trips and visit them. We didn’t get to do conveyor sushi (that restaurant was tiny and packed) but we hit another sushi place, and even Jennifer and Bryan tried some sashimi. (Pretty brave considering Bryan got some bad fish a while ago.)
On the way back Diana fought her way into a crowded outlet mall and emerged with one of those shamelessly self-branded Coach purses for $70 (which I’m assured is a great price). Hey, if she can get her shopping fix at a discount, I’m all for it.
I’ve always flown into LA in the past, so I didn’t know the drive was so beautiful. Pasadena, especially, is a place I’d like to go back and visit at some point. Guess that’s next trip!
Read more...Folders suck.
Maybe I’ll be navigating around Rails projects in a more coordinated fashion eventually, but right now I’m finding myself doing a full-project search for a string I saw in the rendered page somewhere. I don’t have to worry about whether it occurred in a template or a partial (or someplace else it really shouldn’t be), I’m just taken to the right place.
Jef Raskin promoted tossing out folders and filenames and so forth in favor of just searching the text of documents. He argued they’re overhead that people don’t use anyway. And seeing the rise of Google and desktop search (not to mention witnessing my own behavior), I think I agree.
Read more...Need things to do with your new Flip Mino?
How about go to Six Flags, flagrantly violate their posted rules, and take it on the Goliath coaster?
Read more...So many of our websites and applications and business processes share at least some of the same functionality. So many of them have redundant implementations that aren’t versatile enough to re-use. If we could somehow reduce that redundancy… I think the benefits of the reduced maintenance cost would completely offset the drop in performance.
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