You all must forgive me for being delinquent with my blog. I won't even try to excuse myself or enumerate all of the reasons why I was delinquent, but suffice it to say I have been busy.
Besides being involved a lot more in events, in the last couple of days I have been trying my hand at Web Design. While I have tinkered with HTML in the past, for some reason I felt the burning desire to dig deeper.
So off I went with nothing but Notepad++ and a CSS Template from FreeCSSTemplates.org.
(Ok fine! I had Dreamweaver installed just in case. But I didn't use it! I swear!)
But after a couple of hours of tinkering (aka. 2 days) I grew so frustrated with having to copy the header and footer from page to page, I turned to the Oracle (Google) to find out how to create a header and footer in CSS.
But instead of finding a tutorial on CSS, I stumbled across an extremely Easy Peasy way of using PHP.
It seemed so simple, and so easy to follow the logic that I couldn't resist, and installed WAMP Server (again) to test it out.
After 15 minutes of intense coding (aka. copying and pasting) I had a working page with a PHP menu!
With such quick progress, I grew confident that at last I had found my true calling!! Until someone called me to do janitor duties and off I was cleaning toilets again.
Speaking plainly, I finally understood many principles in PHP which eluded me even after trying to read PHP & MySQL for Dummies more than once, the logic in those books never seemed to sink in. Even after understanding the basics, I went back to the book to try to develop, and got myself even more confused than I was before. It took me a couple of visits to the Oracle to get my brain cleared from all the garbage from those books.
Don't get me wrong, I have talked to several people who swear by anything from (insert product here) for Dummies. But my brain can't seem to wrap around the logic that rules in the Dummy world. No offense to all of you.
After running after my own tail for awhile in both PHP and MySQL, I finally got back on the straight and narrow path of making them work together.
Now, for an experienced Web Designer/Coder that is a piece of cake, but for me who swore I would never be able to code a dynamic Website, that is quite a feather in my cap so to speak.
And while I have ran into a couple of brick walls, so far I've been able to either fix my own mess, or find alternatives. But learning never ends, and unfortunately so do bugs in your code. But the Oracle has all the answers, it all depends on your question.
Moral: Don't try to be a dummy if you aren't one.
Besides being involved a lot more in events, in the last couple of days I have been trying my hand at Web Design. While I have tinkered with HTML in the past, for some reason I felt the burning desire to dig deeper.
So off I went with nothing but Notepad++ and a CSS Template from FreeCSSTemplates.org.
(Ok fine! I had Dreamweaver installed just in case. But I didn't use it! I swear!)
But after a couple of hours of tinkering (aka. 2 days) I grew so frustrated with having to copy the header and footer from page to page, I turned to the Oracle (Google) to find out how to create a header and footer in CSS.
But instead of finding a tutorial on CSS, I stumbled across an extremely Easy Peasy way of using PHP.
It seemed so simple, and so easy to follow the logic that I couldn't resist, and installed WAMP Server (again) to test it out.
After 15 minutes of intense coding (aka. copying and pasting) I had a working page with a PHP menu!
With such quick progress, I grew confident that at last I had found my true calling!! Until someone called me to do janitor duties and off I was cleaning toilets again.
Speaking plainly, I finally understood many principles in PHP which eluded me even after trying to read PHP & MySQL for Dummies more than once, the logic in those books never seemed to sink in. Even after understanding the basics, I went back to the book to try to develop, and got myself even more confused than I was before. It took me a couple of visits to the Oracle to get my brain cleared from all the garbage from those books.
Don't get me wrong, I have talked to several people who swear by anything from (insert product here) for Dummies. But my brain can't seem to wrap around the logic that rules in the Dummy world. No offense to all of you.
(Darn! I just sounded so conceited there!)
After running after my own tail for awhile in both PHP and MySQL, I finally got back on the straight and narrow path of making them work together.
Now, for an experienced Web Designer/Coder that is a piece of cake, but for me who swore I would never be able to code a dynamic Website, that is quite a feather in my cap so to speak.
And while I have ran into a couple of brick walls, so far I've been able to either fix my own mess, or find alternatives. But learning never ends, and unfortunately so do bugs in your code. But the Oracle has all the answers, it all depends on your question.
