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• css
• browsers
• troubleshooting

I am a web developer. I develop web sites, the code behind them, and most technical aspects associated with interactions on the web. I am concerned primarily about function, speed, efficiency and usability.

• general

This week, one of my co-workers began working on a ticket that I had started. The situation involved an ASP.NET script, a stored procedure, and CSV and Database data sources. It was a fairly complicated issue that involved a 3rd party - they supplied the CSV file. It turns out that they had changed the formatting of the CSV file, which botched up our import script quite thoroughly.

• troubleshooting

I'm at work, but I'm not at work. I'm sitting in the Public Safety building, in a meeting room, with other essential staff. Certain public offices, like Public Health and the County Clerk, have a skeleton crew occupying a couple of seats. Computers and phones are set up where they're neccessary, and people come and go like it's business as usual.

• server

My new year's resolution is to switch to Linux - specifically one of the Ubuntu variants. I'm sick of using Windows and supporting Microsoft in it's efforts to remove the rights of it's users. Linux can (technically) do absolutely anything I need it to do, the trick is getting from here to there.

• linux