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nockergeek) wrote2002-02-28 10:17 pm
nockergeek) wrote2002-02-28 10:17 pm
Trying not to get too frustrated...
I sat down to get some work done on PHLog, after giving Z some time to check her email and webpages. So, I sit down, get one function written, and Z asks for an example on how to set up the comment system I wrote for her (Comment Monkey v0.10, remeber?). Okay, fair enough... so I throw together a quick example.html file for her that shows the links to use. She can just cut and paste the links out of the document and change the one relevant variable. Really easy to handle. I get ready to go back to PHLog.
Then she asks for me to demonstrate it again... okay, okay, I'll go ahead and do it. I set up the comment system to serve as a guestbook on the front page of http://www.ninja-monkey.com, show her how I did it, and demonstrate it in use. I show her the comment form, the comment viewing page, and the admin (after I look up the password - I love how PHP can use HTTP authentication.) She's already seen me demonstrate the admin while I was developing and testing it, so I let that part slide. Demonstration complete, I get ready to go back to PHLog.
And she asks me to show her again.
*steams*
I told her that I'd already demonstrated it twice, that I left her an example file for cutting and pasting and a fully-functional setup on her index page, and that I'd really like to get some work done. She apologizes and retreats into the bedroom with the laptop.
I sometimes forget that other people aren't programmers - that things that are second-nature to me take time for other people to absorb completely. I also forget that she gets tired a lot sooner than I do, and that ideas take longer to sink in when one is tired - I know I'm really braindead when I'm low on REM sleep. I also forget that she's a bit sheepish when it comes to webmastering and such; she's very capable, just unsure of herself. I sometimes forget one or all of these things.
Anyway, I'm going to go apologize to her. And then I'll try to get some work done on PHLog. I've been totally knocked out of the zone... I'll see if I can get back in again. I hope so - I want to get that baby done (at least to v0.10) so I can use it on my new page, and set it up for Z to use.
Then she asks for me to demonstrate it again... okay, okay, I'll go ahead and do it. I set up the comment system to serve as a guestbook on the front page of http://www.ninja-monkey.com, show her how I did it, and demonstrate it in use. I show her the comment form, the comment viewing page, and the admin (after I look up the password - I love how PHP can use HTTP authentication.) She's already seen me demonstrate the admin while I was developing and testing it, so I let that part slide. Demonstration complete, I get ready to go back to PHLog.
And she asks me to show her again.
*steams*
I told her that I'd already demonstrated it twice, that I left her an example file for cutting and pasting and a fully-functional setup on her index page, and that I'd really like to get some work done. She apologizes and retreats into the bedroom with the laptop.
I sometimes forget that other people aren't programmers - that things that are second-nature to me take time for other people to absorb completely. I also forget that she gets tired a lot sooner than I do, and that ideas take longer to sink in when one is tired - I know I'm really braindead when I'm low on REM sleep. I also forget that she's a bit sheepish when it comes to webmastering and such; she's very capable, just unsure of herself. I sometimes forget one or all of these things.
Anyway, I'm going to go apologize to her. And then I'll try to get some work done on PHLog. I've been totally knocked out of the zone... I'll see if I can get back in again. I hope so - I want to get that baby done (at least to v0.10) so I can use it on my new page, and set it up for Z to use.
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It was taking a while to sink it. I was frustrated that I didn't have it on the first time around. I hadn't really realized how tired my lefty brain was ^_^ See, my right brain was fine. I was just churning out story, but when I went to review how to set the comment system before going to bed, I drew an absolute blank. Mmm, blank.
Anyway, I know I can go in and figure it out for myself. You've made it exceedingly simple, even for a ditz like me. I'm just really scared that I'm going to fuck up everything on which you've worked so hard :( I'm sorry if I'm a pain. I love you :)