Gil's Last Episode

You might wonder who Gil is.  Well, Gil (full name Gill Grissom), is a forensic entomologist that is also the night-shift supervisor in the series CSI.  I've been watching CSI since I got back from Cebu, but sadly, didn't start with Season 1, I don't know what season it was.  Luckily, my former officemate is also a CSI fan, so I borrowed his copy of seasons 1-4.

Anyway, AXN is airing CSI Season 9 every Wednesday night at 10pm.  In last week's episode, Gil announced that he'll be leaving CSI for good, and told everybody that he wanted Catherine to take his position so that he be sure that they will be of good hands.  So tonight, he leaves.  He solved his last case, together with a new character, Professor Ray Langston (played by Laurence Fishburne, and I'm hoping he'll stay, but I don't know yet).  After solving the case, he went to see Langston and offered him entry-level position in CSI.  But as I've said, I don't know if Langston will be returning the next episode.

So there, Gil's leaving. Packed his things from his office, took a walk around CSI observing his colleagues, then left.  Towards the end of the episode, I was telling myself, "Please let Sara be there!  Please let Sara be there!"  And there she is!  After leaving the office, the next plot was, Gil taking a hike in a forest, holding a GPS, and finally arriving at his destination.  And Sara faced him.  And they kissed.... ***in love***

Personal note, I really cry at goodbyes, whether it's death or just simply leaving.  But I like this goodbye.  Yes, I was teary-eyed in the end, but I was satisfied.  Now I wonder, what will CSI be without Gil?  Hmmmm...

Fresh Start

What a programmer wanted the least is his/her computer to crash.  If that happens, it only means one thing, the troublesome and tiresome reinstallation.  Imagine that.

Well, my husband's laptop didn't really crash.  It's just that, I can't drag-and-drop anymore.  This affects everything because most of the time, I drag files and drop them to another storage.  It's also easier to drag-and-drop files in FTP, rather than finding the button to upload/download the files.  But that, I can still live without.

But in the end, I decided to reinstall.  Why?  Definitely not the drag-and-drop problem.  It's my IIS.  I couldn't open the properties dialog box in sites.  And while looking for the solution, I realized, it's not only in IIS.  The problem also persisted in Event Viewer and Services explorer, and everything with the same explorer as IIS.  I cried hard because I felt I was very unlucky.  So there, I was only able to work for a few hours, then I started the reinstallation of the OS (with the help of my husband, of course -- I don't know how to start the reinstallation).  I was up until 4AM.  Really troublesome.

So now, I'm having a really fresh start.  I already started working again just this 8PM.  And while doing so, I continue installing with the rest of the programs that I often use.

Changing href Link Through JavaScript

I've been looking for ways to change the anchor link through JavaScript. Luckily, I found this site that helped me with the solution: WebSewak's Techjunk.

I just want to post the solution here so that I won't forget about it.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var boardpics = new Array();
var boardpicsLarge = new Array();
boardpics['1'] = 'images/product/medium/22_1_.jpg';
boardpicsLarge['1'] = 'images/product/large/22_1_.jpg';
boardpics['2'] = 'images/product/medium/22_2_.jpg';
boardpicsLarge['2'] = 'images/product/large/22_2_.jpg';
boardpics['3'] = 'images/product/medium/22_3_.jpg';
boardpicsLarge['3'] = 'images/product/large/22_3_.jpg';
function changeImagesrc(id){
document.productimg.src = boardpics[id];
document.getElementById('productimgID').href = boardpicsLarge[id];}
function changeImagesrc1(){
document.productimg.src = 'images/product/medium/22.jpg';}
</script>

A Site's Value

What good is a site? Really, I'm asking.

I've been working with online stores for more than a year now. I'm in charge with how the design works in a site. I make sure everything is working perfectly. I've been part of countless site developments, and even deployed a few on my own. Right now, although I'm not really deploying a new site, I'm the one that makes sure that the site looks good and doesn't have bugs or any problems. But just what good is a site?

I still believe that a site is just as good as the number of hits it has. Whatever you do with your site, whatever design or theme you'll apply, it's just as good as how many times it is viewed. In theater, if there's a stage play, one can measure how good the play was by the number of people who went there to see and appreciate it. In short, your site is nothing if only one or two people visits it. This blog or the rest of my pages are nothing if only my husband and a friend views it. This is worthless.

But why do I still make an effort to make this look good? Why do I still make blog entries? Because this is my passion. This is how I release my emotions. So do I actually care if only one or two people sees this? Of course, I do! I want a lot of audience for my play. But what can I do? I don't have a lot of friends to watch my self act. I'm just a lonely actress. My site is just a lonely stage. But I still value it.

So which is it?