Web Developer extension

Those of you who are using Firefox/Mozilla/Flock/Seamonkey probably know about the Web Developer extension. If you don't, well, it is an extension that is a boon for web page developers. It provides various features using which you can test your web page. For more info, go here.

Well, this post is not to praise Web Developer, but rather about what I saw just yesterday. By default, the extension installs with icons and text, (i.e.) it looks like this.

The 'View Source' you see is the last menu option in the toolbar. However, menu options do exist even after View Source. To view those, use any of the following two ways:

1. Click Tools(on your browser) -> Extensions -> Web Developer -> Options. Select General in the left list, and select 'Text' in the 'Display Toolbar With' combo.
2. Slam the mouse pointer to the end of the toolbar and click. You should get a menu with the options: Persist Styles, Reset Page, Options..., Help..., and About.... Select Options. Select General in the left list, and select 'Text' in the 'Display Toolbar With' combo.

Now your toolbar looks like this:
The 'Q' specifies which rendering mode the current page uses. Q is for Quirks, while S is for Standards.

The 'N' specifies whether JS errors have occurred on the page. If yes, 'N' changes to 'E'. However, I had a page where there were errors on page load, but the extension showed 'N'.

Now, why did I not come across this information on any other page?

Update: Could this be a resolution problem? The computer in which I got this problem had a maximum resolution of 800 * 600. Now on my new computer with a resolution set to * 768, I don't face this issue.

Why experience is valued

So there I am, hurriedly departing for office in the morning, with my mind constantly reminding me that I have to leave my scooter for service, and then take a bus to office, when my mom comes over and tells me not to forget the lunch box.

I say, "I never forget it."

Mom says, "It's not that. Last time, when Anna (Tamil for elder brother) delivered his vehicle for service, he forgot to take his lunch box from under the seat. You don't do the same thing again."

I say, pretty dismissively, "Ya ya. I won't forget it."

When I reached the workshop, I found that I was at the end of a long line of people who had come to deliver their vehicles for service. After a wait of what seemed an eternity, (and what was actually 45 minutes), I told the guy that this was a free service, and that the brake lever was loose. The service rep. told me that my vehicle would be delivered the next day.

Already pretty late, I hurried towards the bus stop. Halfway there, I realized something: I did not have my lunch bag with me!! It was still in the vehicle!!

I ran back to the workshop. I told the security guy there that I needed my lunch bag and asked him for the keys to my scooter. The guy searched in a tray of keys, but told me mine wasn't to be found. I thought, "Maybe they must have left it in the scooter itself", and looked over at my scooter, but no, it wasn't. I searched the tray; no key. Finally, another guy came and he searched - again no key. He said, "Maybe it's in here" and opened a cupboard. There were a few keys in there, and among them, mine!!

I ran over to my scooter, opened the seat, and retrieved my lunch bag. I ran back to the dealer, deposited the keys, and ran to the bus stop.

Hmmm... so much for experience.

Guy in bus with helmet

Now why would a guy travelling in a bus have a helmet? Sounds strange, right?

Well, that is exactly the thought that travelled through the minds of fellow passengers when, 3 months back, I boarded the bus with a helmet. No one really noticed (or atleast, I didn't notice anyone noticing me) until the bus came to a few metres of my destination. I got up to alight. The bus was crowded, and I couldn't move with a bag strapped over my shoulder and the helmet at my side. So, I did what I felt was logical: I lifted the helmet above the heads of the passengers and moved towards the exit.

The guy standing next to me looked at me strangely. I realized what he must have thought and smiled at him. He too sheepishly smiled back. But he still had the doubt unexplained and it was revealed in his eyes. The bus came to the stop. Not wanting to leave him in that state, I explained, "I had left my vehicle at the workshop for service, and they are delivering it today. That's why I am having the helmet with me."

The guy and me both flashed a knowing grin. I got off the bus.

Now that's one reason why a guy needs a helmet while travelling in a bus!!! ;-)

Why am I posting this now? It's three months since this happened, right? Well, for two reasons:
a) I began blogging only recently, and
b) Yesterday morning, I delivered my vehicle at the workshop for service. ;-)

Customary first post

Hi people!!! This is my first posting. I am a software developer by profession, hoping to make my mark (some mark) in this world. I love anything that is interesting. In general, I like to learn as much as possible about this world.

I intend this blog to be a record of all my experiences as I face them in life. I also intend this blog to be a record of all new things I learn; so if there is something that you do not like or which gives you that less-knowledgeable feeling(tee hee hee), just move on to the next post!!!