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Dreamweaver, You Suck
Posted by clifgriffin in Rant, Technology on May 30th, 2009
I need to rant. Dreamweaver has the most frustrating, nearly non-functional implementation of FTP ever. You would think that a product that has been around for over a decade would excel at the basic neccessities of web design. Chief among these is the ability to manage the workflow for a designer wishing to edit files directly on a production server with FTP.
Dreamweaver allows this, but does so in a way that will probably ruin your life.
For instance, opening a file on an FTP server causes Dreamweaver to download a local version of the file, allow you to edit it, and then publish the changes upon save. This is really great until you accidentally press “Put” and all of those local file you forgot existed are uploaded to overwrite all of those new versions you laboriously tweaked from another computer.
But of course you will only get to experience this malady if you are actually able to keep a connection to your FTP server, which Dreamweaver is unable to do. I swear half of my development time is spent staring at a “Waiting for server” dialog. Dreamweaver is completely unable to revive a connection that is stale. You have to close it and reopen it, pray, cuss, and kick a small child to get it to work.
Do Adobe developers even use this piece of crap?
When it comes to syntax highlighting and things of that nature, Dreamweaver seems to keep up with most other editors, but who cares…I mean simple pieces of software like TextPad easily keep up with these features at a much more reasonable cost.
So thank you Dreamweaver for ruining my life. I hope to return the favor someday.
In the meantime, can someone suggest a resonable alternative that won’t ruin my life?
Elderly Ageism?
Posted by clifgriffin in Politics, Rant on October 8th, 2008
I’m sitting in the White Hart, one of my favorite places on earth. A few minutes ago, the table behind me was occupied by three people in their 60′s or 70′s.
They were discussing last night’s debate and their criticism of John McCain was as thoughtful and reasoned as the statement “He looked so old!” This last word was uttered with particular disdain. The implication was that someone that ancient has no business running for president.
They discussed this at length. Meanwhile, I listened, thoroughly distracted.
Senior citizens voting against someone because they are old is like a black person voting against Obama because he is black. (Which, as stupid as that sounds, some have actually said this)
It is tough to participate in a political system so ruled by the whims and emotions of a populace that is unwilling to be informed and make informed decisions.
Instead, the race for presidency has degenerated into a popularity/beauty contest with a slice of “who can promise the most?” for dessert.
Gone are the days of “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Instead it is all about “What do I want and how can I get it…at any cost.”
But, I guess I already knew that. I just don’t understand old people not voting for someone because they are old.
What hath God wrought?
Green Is Something
Posted by clifgriffin in Politically Incorrect, Politics, Rant on November 8th, 2007
Debating global warming is like debating evolution: utterly pointless.
There is so much quasi-science available to construct almost every conceivable argument for and against that facts are nearly useless.
The reason for this is simple: Proponents of impending castostrophic global warming, like proponents of unguided macro-evolution are emotionally driven, not fact driven. It makes perfect sense too.
If you believe that we are the product of natural processes that randomly conspired to form life which eventually beget human life, you are faced with a inescably meaningless existence. While you have the benefit of being autonomous and free to choose your own standard of morality and justice, you have the disadvantage of having nothing to look forward to except for eventual, final degredation into the dirt from whence you came.
Life without purpose is not life at all, as most of us know. How does one find purpose in a meaningless life? By finding a dilemna that is both caused by and solved by humans. This is why man made global warming is so attractive to liberals. Those who spend their days feeling guilty about their own and America’s prosperity, are able to project these feelings onto the entire world.
Global warming will destroy the planet, they say. It’s our fault, they say. But most importantly, only we can stop it.
And therein lies the purpose of their lives. Which brings us to another fascinating quality that liberals share: the desire to force everyone else to act like them.
It is never good enough for a liberal to follow his or her passion in solidarity. Think about it, how many meat eaters are out marching in the streets and writing articles about the dangers of a vegetarian diet and asking congress to ban soy products? None. But there are plenty of vegetarians who would have us belief that beef is toxic and should be criminalized. (and a few that will say that milk causes internal bleeding)
How many suburban drivers are trying to lobby the car industry to eliminate small cars? None. But there are plenty of environmentalist wackos out there trying to stop those who do drive SUVs from being able to.
How many fast food frequenters are trying to make everyone eat fast food? None. But there are tons who are actively trying to shut McDonalds down and add taxes to food considered unhealthy.
The list goes on and on. We should ban incadescent lights. We should force auto makers to make more efficent cars. We should punish oil companies for making too much money in the commodities market. (if you have taken any economics classes, you know how ironic that last sentence is)
Liberals find their meaning in imposing their agendas on the rest of us. Liberals find their meaning in restricting everyone else’s freedom.
When they say that global warming is everyone’s job, they really mean it’s everyone’s fault.
So when I want to vomit everytime I see NBC’s “Green Is Universal” commercial with a helpful tip for how I can save the planet, now you’ll understand why.
Mere honesty, please.
Posted by clifgriffin in Personal, Rant on November 7th, 2007
Shanna reminded me of something I have been thinking for a long time now.
Nearly everyone, devoutly Christian or quasi-Christian, lists Mere Christianity in their list of favorite books. The casual observer might not think this odd, but as someone who is reasonably intelligent and has actually delved into the pages of this master piece, I’m very skeptical.
Mere Christianity, henceforth refered to as MC, is a collection of transcripts in book form. It is not light reading and cannot be consumed casually. C.S. Lewis has a way of packing meaning, direct and indirect, into each sentence such that each page must nearly be read twice to keep up with his reasoning.
I fully admit that I have yet to finish MC. I intend to someday, but it is not a trivial task. It requires reflection and a healthy amount of critical thinking.
Bearing all of this in mind, my hypothesis is this: 9 out of 10 people who say Mere Christianity is their favorite book have not read it, or at the very least have not finished it.
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