nisch.org

Yes, as per the title, it is not possible in Informatica PowerCenter 9.0.1 (and I assume earlier versions as well) to put a mapplet inside a mapplet. That's really annoying! The only reason I can see why you couldn't do it is because you could make infinite loops... I guess... but only if you are really stupid.

Amazing. Here it is.

Nothing too much to report at this stage, although I have to say getting up early sucks! Had to get up at 6.30 this morning to get to work by 7 (hah... so lazy I am). Leaving early in the arvo was the ticket but ... it never ends up that way. I'd rather start at 9 and leave a little after 5. Starting early only means you end up working until 4ish or 5ish anyways!

Oh yes, the whole point of getting in early was to get the Informatica PowerCenter 9.0.1 upgrade done. Yes, for those playing meeting bingo, we WENT LIVE. Hah.

Yes, they are finally online! After almost 18 months, you can view them here:

http://nisch.org/blog/taxonomy/term/6

Quite sad really. No guarantees of the quality since I am basically just copying them from my notes. Could be some embarassing stuff in there. To quote Mr Bilsdon, Giddy up!

Well, it turns out Drupal is actually more popular than I previously thought.
According to the official graph: http://drupal.org/project/usage/drupal
...there are over 300,000 sites using the current stable version of 6.x. The Alpha, version 7, which I am using, is about 1,000. That's still quite a lot I reckon.

Speaking of things Drupal, the plan is to complete the following "highly important" "missing bits" first:

Welcome to the new nisch.org which has been built using a popular CMS product *cough Drupal* and not my own code (for the first time ever).

There are few things missing in Drupal which my old site somehow managed to do:

• Photo Gallery
• Yell Box
• Avatars for registered users
• Images in articles/blogs including attachments

This is probably because I'm using Drupal 7 which is not really past the 'Alpha' stage... hah oh well. There may be issues. There may be bugs (I've found some already). Harden up.

Right so it's time to vote today? Yes. So off I go to the local public school to vote, as per normal. The sun is shining and there is a slight breeze and everything feels normal.

I get to my local public school and there is no-one shoving propaganda in my face.. hmm.. must be outlawed these days. Ah well. Carry on.

I get into the school premises and there is a guy in a full-size Star Wars Storm Trooper outfit talking to (what I presume) his daughter, finishing each sentence with a "kerrshpppt", as if he is talking on a walkie talkie.

So, open source eh? Full of bugs? Perhaps. But at least you can fix them if you try hard enough.

There's a really annoying bug in Ubercart 2.3 that doubles up products in an order every time you try to add more products. The same also happens when you try and delete products from the order. So you end up with a very large and expensive order. Not good.

I spent the last 2 and a half hours digging through the code and found it was doing a save before adding the products. Then it does another save.

Am I just getting touchy in my "old" age? Here is a list of things that I think should be banned from any workplace:

• Loud phone ringtones
• Smelly perfume
• Bogs
• Loud gatherings outside of meeting rooms
• Banging fists on desks
• Smokers

That feels better now. I should add more to this, later, I think.

With the addition of an SSD, the upgrade is now complete. Had to find a way to Beaconsfield this arvo with Boyter (spent a bit of time wandering around the 'burbs) to pick up a couple of SSD's. The "shop" was in the front of some guy's house. Literally. But they were cheap and fast so all was good. Ordered & picked up on the same day. I've actually ordered one from MSY but they haven't called me so I have given up on them. Typical MSY.

SSD's are are so small and light you wonder what on earth you are paying for. "Will this thing actually work?" you wonder.

Specs:

Well today was an interesting day. When Boyter, Greg & myself went out for lunch today, everything seemed normal... until Greg decided to buy some hot chips for lunch.
He tries to pay for the chips with a $10 note and they don't accept it. Weird we thought, so I had to lend him $3 in coins hoping they would accept that. Turns out the $10 note was fake!