Black holes and revelations

Today I had an epiphany. I have a half-finished program being built by a friend that stores data in mySQL tables – data I need but have to wait for as the program’s not finished. I sat at my desk going “gosh, if only there was some way I could get the results out while I wait for it to be finished.” and then it hit me, much like a bucket of water would… I’ve been writing mySQL and PHP for 9 years now – all my homebuilt sites run on mySQL tables! I use PHP to do things that I can’t be bothered to learn how to do in Excel. I can actually combine something I do for fun (coding – I know, sad) with my work! MY HOBBY IS USEFUL FOR TEH REAL WORLD! *flails*

I seriously wonder how I ever achieve anything if it takes me this long (at least a month since I knew this program ran on mySQL) to put 2 and 2 together…

I also had an achievement – I went out for dinner and only ate half the pizza. As a fully paid up member of the clean plate movement and the “there are children starving in Africa” guilt trip sufferer, I always finish my food, even if full. Today I did not (I did however bring it home for noms tomorrow). This is an important step in my aim to be less of myself.

Happy Birthday to AnM! It was her birthday on Saturday. I have a cool present lol (hope she hasn’t already got it…*rubs hands together with glee*)

I have also noticed that I’m updating WordPress versions pretty much every time I post, which suggests I’m not posting enough…