Friday, July 31, 2015

Sites To See #451

The SOLE purpose of this series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as an endorsement, and I have included sites that I found rather disturbing.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.













 Link: [Curb Alert!]


 Link: [Daily Good]





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Thursday, July 30, 2015

ATF: Unrequited

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Liar
Three Dog Night
I won't ever leave
You want me to stay
Nothing you can do
That could turn me away
Hanging on anyway
Believing the things you say
Being a fool
You've taken my life
So take my soul
That's what you said
And I believed it all
I want to be with you
As long as you want me to
But don't move away

Ain't that what you said
Ain't that what you said
Ain't that what you said
Liar
Liar
Liar

We won’t see no light
We won’t see no day
Did I ever leave
But you want me to stay
You can believe in me
I won't be leaving
I won't let you go

Ain't that what you said
Ain't that what you said
Ain't that what you said
Liar
Liar
Liar
Liar
Liar
Liar

You've taken my life
So take my soul
That's what you said
But who are we to know
I want to be with you
As long as you want me to
But don't move away

Ain't that what you said
Ain't that what you said
Ain't that what you said
Liar
Liar
Liar
Liar
Liar
Liar

Link: [Adele]


Rolling the Deep
Adele
There's a fire
Starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark
Finally
I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out
And I'll lay your ship bare
See how I'll leave
With every piece of you
Don't underestimate
The things that I will do
There's a fire
Starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love
Remind me of us
They keep me thinking
That we almost had it all
The scars of your love
They leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside
Of your hand
And you played it
To the beat

Baby
I have no story to be told
But I've heard one of you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me
In the depths of your despair
Making a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared

The scars of your love
Remind you of us
They keep me thinking
That we almost had it all
The scars of your love
They leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside
Of your hand
And you played it
To the beat
Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside
Of your hand
But you played it
With a beating

Throw your soul through
Every open door
Count your blessings
To find what you look for
Turn my sorrow
Into treasured gold
You pay me back in kind
And reap just what you sow

Now I'm gonna wish you
Bever had met me
We could have had it all
Tears are gonna fall
Rolling in the deep
We could have had it all
Now I'm gonna wish you
Never had met me
It all
It all
It all
It all
Tears are gonna fall
Rolling in the deep
Now I'm gonna wish you
Never had met me
We could have had it all
Tears are gonna fall
Rolling in the deep
Rolling in the deep
Now I'm gonna wish you
Never had met me
You had my heart and soul
Tears are gonna fall
Rolling in the deep)
And you played it
To the beat
Now I'm gonna wish you
Never had met me
Could have had it all
Tears are gonna fall
Rolling in the deep
Rolling in the deep
Now I'm gonna wish you
Never had met me
You had my heart and soul inside
Of your hand
Tears are gonna fall
Rolling in the deep
But you played it
You played it
Tou played it
To the beat

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Lynda's Lads


As indicated in [Spilling Some Beans], I have been having a lot of “fun” trying to learn how to write the code needed to develop a new website and the corresponding web application, which will undoubtedly lead to all participating members becoming filthy rich.  Well, maybe not if the likes of [Kevin Skoglund] have very much to do with it.

A good example of the “fun” I have been having is Master Skoglund writing code in one place and then cutting and pasting it somewhere else in the same file—sometimes IMMEDIATELY after the initial placement.  I do not understand why, but that always proves to be a big problem for me.  For after duplicating his steps EXACTLY, all sorts of errors crop-up for me.  Whereas, there are no errors when I simply rewrite the moved code instead of cutting and pasting it.

Simply?  Yeah, that’s a laugh—especially when my eyesight is more blurry than usual.  For the code in question is sometimes well over a thirty characters in length, with such trivial things as there being a difference between parentheses (()), square/box brackets ([]) and curly braces ({}) being a very big deal when it comes to writing code.

Would you like to know just how many hours I have wasted trying to fix what was evidently broken about the pasted code before I finally gave up and started rewriting the code to begin with?  Sorry, it is too depressing to think about.

Yes, I would think that the problem may have something to do with spacing, but that is supposed to not matter between PHP tags (<?php……….?>).  Besides, the majority of those wasted hours were spent on adding a space here and taking away one there.  [Insert double-sigh and a groan here.]

