Twitter

06 January, 2009

Had a look at this and realized it's nothing but a simple message board stroke chat room combined with some notification scripting. It can be a useful communication tool in short bursts, but beyond that I would find it a real nuisiance. mainly because I have other things to do than sit around all day on Twitter. There are some people that will more than likely thoroughly enjoy the experience,  I think I would get bored very quickly with it.

Gaza

Haven't said much about Gaza, only wondered why Israel hasn't got fed up with these morons earlier. People like Hamas, who use a truce for the sole purpose of re-arming and then attacking, deserve every blow dealt back to them. I guess Irsrael has said enough is enough and I don't blame them one bit.

The Flu

Still got it and am about a month behind on things. A visit to the doc has ended with me being on a double anti-biotic dosage which seems to be working, albeit slowly. Hope it's done soon so I can get on doing what I'm supposed to without a fuzzy head.

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Cookies, oh what fun

04 January, 2009

Cookie can be handy thing or they can be a pain in the butt. One of the aspects of a forum script is the use of cookies to handle sessions. All well and good, as long as when the session is finished the cookie expires. As I found out, in messing around with CuteCast, some cookies don't work very well. It just keeps them, even though it appears they should expire. So I looked on the web. Ah, yes. Not the thing to do.

Most programming sites assume that for something to work it needs to be extraordinarily complicated or it's not right. After hours of wasting my time I am at a loss and seeing if there is a better way to handle sessions. Chances are this will more than likely be explained in a such a way that complicated seems easy.

Or, maybe, just skip cookies and sessions altogether and use a temporary file of some sort. I don't want to use Javascript, unless I take the visitor to a page saying they can't come in because they have Javascript turned off (which I do on some things) - maybe that's the answer (yes, the ideas are coming as I type......)

Into the breach...

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2009, a cloudy horizon?

01 January, 2009

As I begin the new year it's not with trepidation, but more with a sense of expecting the different. There are going to be changes, that's always true but what they will all be is an unknown factor.

Family wise, my daughter is expecting her first child very soon (maybe within the week) and I'm in the throes of an ongoing flu which could keep me from being allowed in the hospital. My wife and I are getting older and have our "senior" moments occurring more frequently. My son is in a state of flux job wise and looking for  work.

On the business front, things have slowed down a little for me, but not that much. I'm nearly finished putting together a bunch of site packages which I hope will take the strain off me maintenance wise - I'm gonna let all new clients look after their own sites from now on. As my fees are below most other design agencies (I don't have the high overheads of West End London) they will remain competitive.

The free script side of things is ticking along okay, and even though I've upped the ante on EmEdit, I will probably trim down stuff from this site. Vizibook has already gone. I'm still messing about with Cutecast Version 2b2 and hope to have the install working to the point where I can put it up here - I'm doing this in dribs and dabs.

Personally, I'm 64 this year and so will have one more left before "official" retirement. I'm supposed to have another cataract operation (my right eye this time), which hopefully will balance the eyes out so I don't have the weird vision. My left eye is now far sighted and right eye very short sighted - result, brain is tired trying to compensate all the time. Also I have restarted my old hobby of narrow gauge model railroading.

So there is plenty to be getting on with from what is planned and due, as to everything else ....

The result of last year's financial crash has affected us all, to some degree or another. That side of things is very unclear for everyone and we shall all just have to ride it out and see what happens. At least it won't be boring.

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