Moral: Don't try to be a dummy if you aren't one.
Labels: Laptop, Oracle, PHP, PHP and MySQL for Dummies, Technology, Update, Web, Web Design
Was working on a desktop at work today, but still had to do minor work to set up the laptop, and all of a sudden I remembered something that I read in one of those moments of browsing, a program that simulates a multi-monitor setup with several computers hooked up to a network. I have long been toying with the idea of having a multi-monitor setup, (purely for productivity increase I can assure you) so naturally I was tickled (no not pink, I already am pink) by the prospect. So off I go to install Synergy.
It took me awhile to wrap my brain around the operating details of the program, but after a quick consultation with the Oracle, I was amazed at the simplicity, and ease of installing and configuring Synergy. Once you understand the logic of the program, it is dead simple to configure it.
I highly recommend it to anyone who works on more than one computer in the radius of an arms length away. It saves the hassle of having 2 or 3 keyboards or mice on the desk, or reaching over to type on the laptop keyboard. Presto! All gone! All of them are controlled through your 'central' computer which acts as a server, and which is basically the only computer you need to 'configure'.
A major bonus to Synergy over all of the other KVM clones, (mainly Multiplicity by Stardock, which I had actually discovered first) besides the 'free as in beer' price tag, (which is a huge advantage) is the fact that it can be run on any operating system! (OK, not any, but 90% of all the major ones, including Unix, and Mac OS X)
So there is my little plug for Synergy.
PS. Yes I do like Wikipedia
It took me awhile to wrap my brain around the operating details of the program, but after a quick consultation with the Oracle, I was amazed at the simplicity, and ease of installing and configuring Synergy. Once you understand the logic of the program, it is dead simple to configure it.
I highly recommend it to anyone who works on more than one computer in the radius of an arms length away. It saves the hassle of having 2 or 3 keyboards or mice on the desk, or reaching over to type on the laptop keyboard. Presto! All gone! All of them are controlled through your 'central' computer which acts as a server, and which is basically the only computer you need to 'configure'.
A major bonus to Synergy over all of the other KVM clones, (mainly Multiplicity by Stardock, which I had actually discovered first) besides the 'free as in beer' price tag, (which is a huge advantage) is the fact that it can be run on any operating system! (OK, not any, but 90% of all the major ones, including Unix, and Mac OS X)
So there is my little plug for Synergy.
synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements
PS. Yes I do like Wikipedia
Labels: Desktop, KVM, Laptop, Mac OSX, Oracle, Software, Stardock, Synergy, Technology, Unix, Wikipedia, Windows, Work
After getting my brand 'spanking' new mp3 player, I thought I was totally set in the tech department, until my dearest mother came back from the U.S. (again), and brought back as an early Christmas prezzie, a 2 GB pen drive!
After being totally floored by the generosity of the gift, I began to deeply analyze exactly what it meant. A Christmas present in October means... No presents in December...
Seeing that the extent of the Christmas presents I receive are limited to 1 piece of clothing... Oh yeah! I can deal with that. Bring it on!
(Yes, I am ecstatic in case you were wondering)
And to totally make up my month, her old laptop caught some sort of trojan or virus, so I was recruited to format it.
Of course since formatting is such a delicate procedure, taking many weeks, so unfortunately I'll have to keep it for that duration to test it to make sure that everything is working properly. I don't want the laptop to give any problems later on you know. *wink*
After being totally floored by the generosity of the gift, I began to deeply analyze exactly what it meant. A Christmas present in October means... No presents in December...
Seeing that the extent of the Christmas presents I receive are limited to 1 piece of clothing... Oh yeah! I can deal with that. Bring it on!
(Yes, I am ecstatic in case you were wondering)
And to totally make up my month, her old laptop caught some sort of trojan or virus, so I was recruited to format it.
Of course since formatting is such a delicate procedure, taking many weeks, so unfortunately I'll have to keep it for that duration to test it to make sure that everything is working properly. I don't want the laptop to give any problems later on you know. *wink*
Labels: Christmas, Christmas Present, Computer, Laptop, MP3, MP3 Player, Pen Drive, Tech Support, Technology
