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This weekend I was trying to integrate some comment system in this site. There is "recommended" software called CGIcomment. I was at least surprised when I saw how it is constructed - all data in accessible via WWW directories. Even in case that this is nothing special in those files (on the other hand passwords to notes system are passwords, and lusers often have identical passwords on many systems). I spend few hours on fixing it and in the end dumped all to /dev/null. To many things to change. Looks like comments will be still unavailable.
I will try to write something anew or, first try to find something better filling my needs.

Few days ago I wrote about ideal task manager/time tracking tool. Now I can write some features which make this nonexistent program (or I'm not aware its existence yet).

These features are (not in any particular order):

• easy portability - I often work in different environments (Linux, FreeBSD, Windows) so it would be nice to have one tool to do this task with one tool
• synchronization via network (it is a result of a portability)
• task prioritization - task more important are easy to access, less important thus more likely they got focus may be hidden somewhere under
• easy "switchable" profiles - I often act with different roles and when I'm f.e. security officer I have other "task base" than when I'm system administrator.
• idle time - when focused on one task and currently reading Dilbert ;-) archives I want to mark this time as idle, but linked to this task
• data export to flat files like CSV, XML, etc....
• fields customization - easy way to add new fields

Don't know if this really so hard to find software meeting these criteria ? I've not succeeded on this quest ;-))

It was nice..... Year 2005 started for me with few contacts with people from "old good times".
Starting from party on New Year's Eve which I was spending with friends from high school. Some of them I haven't saw for over 4 or more years. But thats not all. Today I've got email written by friend of mine from high school. After we finished school, and drank all beer on last party I haven't saw him... It's almost 13 years, pretty long time......
Talking about him - he is an example of "man with passion" - always knew what he will be doing in future. There was only one way. On the see. Now he is ship's officer. Always wanted do this and he is doing it. Just do it huh ;-))

But that's not all - when I meet someone not seen for years, there is phone list synchronization taking place, and I have restored contacts with friends from event older times - from primary school..... It was loooong time ago, but still remember this fun which we had ;-))) Sometimes our games looked like taken from "Jackass", but this was still fun. Yes, yes I was exaggerating ;-) Then back in time it was communism in Poland, so life was much more "grey" and we hadn't so weird ideas, but still these were stupid.

I'm trying this NB thing. Will se if I find it suitable for me. First impression - positive. I prefer CLI tools, they are native to me :) unlike GUIs. But today You have no choice, and have to get used to GUIs. Evolve or die.

Looks like NB will be for me OK. NB - NanoBlogger which I use to write this words. Second tool which I need to find to some task manger/time tracking tool. I have tried few, but not found any good. When it will be good ? First I will have to sit and write down a few features which make ideal tool for that. Of course ideal for me. I'm really need this tool and I wonder if not to start write one. Since I stoped writing DiesIrae MUD, I'm not involved in any software project bigger than Perl/shell script to do some specific administrative task. I admit that often these scripts are quite complicated but this not the same as writing one BIG application.