Archive for January 2005

Designing without prefs

I run into this in Bugzilla from time to time, where people don’t understand why I don’t want to take code for an alternate UI/feature (pref-driven of course). There’s arguments about code size “its only 12 lines” or “its a hidden pref, users won’t be confused by it” which are often both not the case. [...]

My body's trying to tell me something.

I left the tree unwatched, and broke it, on Sunday because I was lying flat on my back trying to force my back to stop spasming. Last night I was in the ER because I threw up some blood. (Seemingly semi-ok now, still feeling like crap). Note to self: get more sleep, eat better food, [...]