Several thoughts:How do I get a .jar file to run? I was mystified, as to how to get Java to see it, as double-clicking works for RSSOwl, but not Ashpool. I read the Help site for Ashpool, but... when I used the DOS prompt command line whatever, it gave me errors but I could see it was making an honest effort to run it.See Ashpool is a database thingy that works with XML databases... and I need (well "need" is a strong word for it) something to make a simple database with, and it seemed liek just the thing. Being that I'm already somewhat familiar with XML from making my own RSS feed files (same difficulty level as editing HTML, I find) I'm still drooling at the idea of working with database files at such a low level, as well as using something that might somehow have a real world application some day.I loved Hypercard, but it doesn't run on a PC. I might get Metacard still but I was intrigued by java and xml. Filemaker Pro would be pricey, and hey, it would be just the thing, but it's not as fun as hypercard (it handled the year 2000 not to my liking) and it... dunno, now I want to learn about other databases.I went to fix my window... so I walked, as I figured bringing the frame with jutting broken glass on the bus was a bad idea, as the bus pitches us around a bit as it stops and turns... didn't want anyone to be impaled. I had encased it in cardboard, but the last thing I wanted was a lawsuit. Too bad it took me 45 min to walk - I had thought, hey, today, I have that kind of time, but I assumed it would take a half hour - too cheap for a taxi. This window was broken... by well-meaning friends... attempting to put an air conditioner in. It's four windows, that slide, comprising 2 layers of glass. In the past, in every house I have ever lived in, similar windows were all exactly the same height, and they just lift in - you shove the top part up into the frame, and there's enough give that you can slide the bottom part in. Easy peasy. However these BRAND NEW windows have a slightly different design. The outer ones seem to be just a wee bit smaller than the inner ones, and they all had to go in exactly the same way they came out. The fellow busted one trying to get it to fit into the place it was too small for, by just millimetres. Also, it doesn't just kind of slide in - it's some safety thing that you have to wrench it to get it in, it's some weird new thing. That's why he thought he just needed to give it some elbow grease to get it in, meanwhile it actually wasn't fitting properly. I am not putting it back, I am going to get the super to do that. :D It's too bad, I used to clean windows like this all the time when I was a kid, but these are now a pain in the ass to remove and put back. So to go to this window fixing place with no car was a major pain in the ass so I am glad I got it done today. I'm just glad it's under way before it gets really cold.But on the way home, I walked past several stores I would have normally have used to drive past. (I am likely not getting back my car, it would appear, due to multiple things wrong with it, plus its age) So I went to a computer store, and bought some little multimedia speakers, and rearranged the ones I already have. The plan was for me to a) hear my ham radio scanner in more than one location in my apartment, and for me to b) hear my computer through the stereo. Mission accomplished! I listened to the ham radio dudes in my kitchen. I solved some issues, and though I have more elaborate plans, it's great for the time being.
Post je objavljen 06.10.2009. u 22:12 sati.