This was going to be positive

[doire]

I have been hacking. I had forgotten how much fun it was. I feel so accomplished for once.

I have an old shareware flash card program based on Access. It suits me, I paid my money, I notified the writer of bugs, they said "oh we;ll fix that", I contacted them again with more, they didn't respond although the website now list some of the bugs and errors, they disappeared.

So I fixed the worst errors. It's not a good idea if the image and gloss don't match, but it was all in a database table so it wasn't too bad.

Last week I had had enough. Every time the program starts it gives an error message, even though there isn't an error condition.  It's 9 years old now, no one will be interested. Firing up the old editors and character editing code. The startup message now says "ready" It's a small point but it's one less irritation. Whilst I was at it I changed the text to describe my dictionaries and redid the datatable. I know, it's strange, but it keeps me happy.

On the down side  I've had a threatening cold since it became autumn. This weekend I had a stomach bug of the "Oh, God" kind. Now that's over the cold has decided it's best to kick a man, in the inclusive sense, when he's down, so conversations are on hold, but I will reply.

Comments

[realnobiki.livejournal.com]

you little anarchist you! all of society is going to fall to shreds and all because you couldn't just do like everyone else and look for the newest program with all new bugs to point out.

hopefully you will feel better so the above comes across as mildly amusing instead of OMGSTFUannoying.

[doire]

Thank you. It did come as amusing. It's not at all a rational use of time, but it's fun.

But, just think, when society has fallen I will still be able to fix things.