the Office Muscle

Wow, Google just never ceases to pump out new versions of their products. This one's got streamlined UI, expanded database of high resolution images, etc. It's also been released for Linux and Mac if you like those flavors.

Here's the news release via Google's blog.

The download is here. Just remember, version 4 is beta. But, for Google, that doesn't mean much.

Wow, I just finished my first all out Software Design Description with my group at school. The project took a lot out of me, but I'm still standing -- just after a lot of kneeling. And what do you know, today I've actually felt again what it feels like to relax. Oooohhh, it feels good. Oh, but wait, gotta' go. I've got a Software Quality Assurance Plan to make!

Hey you nerds! The two EDS commercials we saw today are now posted on jtsnake.com .

There's currently a link on the front page. If I move them, I'll let you know where. Hehe, so funny.

Sometimes I just get caught up in the latest, "greatest." Well, I was disappointed with WMP 11. The sleek black is cool, but it functioned differently/incorrectly in my opinion in comparison to the previous. IE 7 was all right, but IE 6 is still the most used browser and I don't know how to test for both on the same machine in my web dev, so I opted with rolling back. It feels much better. ahh....

Warning: You should probably make a backup copy of the registry before attempting to uninstall media player 11 beta. Although I didn't. Tee hee. :) And it's probably only a good idea to use this method if it's not listed under the Add/Remove Programs, which mine wasn't. Make a copy by selecting: Registry / Export Registry, save it on your Desktop.

• Click the START button and select Run.
• Type in: regedit in the command box.
• When the regedit window appears, expand the HKEY LOCAL MACHINE by clicking on the plus sign to its right.
• Now Click on the plus next to SOFTWARE, then MICROSOFT, then WINDOWS, then CURRENT VERSION and finally UNINSTALL
• When you expand the Uninstall folder, you'll see all the programs currently installed, such as the uninstall Media Player 10 or Media Player, etc.
• Click on the folder you want to uninstall, in the box on the right you will see two strings:
• DisplayName and UninstallString.
• Double click UninstallString and a box will appear with the uninstall string highlighted.
• Right click on the highlighted entry and select COPY.
• Close the Regedit window.
• Select the START button and click RUN.
• Right click inside the command box and paste the uninstall string and click OK to uninstall Media Player 10 beta.

I used the same procedure on IE 7 beta (in order to get back to IE 6 -- a somewhat allowable evil in a world that still produces websites that only work in IE. Pathetic!) Obviously, just changed which dir and uninstall string you use.

If your someone goes click-happy on your site ads, stop them sooner than later. Your hesitation could just shut the whole thing down. Bummer.

Today's been a good day for jtsnake.com. First, I completed the redesign for the site. It's a nice mixture of the good looks of the old design and the functionality of the latest one. Of course, that's just my opinion -- and I designed it!

Secondly, I like to keep track of where my site is showing up in the search engine results. Check it out:



Albeit, jtsnake isn't a term that many sites might incorporate, but I've bounced to the top out of more than 1000 Google hits. I'm excited about it.

New York--People for Ethical Treatment of Software (PETS) announced today that seven more software companies have been added to the group's watch list of companies that regularly practice software testing. "There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that companies like these can market new products." said Ken Grandola, spokesperson for PETS. "Alternative methods of testing these products are available" According to PETS, these companies force software to undergo lengthy and arduous tests, often without rest, for hours or days at a time. Employees are assigned to "break" the software by any means necessary, and inside sources report that they often joke about "torturing" the software. "It's no joke," said Grandola. "Innocent programs, from the day they are compiled, are cooped up in tiny rooms and "crashed" for hours on end. They spend the whole lives on dirty, ill-maintained computers, and are unceremoniously deleted when they're not needed anymore". Grandola said the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is infested with bugs. "We know that alternatives to this horror exist." he said, citing industry giant Microsoft Corporation as a company that has become successful without resorting to software testing.

Maybe we could put the ORC project on this list too? But, hey, we're repenting. :)

I can't believe I didn't jump on the bandwagon sooner and post this getfirefox.com contest entry . It has my vote mostly just because I can't help but laugh everytime -- and I see the demise of the blue "e". Hehe. Wheeeeee!

Well, the requirements specification area of our Software Engineering book really taught me something -- Entity Relationship Models can be useful! :)

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

-- Proverbs 22:6


Ah, the rising generation... This looks familiar, doesn't it? I wish I could find a similar picture from the early 90s when us cousins were playing Loom by Lucasarts. Ah, the glory days.

Well, I've been having some fun trying to get an iframe to reload, even if it's just an iframe being told to reload on the same page.

I had to specify a src="page.html" for the iframe to load itself on the first instance. I also had to specify a href="page.html" that could be used for setting the location and reloading, as follows:

frames['framename'].location = "anotherpage.html";

Wow, javascript's fun, but quite the handful sometimes.

I've read that accessing frames is somewhat of a tricky business, especially when considering multiple browser support, which of course I want, because I always use Firefox and 90% or so of everyone else uses the dreaded Internet Explorer. If I want to use it and want others to use it, it has to be supported on both browsers (and hopefully khtml browsers as well).

A good parent frame element accessor I've used goes as follows:
parent.document.getElementById('elementId').value = "whatever";

I can even access a child frame:
frames['framename'].location.href="somepage.html";

But, I can't seem to get to elements, like input components, etc., inside of the child frame. Any advice on this challenge?