I really enjoy coding and making new things but sometimes, when there’s a schedule to keep and posts to tidy up and I can’t get on with one thing until I have tidied up something else then it can be a bit of a bind.
You see, I can really get into some new piece of code or software and get the greatest of pleasure from being ‘in the zone’ while I keep the whole flow of the program in my head while I add or edit a function. Things seem to just fit together right.
Some of the solutions I have come up with for a particular bug or output error freak me out!. When I go back and look at the code after a few weeks, I think, “how the hell did I come up with that?” lol
It gets me inspired to try something new or make a small ‘fix’ in something I’ve been trying out.
Most of the time, my coding sessions start with a “I wonder if…” thought when I see something that looks cool on another site or plugin, then I try a little 10 or 20 line bit of code to see a new function or class work and before you know it, it’s 8 hours later and I’m dying for a pee and my ‘little test’ has turned into a mammoth program! I just love it when that happens, everything outside of my workstation didn’t happen, bodily functions, friends calling, work, play, everything! nought exists except the screen in front of me and the lines of code displayed on it.
It’s the awesomes.
Seeing the code work, that’s amazing too! even more so if it’s useful 
… if the program is for me then that’s usually where the coding stops (and the coding comedown happens where I feel all superior for a few hours) 
..it’s all the safeguards and data valildation I have to put in to counteract spammers or the error checks I need to put in for people that don’t know how to RTFM. It’s the constant support for people that shouldn’t be allowed a computer! although, helping people does feel really good but, not when it goes like this…
Q. your program is good, how do I use it?
A. there are instructions displayed where you downloaded it
Q. where is that?
A. <sigh>
I luv programming, it’s the other crap that pisses me off !
03.08.08 9:28 pm
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#104.08.08 4:03 am
Totally can relate to this. I do this often when I’m working on a SEO campaign. The world and everything else ceases to exist though sometimes this can get quite annoying for the rest of the family and friends.
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#204.08.08 10:47 am
Small price for the glory
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#304.08.08 11:55 am
On days like that when you know it’s time to have your chair replaced with a toilet!
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#404.08.08 2:20 pm
I wish that I could post. I am a user but envy all you guys who can programme.
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#504.08.08 4:01 pm
That baby is baby is badass! i’m learning programming now and i can completely understand how someone would love it!
#605.08.08 10:24 am
busby: some people call it being focused, I call it being blinkered, earplugged and catheter’d!
vladimir:
I’m sure you went through the same thing with your plugins!
james: the loo workstation is arriving soon!
nicole: it’s not that hard, we make most of up!
jason: just wait until you start producing things that are useful! you’ll luv it the most
#705.08.08 3:02 pm
Hah, lmao! You’ll need a wash basin as well – always scrub before you code!
Nicole, believe it or not learning to code isn’t hard – well, at least not if you’re going be doing the basics within PHP. Take your time, check out all the resources on the web and in a year you’ll be flying. Trust me, a year ago I could barely spell PHP!
#806.08.08 7:01 am
That is very encouraging and perhaps I should try my hand. I always felt that you needed to have a particular frame of mind for it.
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#906.08.08 1:49 pm
If only I could waste my days coding, I only have two things holding me back….uh that would be my kids. I just wanted to ask you a question. Is your blog solely aimed at people who know coding? I’m fairly new to blogging, and your blog just seems intimidating and unwelcoming….to us non-code writing peons.
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#1008.08.08 6:26 am
that pic is the bomb! I hack some html and css, but I think my days coding PHP are over. I just can’t sit still and focus my brain long enough to write whole programs and scripts…
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#1115.08.08 2:04 pm
Nicole, go for it. It’s just a learning process mixed up with some creativity.
MelissaQ
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#1215.08.08 2:05 pm
Nicole, go for it. It’s just a learning process mixed up with some creativity.
MelissaQ – I was reading sites that were dedicated to writing code before I started on the path. Don’t feel they’re imtimidating; they’re here to help and show you what can be done.
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#1320.08.08 7:38 am
Learning programing is a practice, its not the technique that you can can enter the thing and have the results.So learn the things and practice them.
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#1522.12.08 1:07 pm
I am also a programmer and I really can understand when some idea comes in mind then I simply leave the world on a side and continue with my work..Of course mom get annoyed..;)
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