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Saturday, Nov 14 2009

itunes speed

Enough said about this on previous postings. I wonder if Apple is ever going to attach a real db behind the software so it can really perform when handling large amounts of files. Parsing and re-saving an enormous XML file every time you change anything about any song is a real pain, as well as searching, etc. A real database would handle hundres of thousands or millions of songs without a problem.

I don't even have that many songs on mine and it chokes here and there

uploads on chrome

Since Chrome came out I've had trouble uploading images and files from it here on my blog site. It has to do with the ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" on the forms and the way that's handled. The server components that my hosting provider supplies to do file uploads use a syntax to retrieve form variables that Chrome just doesn't support. It works fine, and has always worked, on any version of Firefox or IE, but it does not on Safari or Chrome. I think it is likely an issue on WebKit. May very well be by design (in fact, most likely it is), but it creates a problem nevertheless. I should just re-write all the scripts behind the site in PHP or Python, but I don't see having the time to do so any time soon.

What I have done instead, since it's annoyed me for a while, is piece together a quick ASP upload script, no server components, so I can handle everything on my own. Took me a minute to get up to speed on VBScript syntax again (nightmarish flashbacks), but after that in about 15 min, voila, I can do uploads from Chrome as well

Itunes artwork

Spent a bit of time catching up on iTunes song artwork (covers), sort of tedious.



wave

Got my Google Wave invite earlier this week, i didn't realize it had come in, got lost in my inbox. Will take a look over the week, see what all the hype is about.

Got up relatively early this morning. Definitely have a sore throat .

Damp and rainy out, and a little cool (~50 F)

The 2 stacks of 100 (2x100 DVD-Rs) arrive this week as well, I had run out of blanks, which is unusual. All stocked up again.

The USB N wireless card on my desktop seems to work well, permanently connected to the router at 72 Mbps, that's a nice improvement. Range seems better as well from anywhere in the house, the router upgrade was a success.

weekend

the weekend is here. nate will be visiting, he is looking for an apartment. it's been raining today, very windy at times and also cold. i think i am getting a cold myself, felt dizzy this evening, we'll see.

just caught up on the last 2 gossip girl episodes w/ nicole, not bad. been tinkering with the audio modes of my onkyo receiver for a bit, finding the optimal settings.

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