This has been such an eventful year. Perhaps I will do a closeout post but for now, on this Sunday, this last day of 2017, I find myself with client work to complete as well as work for my employer. Hopefully, I can slip in some housework too.
Year: 2017
It’s Friday! No, it’s glue day.
I awoke in a panic this morning at 7am because I’d overslept and promised Amy I would drive her to school. I lay in bed just wishing it wasn’t Friday. I went over all the things I had to do at work today and recognized that Saturday would have to wait…for a few more minutes when I finally rose from bed to hurriedly get dressed. Finally I looked at my phone to see that it claimed today was Saturday. I didn’t believe the phone. I stood in dazed confusion trying to reconcile my belief that today was Friday with the information on the phone claiming otherwise. Eventually I came to the conclusion that a good cup of coffee would bring clarity to this befuddlement so I began my day…my Saturday…at 7:04am.
What did I begin the day doing? Hot glue!
Waking thoughts
You know you are in for an interesting day when your waking thought is, "Oh right, I’m on the wrong f&*king planet."
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Deep Thoughts
If I accomplish but one thing today, let it be that I am a better person than I was yesterday.
Deep Thoughts
I would not be as good as I am today were it not for all the mistakes I’ve made.
Bold in his solitude
This morning I saw a man walking through the park. I had just arrived for my busy day to begin. The man wore high leather boots, pants wrapped in a red velvet kilt, his shirt with large gold buttons was adorned with medals, and his head was topped with a beret. He looked like he had walked off the set of an Eastern European military period play.
I chose to follow him into the skate park to inquire about his attire. I thought of several non-offensive I’ve breaks such as “you look like someone I’d like to know” but none seemed appropriate and the direct “why are you dressed that way” would be wrong and out of line. He playfully jumped a wall then sat to smoke his cigarette. I opted to leave him in his peace and solitude. A new friend unmet. A mystery unsolved.
Deep Thoughts
Think less about the things;
Do more of the things.
Day of frustration, nope. Shall be day of success!
I am on borrowed time today. I have critical deadlines in multiple areas. So? My subscription for a development tool isn’t working and customer service isn’t available for another half hour. Ugh, there was more but my mind just went blank. Stress is high but I will not let it get to me. Today will be light and fun and full of success despite any obstacles thrown at me. Online banking giving 500 error. Subscription for my primary development tool reporting expired despite receipt of renewal. Nothing is working!
Cannot even get my bluetooth headset to stay connected to the computer. I need to walk away from tech today but I need to be on tech today.
The Anxiety Prayer
Give us this day our daily Xanax
To sedate us from irrational outbursts and tears
And lead us not into stressful situations
But deliver us into mild sedation
For thine is the powder
Pressed into pill form
For calm and calmer. Amen.
Fountain pen world problems
I awoke this morning thinking “I need a new ink color” which led to “I need a new fountain pen!”
(I don’t really need either)
Any .NET advice for this?
Maybe you .NET experts could give me a shove in the correct direction.
I am still trying to resolve this error: "Error: Sys.InvalidOperationException: ‘DocMapUpdatePanelId’ is not a property or an existing field."
My ReportViewer won’t function and I’ve narrowed it down to system.web.extensions. I am using Framework 4.6.1 and should be using system.web.extensions 4.0.0.0. The references show it as 4.0.0.0 and when I try to add the reference I get a message that says “system.web.extensions is already referenced” I cannot remove the reference either.
When I look in the GAC, I do not see 4.0.0.0 but instead system.web.extensions 3.5.0.0.
I am working with Visual Studio 2017. I have installed all updates. No amount of uninstalling and reinstallng via NuGet makes a difference. Adding and removing dlls from the bin directory makes no difference. Solution has been cleaned. Temporary files have been cleared repeatedly.
Going to the forums with this results in a bunch of guessing, or silence.
Pretty sure I’m in Hell.
So excited that I’ll wait
I have all the parts to build my new keyboard. I am on a pseudo-vacation this week. Building and programming the keyboard was one of my intended projects. At the airport, my 12-year-old son asked me not to build it because he wants to help. You can darn well bet that putting that keyboard together can wait a couple more weeks!
File under data is beautiful
Finding this information made me particularly happy.
https://www.fmwfasteners.com/blogs/faq/pilot-hole-data
“Oh, could this get any worse…”
There is either some tragic social commentary OR some hilarious jokes to be made about this.
https://imgur.com/ZbErYKv
