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You Know You’re Deep in Magento When..

Antonio — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:23:03 +0000

You know you’re deep in Magento when you have a file an Abstract.php open. Or in a Mysql4 folder.

Or when one of your eyes starts twitching.

*sigh*

Web Design Failure Process

Antonio — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:30:11 +0000

Got this in my email today. I’m sure we can all relate to this phenomenon.

Thanks “The Oatmeal“

Fortune++; Fortune++;

Antonio — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:29:21 +0000

(5:39:37 PM) Tim: two fortunes for me today
(5:39:44 PM) Antonio David: nice
(5:39:50 PM) Tim: do they both count?
(5:40:01 PM) Tim: or is only one “real” and the other is a decoy
(5:40:02 PM) Antonio David: haha maybe they’re only half as effective

You Can Only Pick One

Antonio — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:20:27 +0000

If you’re here for my opinion on the choice between universal healthcare and freedom, then you can navigate away. I’m here to showcase a poorly designed form:

… but in reality you can pick both. According to the W3C HTML 4.01 recommendation:

Several checkboxes in a form may share the same control name. Thus, for example, checkboxes allow users to select several values for the same property.

Looks like someone should have used radio buttons. Radio buttons are mutually exclusive.

Revised sign: (tested in Firefox 3 and IE 8)

SVN

Antonio — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:55:42 +0000

While trying to work through an SVN problem:

“You can’t commit?

That’s fine I’ll commit for you.”

[ a few seconds later ]

“Ah, come over here man, there are conflicts we need to resolve”

Your Welcome Over IP

Antonio — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:23:14 +0000

(1:19:59 PM) Antonio: quick q… do you know which table the “Third Party Name” field might reside in?
(1:20:26 PM) Tim: thirdpartyeyewitnesses
(1:20:36 PM) Antonio: true that. thanks
(1:20:46 PM) Tim: yoip
(1:21:03 PM) Tim: ywoip
(1:21:06 PM) Tim: your welcome over ip

Don’t Fiddle. Violin.

Antonio — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:18:08 +0000

(12:13:08 PM) Tim: i want to get these all into trac
(12:13:12 PM) Tim: but redstagesvn [server] is down
(12:13:18 PM) Antonio: i couldnt get to trac this morning
(12:13:20 PM) Antonio: ah. yea
(12:13:21 PM) Tim: and i dont want to go fiddlin’ round in there until alex is in
(12:13:27 PM) Antonio: true
(12:13:35 PM) Tim: maybe i should violin around in there instead