Author: Writer guy

The Cat’s got credit

Writer guy

For each enterprise the drive for expansion drives the need for a credit line, and for Buddhapuss Books, that time is now. Offers for credit arrived nearly from day one. By the four month of operation the cat had five solicitations. Not to be rushed, Master Buddhapuss researched wisely, and selected the shortest form with the least questions. It was also the only offer with the option of a black card. Since he had the dry heaves when the mail arrived that day, I handled the phone call to the bank. After the routine security questions, our discussion turned to real specifics.

Account Manager: Before I enable the card, I have to ask some questions about the business.
Sam: Hit me.
Account Manager: Do you operate a farm, commercial or private, or do you provide, sell or distribute farm equipment, or sell raw materials to farms?
Sam: Buddhapuss Books sells…um…books.
Account Manager: Would you say the gross revenue for 2004 was less than 2,000,000?
Sam: Yes.
Account Manager: OK, your card is now active. Thank you for choosing XXXXXXXXXXX.

Nearly anyone can get credit these days, eh? Excuse me, Buddhapuss just ordered sushi pizza again….

196

Writer guy

The title 196 refers to the number of days this site and server remained up and accessible without interruption. Last night the streak ended, not because of a technical issue but for security concerns, and the downtime allowed for the application of a number of patches. The total outage was less than three hours. Not too shabby. Here’s to another 196 issue free days. 😉

Today was warehouse day, or as some in the industry say “book scouting”. In the heat of battle my nifty scanner, Treo, and price fetch application did very well. A few modifications are necessary to enhance usability, but at the end of the day – it works. Overall a good show for someone who hasn’t coded regularly for a quite some, I should think.

My goal for tomorrow: be funny and have fun.

WOOOHAH!

Writer guy

I crawled out from under the order landslide, taxes and coding for sixteen hours stretches just in time for the Wife to leave me. She bolted, bound for Connecticut with two strange men in a van stuffed with enough provisions for days. Never fear. This journey is husband approved. In fact, I was glad she went. Her destination – a leadership seminar, the two strange men – coworkers. Truly, I am a man of the Aughties.

Work on Velocity resumes after four days of non stop Buddhapuss Book business ( gasp ). After staring at code for a few days the road home to coherence is fraught with punctuation lesson. For instance, semi-colons are not substitutes for periods. A good rule I should think, and one I understand on an instinct level. But after pouring out a few thousand lines of code where all “statements” end in semi-colons, I caught myself writing this gem:

velocity.write( true );

Clearly things are returning to normal. A new short story will appear in the next 1-2 weeks, the exact date depends on sales.

Alll right, what the heck is going on?

Writer guy

Sorry about the lagging blog entries lately. Tax week is hectic enough, and this year it’s overloaded with activities: Buddhapuss Book orders, writing, coding an inventory management system, and doctor appointments ( stupid acid reflux ).

A normal update schedule shall resume shortly. Between now and Wednesday the 20th, I might miss a day.

Thanks to everyone for hanging in there and thanks for your patience in advance. I swear I’ll be funny again. Really.