Terry’s Worklog

  • MarcEdit 5.0 and RSS

    I’ll be posting an update message shortly, but I thought I’d mention a new feature that I just added to MarcEdit 5.0. One of the things that I’ve been trying to do is figure out how to get more information to the MarcEdit users — particularly information regarding updates, tutorials, etc. Well, since I’ve started…

  • MarcEdit and URLs

    One of the new features in MarcEdit 5.0 is the ability to verify URLs for data within specific fields, or every field within a group of MARC records. Its actually a pretty cool little feature. Essentially, one access the function by selecting Add-ins/Verify URLs from the Main Window. When selected, you will see the following…

  • MarcEdit 5.0 and MARC Proposal #2006-04

    At Midwinter this year, MARBI will be discussing MARC Proposal #2006-04. This proposal deals with the mapping of Unicode characters back to the MARC-8 characterset. The proposal lays out a number of options, settling on the recommendation that systems doing character remapping should utilize a placeholder character for Unicode characters not in the MARC8 characterset.…

  • MarcEdit 5.0 Beta Refresh (Dec. 19, 2005)

    Alright — another new build. 🙂 This build includes a small tweak to the MarcEditor add/delete functions. Essentially, some new lines were being inserted into the results file. Its not a problem since the program will ignore the blank lines — but I wanted to clean this up. Also, this build includes a help reader…

  • Code4Lib 2006

    Well, I finally registered for the Code4Lib hackfest that will be going on in Corvallis, OR this February. It sounds like much fun. If it sounds like something that might interest you, you should check it out. –Terry

  • MarcEdit 5.0 Beta refresh2 (Dec. 18, 2005)

    Now that I’m getting closer to removing the beta “tag” from the program, there will likely be a few more frequent refreshes over the next few weeks. I’ll try to note what’s changed so folks can decide if they want to keep up to date. Shortly, I’m going to be updating the setup program itself…

  • MarcEdit 5.0 refresh (Dec. 18, 2005)

    Ok — I’ve finished adding the preview mode into MarcEdit 5.0. This is a very cool feature that I’ve already been enjoying to handle a pair of 300 MB files. Generally, I would write a script for this type of editing because of the slow file loading when dealing with such large files. However, with…

  • Kenny’s Christmas Play

    Our church, the Monmouth-Independence Calvary Chapel, had its annual children’s Christmas play. This is the second year that Kenny has been a part of it. The kids are always really cute and Nathan even had a good time. He loves Christmas music and was jamming along in my lap. Kenny is the shepard in the…

  • Icy in Oregon

    Well, you can definitely tell that its winter. On Thursday, when I rode my bike to work, it was 16 degrees at my house and in single digits over the course of my ride on the highway. When I got to work, I was frozen over — my eyelashes, eye brows, gloves, etc. It was…

  • More pictures of my brother’s wedding

    Even though Alyce, my wife, was busy helping with the wedding, she was able to snap a few pictures of the actual wedding itself, so I thought I would post them. Since I outlined the cast of characters in an earlier post, I’ll just post the pictures. –Terry

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