wha? no infopath rants?
Okay, just one. Who ever decided that "merge forms" would be something completely different than "concatenate forms." Think about it.
Merge Forms:
Form 1:
Name: Myname Namius
Address: One Address Way, Milwaukie, WI 02134
Phone: 555 555 1212
Form 2:
Name: Whos Yourdaddy
Address: Two Myaddress Way, Spaceship, TN 90210
Phone: 555 867 5309
Merged Form:
Myname Namius
Whos Yourdaddy
One Address Way, Milwaukie, WI 02134
Two Myaddress Way, Spaceship, TN 90210
555 555 1212
555 867 5309
In other words, the merged form is completely useless! What was the point? What this does is make us have a master form that includes every person, which anyone can edit, so that all info is pre-merged the way we want it. This is incredibly lame and should be replaced or appended with a merge option within SharePoint that concatenates. And a better word for concatenates is:
I got a big laugh out of this one, too, which is a list of features to turn off when editing SharePoint via FrontPage. And check out the interface to do this! This isn't your grandmother's oldsmobile, thats for sure. Meaning: don't try this without double-checking your MCSE credentials first.
Okay, back to our regularly scheduled program. I've started doing recipes again after practically never doing them my whole life. I grew up with a great book called "The Kid's Kitchen Takeover" which had recipes in it, but woe to those who followed them without having any fun along the way. However, I'm not finding these grownup recipes very rewarding. I'm still going to give them a try. For one thing, they aren't pragmatic about your time. Today I finally found ground pork at the store, and added thyme and garlic and other stuff, all to make a kind of sausage that would follow a specific recipe. While I was stirring, I thought "I could have just bought sausage." But jimmy dean on a bun does not sell magazines.
It could just be my patience is thin, I'm low on sleep and on a quest to find a less humorous brand of underwear, so I'm a little cranky as well. (Please send e-mail if you want to find out more, I can't bear to post about THAT one. Let's just say it involved a shout from a passing car. You can imagine the rest). Perhaps I should start drinking while I cook, it will make me more amenable to taking orders. (Does drinking while you program help the same way?)