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nasty
I downloaded bloxsom. It's
a snap to use and set up. The idea is incredibly elegant. The site
is downright inspiring.
The code is garbage.
Here's a sample:
next if $pi_yr && $yr != $pi_yr; last if $pi_yr && $yr < $pi_yr;
next if $pi_mo_num && $mo ne $num2month[$pi_mo_num];
next if $pi_da && $da != $pi_da; last if $pi_da && $da < $pi_da;
Why would someone put so much care into creating a beautiful
site and a simple concept, and then write code like this?
It's sad, because I really wanted to like this thing.
wasting time with foxes
The little prince went away, to look again at the roses.
"You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world."
And the roses were very much embarassed.
...
And he went back to meet the fox.
"Goodbye," he said.
"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
"What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."