More misc

[susandennis]

There was no sewing today. Just not enough time. Being retired takes time!

I spent way too long this morning revisiting my HTML and CSS roots. siobhan63 said she didn't know how to make the code work for a Friendzie. I didn't either but I wanted to find out so I hunted. Hard. And no joy. I found many examples and no how to's.

So I reverse engineered by studying the code of the pages of examples. I'd forgotten a lot but remembered a lot, too. Once I got the basics, then I wanted fancy. I didn't want teeny weeny little boxes of code. I wanted bigger. Then I wanted color framed. Then I wanted a little margin... etc. It was frustrating and fun and incredibly satisfying.

Years ago, I was interviewing for a job at Microsoft with a small group. One of the group asked me if I knew how to code a certain thing and I said that no, sorry, I did not. BUT I was very good at finding examples and copying code so my not knowing was no a hindrance to making it happen. Later the hiring manager told me that that answer is what nailed their decision to make me the offer. In the olden days it was so easy. Thankfully, LJ still embraces old shit.

I took a walk up the street to check out the 1st Thursday craft market in the park. It was underwhelming but I discovered that my lungs are still a bit fragile. They are fine when I'm sitting here. But make 'em work harder and they bitch. Happily the rescue inhaler and cough pearls did their job. I also tested Google Pay. There was another beta update to my phone and I get twitchy that they will fuck it up. They did not. I bought a chicken salad sandwich to prove it.

I found a couple of interesting audio books to try in the library and the Mariner game has been interesting. They are down by 1 in the bottom of the 9th and likely won't recover but at least it has been interesting.

Chicken and leftover eggplant casserole for dinner.

Nice Day.

Comments

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

Good job, Code Warrior!

[susandennis]

:) wonder where i put that badge and shield?

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

Coding is still 90% finding examples and copying. I think it is even easier these days, because there are so many more examples...

The contractor who rights most of the code for one of my systems now drives me crazy because whenever I ask him to do something he hasn't done before, he insists on spending like a day reading theory about it. And I am always just like, "look, they did the thing we want to do right here, just grab this!"

[susandennis]

I was a trail blazer!

But, excellent point about their being so many more examples. Plus Google. Plus... yeah, man why does anyone write it raw any more???!!!

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone does. All the "integrated development environments" people write code in now fill in half of it for you anyways when you try.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I recently got a certificate in Web coding, so I could have helped. But then you wouldn't have had the fun of figuring it out! All coding is trial and error anyway.

[dadi.livejournal.com]

I am the same with code.. copy and paste and work on it all the way!

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Those were definitely the days. These days the hiring environment, at least here, is do you have this exact skill and have you been doing it until yesterday. (Six months ago? Forget it.) The idea of applying initiative would not get your foot through the door. Sigh.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

They are down by 1 in the bottom of the 9th and likely won't recover

Well, they did... until they didn't. That looks to have been an interesting game indeed.

[susandennis]

yes indeedie. and as my nephew so kindly pointed out that even though we lost, we sure humiliated them... best team in baseball can't even end a 1 run game with the worst team for inning after inning... on the heals of a double digit loss the day before. He allowed as how they were likely as glad to get out of this town as we were to see them leave. It is so.