Category Archives: Programming and techno-babble

Three plus three, terabytes that is.

Posted on March 8, 2016 by perlgurl

And thus begins the process of rebuilding a shattered digital life.  

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F.R.A.K.-ed

Posted on March 7, 2016 by perlgurl

Michael has tried all his tricks, but the hard drive is totally FRAK-ED. And apparently it’s a known issue. We can send it to the manufacturer and have them recover it; It will only cost $1k. Trying really hard not … Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic

Posted on March 6, 2016 by perlgurl

External tera-station hard drive failure. Currently in freezer, will try to rescue data tomorrow. Will. Not. Panic. Hard drive contains ALL THE THINGS. WILL. NOT. PANIC

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The CODE is a lie.

Posted on January 15, 2016 by perlgurl

And by that I mean that JQuery UI draggable-droppable claims to work on touch devices for mobile and app development. It’s all a BIG LIE. <head-desk> I will figure this out, but I don’t think it will be a pretty … Continue reading →

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Guilt and programming

Posted on January 14, 2015 by perlgurl

When you break something and you know it was your fault, you might know you feel guilty about it when you read “empty message bodies” as “bloody bodies”……

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domain down

Posted on May 9, 2014 by perlgurl

After my registrar tried to charge me auto-renew my site for three years instead of the one I always do, I fought it, got reimbursed then forgot to pay my bill for the one year renewal. Silly me! Today is … Continue reading →

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A data droid

Posted on November 5, 2013 by perlgurl

Just finished up 1,900 lines of sql code. Runs, but throws database error due to locking. At least the errors are entertaining: “…was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim.” I just … Continue reading →

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The good kind of tired

Posted on December 3, 2012 by perlgurl

So this is what being utterly mentally exhausted feels like. My brain worked hard today for the first time in a long time and it felt GOOD. And now my brain gets to go to bed 🙂

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Life is so interesting sometimes

Posted on November 13, 2012 by perlgurl

Part of that thing applied for, which I have not heard back about yet, has brought another potential opportunity my way. Will know more after the work week is over. And had my first student pay for our “Super Supporter” … Continue reading →

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Crossing fingers

Posted on November 11, 2012 by perlgurl

I applied for something today. Hoping I get it. That is all the details I am giving. Well, I can say it took me three hours to do it. Forgot how pain-staking this process could be.

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