… or, “Why I will not get ‘A’s in school unless I change my behaviour” … or “Why nothing in life is simple” … or simply: “Yak Shaving“. I don’t want to lie. Being me has considerable advantages. But it … Continue reading
for /f %%i in (‘find %~1 -print ^| grep .*java$’) do @for /f “delims=” %%j in (‘wc -w %%i ^| sed s/\(^^[0-9]*\^).*/\1/’) do @set /a N+=%%j This is why I hate computers.
for /F %%n in (‘echo %working_path%\%1 ^| sed s/[^^^^\]\$/%2\\%1/’) do set new_file=%%n This is why I hate computers.
The other day I was walking past a store in the mall. Exciting, I know! But wait… it gets better! The store had a sign: “No backpacks duffle bags food/merchandise without receipt “ Just as I was reading it… Someone … Continue reading
Flipping through the flippin’ Facebook inbox… It’s actually pretty smart. It picks up the fact that I’ve gone backwards through several pages of messages, and presents the information. Looking for something? You can search your messages both by name and … Continue reading
Today I wrote a piece of evil code. Now, I’ve been known to write shoddy code, buggy code, broken code and naive code, but this was none of these. It was thought out, tested, worked as advertised and was reasonably … Continue reading
When I want to run SQL Plus I navigate through five menus (not counting the initial click on the Start button). This is ridiculous but (sadly) it is not unusual. It’s a good thing I’m not senile yet and can still remember where … Continue reading
A computer is a rock. It’s a (very) finely carved chunk of silicon and ore. A computer is hard in the same way a rock is hard – when you crash into it, it bruises you, because you are bruisable … Continue reading
I somehow managed to justify (to myself) the purchase of 1GB usb drive for my keychain. Flash memory is approaching 1c/MB, which makes the argument for having a gigabyte on my keychain pretty compelling. The amount of time I spend promising … Continue reading