In the past I've run into trouble when I try to do too many
projects at the same time. I think I've fallen into that again. I need to pick
one project to focus on.
"The Barrier"
I left "The
Barrier" for now. I'll pick it up again when the new version of
Xtranormal becomes available.
"My Most Difficult Case"
I started to work on "My
Most Difficult Case" again. The files were very badly organized, so I
tried to clean them up. To start I tried to get rid of duplicate files. I
reduced the number of files from 42,109 to 21,789. I cut the number of folders
from 716 to 265. The size of the files went from 324Gb to 187Gb.
There are still thousands of duplicates, but I'm not sure
which I can get rid of. It also looks like I got rid of some files I should
have kept. I generally hang on to all my intermediate files, so that it is
easier to go back and fix mistakes. I got that habit when I worked in
transportation planning. I think it is a good idea, but I need to document what
I do better, so I can clean up the files later.
Triond and Wikinut
Some years ago I used to post articles on a couple of
websites: Triond and Wikinut. I haven't posted new articles to either for a couple
years now. I haven't had any payments from either of them for well over a year.
I decided to cancel both accounts and repost my articles on my own site.
Wikinut doesn't seem to have a "close account"
function. I found some discussion of that on some web posts. Someone said that
they will close an account if you sent them a message and ask them to close the
account. I sent a message, but they haven't responded yet.
There seems to be some problem with Triond. I can't log in
at all. I did a search and found that people have been complaining about
problems with Triond since July. I will try again later.
I'll likely wait for a while after I close these accounts
before I start to report my articles on my website. I'd like to revise some of
them. There are also a few that I think I just want to get rid of.
Website
I want to do some work on my website. In particular I want
to set it up to be more iPhone/iPad friendly. I use WordPress for my website
and use a theme that I created from another theme. It is a bit clunky and I
can't see how I could easily modify it to be iPhone/iPad friendly.
I looked at some other themes, but I would need to make some
major changes to any I choose. The last time I did a major revision, I set up
an alternate website to test the new theme. I found that awkward to work with.
I wanted to see if it was possible to set up a site on my
local computer and do the experimenting there. I found a couple of systems that
seem to do the job: https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress/installer
and XAMPP https://www.apachefriends.org.
I don't know much about either, so it is hard to decide.
Pick a Project
I think that I really need to get "My Most Difficult Case" over and done with. On the other
hand I really want to redo my website. Maybe it will be easier to choose when I
get up Monday morning.
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