Bloglines vs. Google Reader: [link]
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tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 9:20:37 am PDT #9135 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Oct 06, 2006 9:25:03 am PDT #9136 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The other Bloglines behavior that's driven me nuts for months is a 200 item unread limit per feed. Once a feed reaches 200 unread items in it, Bloglines stops adding new ones to the feed listing. So if you haven't looked at a particularly prolific feed for awhile? The "newest" one you see when you do finally view it can be months old! I never understood that.
Ohhhhhhh. That would be why my Vids folder hasn't been updated since I got back from Paris. I should probably clean it out at some point. Or switch to Google Reader.
Tom Scola - Oct 06, 2006 9:26:18 am PDT #9137 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
There's a rumor going around that Google is buying YouTube.
Jon B. - Oct 06, 2006 10:28:52 am PDT #9138 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Bloglines vs. Google Reader
I had stuck with Bloglines because I didn't like Google Reader, but the upgrades may convince me to switch. Most importantly, Bloglines is blocked here at work, while I can still get at the Google. Winner: the Google!
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 10:32:16 am PDT #9139 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Most importantly, Bloglines is blocked here at work
Why? Time-waster? Or do people use it to read naughty blogs?
Jon B. - Oct 06, 2006 10:35:37 am PDT #9140 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Probably timewaster. It seems like anything with "blog" in the name is blocked. Seriously. For example, I can get to wfmu.org, but not blog.wfmu.org.
Jon B. - Oct 06, 2006 11:10:07 am PDT #9141 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Microsoft Access 2003: I need an expression that takes the difference between two numbers, but returns 0 if the difference is negative. In Excel, I'd use max(num1-num2,0), but I can't find an equivilent in Access. Does it exist, or do I need to do an IIF statement?
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 11:11:36 am PDT #9142 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
what am I thinking....
or do I need to do an IIF statement?
Yes.
The lack of a Max() or Min() function in VBA is annoying. (Not to beconfused with Max and Min in SQL.)
eta: OK, here's a worse way of doing it: ((b-a) + Abs(b-a))/2
Jon B. - Oct 06, 2006 11:37:38 am PDT #9143 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
OK, here's a worse way of doing it: ((b-a) + Abs(b-a))/2
Ha!
It is annoying though. All I needed was a way to make a number between 0 and 100% (i.e., no negative percents and nothing greater than 100%), and I had to use nested IIF statements. Ridiculous!
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 11:41:28 am PDT #9144 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You could do:
IIF(b-a <0 Or b-a >100,0,b-a)
(Assuming the numbers have already been converted to %.)
eta: Oh wait, you pro'lly wanna convert >100 to 100, right? Then you gotta do the nested IIF.