Monthly Archives: January 2007

Why is it that a tech support problem doesn’t become an emergency until it’s most inconvenient?

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

I was quite literally standing up and collecting my wallet to go to lunch when I got approached by one of our support people and a fellow developer with a problem at a partner site. They described the problem and … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Rant | 3 Comments

User interface design for programmers with no sense of style

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Years ago I was working on Kodak’s Cineon system, an innovative system for digital post-production of movies. It was a great gig, but unfortunately Kodak pulled the plug because there were too few post-production houses doing digital work to support … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Job Experiences, Revelation | 1 Comment

Gratuitous Icon Post

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Since cat_macros won’t accept something that isn’t a cat, I present:

Posted in Revelation | 1 Comment

No fucking thank you, Quicken tech support

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Update: Almost as soon as I finished writing the rant below, I got an email from Quicken tech support explaining what I should have done – used “Activities->Prior Statement” (which would have shown that list of prior statements that I … Continue reading →

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Getting there, still some collateral damage

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

I spent much of the weekend working on my waypoint generator – more specifically on the code that loads new data into the waypoint generator database. As anybody who reads this blog probably heard (and forgot), the main source of … Continue reading →

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