an empty place v3.5

Angelika: Show us the way, Grandmother Toad, and I'll give you a kiss.
Will: That's just not right.

-- The Brother's Grimm

One of our other guy's is joining our project team (or has joined, whatever) and will be working on a subsystem I designed. This module is rather complex and multifacetted and requires some background before it can be used properly. From the beginning of its inception I have been keeping notes scribbled in a modified five subject (I took two five subject notes spiral note books, took out their nifty yet utterly useless dividing mini folders and put both books' of paper back on to one of the spring binders) spiral. The legible parts I transcribed into various design documents organizing my thoughts, adding diagrams and all kinds of "if I were hit by a bus and no one knew how this works" kinds of tech.

Because our "new guy" (he's been with the company longer than I have) has recently had a baby (actually, his wife had the baby though I'm sure he played a part somewhere in there) I thought it would have been a nice gesture to compile all of my notes and make his transition to my nightmare a but easier and this being a long weekend I could leisurely get things together for him. So Friday, I copied over my docs and the project and off I went. Over the course of the weekend I pecked out some good notes, added more comments to the code, and even considered some design revisions that I would discuss with him.

This morning I came in and copied over the changes I made. You see, in the Windows world, when you go to replace a folder with another folder of the same name, if the contents do not match, the only contents that are affected are those that overlap with the new being copied in and the old ones remaining if they did not change. With Macs however, if you replace a Folder, that's what you do, you replace it and all of its contents. And, if you are in a hurry and you manage to copy the wrong folder (same name but from an alternate path) over it, undo is not an option. Period. Well Ronco, looks like you're in for some fun. Sorry pal, I tried.

In other news, I saw this weekend what may end up being the absolute worst film of the summer: The Brothers Grimm. This movie's delivery was just horrible. I expected far more of this film, it just could have been so much better. Hardly even worth a rental fee in my opinion.

I am thinking about throwing a dinner party but have no idea who, what, when, where, or for. I can tell you though, the napkins will look great.