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Movie & Book databases
Jun. 1st, 2006 01:06 pmI just put this fabulous stuffed bread into the oven to bake for lunch. Got it from my favorite grocer Highland Park Market yesterday while out getting white collared shirts for work. This particular bread is stuffed with pepperoni and mozzarella.
In other news, I downloaded/bought another program from Collectorz.com - this time I got a book database. Unfortunately, it is a little trickier to figure out than the movie database. Only because different sources spell the author's name differently from each, creating multiple entries for each book. It also has no ability to list by title - a bit annoying that. So, in order to fix that I had to delete the whole program, including stuff in the user library. That's where the really unfortunate accident happened; I erased my DVD database information, including somehow the search part of the program... I can't explain it fully, just trust me when I say it horked up and I had to search the whole computer for anything related to either program, delete it all, and then reinstall both. Which means I needed to re-enter ALL 370 movies! Good thing though, I figured out that I can search for (in the newest version) a large amount of films at the same time (as well as books, by ISBN or author/title) cutting down the time required for re-entering the information. However, I did lose all the nitpicky searching for extra plot information and any notes I'd made. Live and learn, neh?
Oh! My favorite new widget... Rules for Evil Overlord (ver. 3)!
Rule 45: I will make sure I have a clear understanding of who is responsible for what in my organization. For example, if my general screws up I will not draw my weapon, point it at him, say "And here is the price for failure," then suddenly turn and kill some random underling.
Rule 196: I will hire an expert marksman to stand by the entrance to my fortress. His job will be to shoot anyone who rides up to challenge me.
All those tried and true mistakes that the evil overlord is known to make are covered in this little handy dandy widget. It changes every so often or when you click on the overlord. Nifty.
In other news, I downloaded/bought another program from Collectorz.com - this time I got a book database. Unfortunately, it is a little trickier to figure out than the movie database. Only because different sources spell the author's name differently from each, creating multiple entries for each book. It also has no ability to list by title - a bit annoying that. So, in order to fix that I had to delete the whole program, including stuff in the user library. That's where the really unfortunate accident happened; I erased my DVD database information, including somehow the search part of the program... I can't explain it fully, just trust me when I say it horked up and I had to search the whole computer for anything related to either program, delete it all, and then reinstall both. Which means I needed to re-enter ALL 370 movies! Good thing though, I figured out that I can search for (in the newest version) a large amount of films at the same time (as well as books, by ISBN or author/title) cutting down the time required for re-entering the information. However, I did lose all the nitpicky searching for extra plot information and any notes I'd made. Live and learn, neh?
Oh! My favorite new widget... Rules for Evil Overlord (ver. 3)!
Rule 45: I will make sure I have a clear understanding of who is responsible for what in my organization. For example, if my general screws up I will not draw my weapon, point it at him, say "And here is the price for failure," then suddenly turn and kill some random underling.
Rule 196: I will hire an expert marksman to stand by the entrance to my fortress. His job will be to shoot anyone who rides up to challenge me.
All those tried and true mistakes that the evil overlord is known to make are covered in this little handy dandy widget. It changes every so often or when you click on the overlord. Nifty.