Ah, but you do not know the half of it yet.  For Master Skoglund almost always shows how to do everything the hard way BEFORE getting to a much easier way.

Please allow me to give you an example of that regarding a subject I am intimately familiar with that someone without any knowledge of would ask me to teach them about, which would be driving a big truck.  Since driving a big truck involves getting it to move, being able to place it into the proper gear is a necessity.  So, I start the student out with a basic four-speed transmission and then move on to a duplex, which is essentially two four-speeds in tandem, while keeping the triplex (three four-speeds) to the last but not least part of this stage of their instruction.  I next move them on to nine and ten-speeds, which is a basic five-speed with a low/high splitter for the rear differential.  There is also a 15-speed (with and without a deep reduction) related to the nine and ten-speeds.  Next up is a 13-speed, which has a low/high splitter for each separate gear in the high range.  An 18-speed has a low/high splitter for each separate gear in both ranges.  After all that, I come to the fact that modern advances have allowed for automatic transmissions tough enough to handle the great weights hauled by big trucks, which makes it unnecessary for a driver to master shifting manual transmissions.

In all fairness, Master Skoglund may be a member of an ancient coding society that requires all instructors to have their students spend a certain number of wasted hours in pursuit of nothing but frustration before they are allowed to learn the secret answer that is at the heart of his style of instruction.  On the other hand, he may be just a prime example for why I.T. experts are usually the most beloved people in a business setting.

The real reason for Master Skoglund’s teaching style may be much simpler…and sinister.  For if he makes coding magic too easy for us mundanes to understand, there would no longer be such a need for his (and others like him) wizardry—would there?

In any event, here I sit nervously awaiting the arrival of Windows 10.  If all goes as it should, installing the new operating system will allow me to use Laravel and quickly get to where I want to go.  Yeah, like that is likely to happen.  Sigh.  

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Monday, July 27, 2015

ATF: Hardcore Honeys 2

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [KISS]


Hard Luck Woman
KISS
If never I met you
I'd never have seen you cry
If not for our first hello
We'd never have to say goodbye
If never I held you
My feelin's would never show
It's time I start walkin'
But there's so much you'll never know

I keep telling you
Hard luck woman
You ain't a
Hard luck woman

Rags
The sailor's only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen
Rags
I really love ya
I can't forget about ya
You'll be a
Hard luck woman
Baby ‘til you find your man

Before I go let me kiss you
And wipe the tears from your eyes
I don't wanna hurt you girl
You know I could never lie

I keep telling you
Hard luck woman
You ain't a
Hard luck woman
You'll be a
Hard luck woman
Baby ‘til you find your man

Rags
The sailor's only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen
Rags
I really love ya
I can't forget about ya
You'll be a
Hard luck woman
Baby ‘til you find your man
You'll be a
Hard luck woman
Baby ‘til you find your man

Oh yeah
Bye bye
So long
Don't cry
I'm just packin' my bags
Whoa
Leavin' you
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye bye baby
Don't cry
I gotta keep on movin'
Yeah
Movin'
Bye, bye my bab
Ooh
Don't cry lady
Oh



If It Makes You Happy
Sheryl Crow
I belong
A long way from here
Put on a poncho
Played for mosquitos
And drank ‘til I was thirsty again
We went searchin’
Through thrift store jungles
Found Geronimo's rifle
Marilyn's shampoo
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen
Well okay
I made this up
I promised you I'd never give up

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

You get down
Real low down
You listen to Coltrane
Derail your own train
Well who hasn't been there before
I come round
Around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed
Scrape the mold off the bread
And serve you French toast again
Well okay
I still get stoned
I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad
If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

We've been far
Far away from here
Put on a poncho
Played for mosquitos
And everywhere in between
Well okay
We get along
So what if right now everything's wrong

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad
If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy…

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

A Sunday Drive

Back during our childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them again, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.




















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Friday, July 24, 2015

Sites To See #450

The SOLE purpose of this series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as an endorsement, and I have included sites that I found rather disturbing.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.





 Link: [Blue's Blog]








 Link: [Cache-Mire]







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