Progress and lack thereof

It seems Chronicle doesn't actually save entries.  I have to sync the data model with the text area before saving, but the text area isn't public.  Everything still needs to be able to dump to a local XML file which will be fine once this minor

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

I'm retro-fitting Chronicle to do what Paul's been suggesting from the start, publish web pages.  First up is a change to store diary entries in a database instead of XML files.  That will make indexing easier, and also give me search capability later.  Next up

Mail

The signal to noise ratio on paper mail is horribly low.  Six bits of noise in the box today and not one signal, especially not the signal I'm waiting for.  People say that if junk email cost money to send there would be less of it, but I

Chronicle

I am going to rework Chronicle to use a Hypersonic database, and turn it into a weblog management program.

Caffeine, coffee, tea and chocolate

Reading The World of Caffeine by Weinberg and Bealer, coffee seems to have mysteriously escaped notice until the 1500's, despite a reference to it in A.D. 1000.  Weirder still, it seems to have been unknown to the Arabs until after they heard of tea, which was grown

Change of Method

I have started using Blog (the program) and deleted my Blogger entries.  I much prefer keeping the data myself, instead of relying on an outside source to keep it for me.  It was interesting setting this up, not a walk in the park but a heck of a lot easier

Virus

I feel tired.  After two days spent largely asleep I still feel tired.  I still have the attention span of a block of cheese.  I've GOT to get back to my HTML class.  It's not fair to go offline when they're getting to the

Blogging

Fox 2 News put a quote on the screen containing the sentence: "Alot can happen in twelve days." Alot, not "A lot," but slinging the two together as one word.  Where's the spell checker?  Where's the copy editor? Self-referential blogging links:

stuff.misc

Joy.  My first cold/cough of the season.  One car is in for it's first service ever, the other is romping towards the 80,000 mile mark.  And the weather forecast says snow at last!  Bring it on, I hate waiting for snow, knowing this time last year

Rehydrate

Note to self: Never attempt to play flute for a solid hour without having a drink handy. Paul's off somewhere in the Mazda and I'm sat trying to rehydrate with orange juice.  Perhaps not the wisest of beverage choices after yesterday, but I like it.