Terry’s Worklog

  • Working with subsets of data in MarcEdit

    I’ve finally gotten around to re-introducing a function that had been in the 4.x version of MarcEdit into the 5.x series.  The function re-introduced is the ability to edit subsets of records and then save the data back into the data file where the subset resides.  For example, say have a large set of records,…

  • Civil War hair

    While my team didn’t win the civil war, I’ve had a good time this year dyeing my hair various shades of orange.  For the civil war, I decided to go with more of an ‘80’s style.  This was after the game with the family.

  • Evaluating digital services: an alternative reality

    Sorry for what I’m sure will be a longish post.  This is a bit of a brain dump — Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how libraries determine if services that they provide are successful.  Well, specifically, how libraries determine if digital services that they provide are successful.  And after attending DLF and listening…

  • 2010 Reese Family Pumpkins

    As usual, I set aside 4-5 hours to work on the family pumpkins.  This year, I think that we came up with a good crop.  Nathan and Kenny decided they wanted Mario characters, I decided to take Puss from Shrek 2 and Alyce picked David Tennant, our favorite Dr. from the new Dr. Who series. …

  • MarcEdit update

    So, MarcEdit has been updated. There are now two installers. A 32-bit installer and a 64-bit installer. These are found at: 32-bit Installer: MarcEdit_Setup.msi 64-bit Installer: MarcEdit_Setup64.msi If you have a 64-bit system, I recommend uninstalling MarcEdit and downloading the 64-bit installer. If you don’t, MarcEdit will update itself this time, using the 32-bit installer.…

  • More fun MarcEdit facts

    I was perusing the download logs since I was in the process of rotating them, and found a couple of fun things for Sept.1 — Sept. 16, 2010: Number of unique visitors:  6,000+ Number of ping-backs to the update server:  19,359 Top 10 Geographical Areas for use: * United States * Australia * United Kingdom…

  • What I did this week

    So, with the summer winding down, I decided to take the family for a bit of a vacation — and then took a vacation day on my own with my dad.  Here’s a few pictures of the adventures. Travelling with the family Because of my injury this summer, my wife and I have been taking…

  • Embedded advertising in Ebooks?

    I was glancing through slashdot this morning and ran across this article by the wall street journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435243350910792.html) that discusses how advertising, embedded in ebooks, could be in our future. The article looks at some of the trends that point to this being true (patent applications by Amazon, advertising in other media, etc). I realize…

  • First bike ride of the summer 🙂

    With my medical restrictions lifted, I made my first commute of the summer on my bike. And while I’ve ridden that road hundreds of times, it has never looked better. TR

  • MakeCheckDigit Plugin

    I was asked earlier this year if there was a way automatically generate check-digits in MarcEdit.  After looking at the problem, I decided to build a quick plug-in that could be used to generate such digits.   The plug-in currently supports the Codabar format.  The interface is fairly simple: To use, just install the plugin using…

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