Difference between revisions of "assela Pathirana:General disclaimer"
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
==Why bother== | ==Why bother== | ||
Let me explain it this way. I was [[creating web based dynamic systems]] back in late nineties, when such things were quite hard. There were not many standard tools for linking databases, other applications and web seamlessly. I [[Masters Thesis|spent almost an year]] writing code for a database-backed, multi-user hydrological analysis system using | Let me explain it this way. I was [[creating web based dynamic systems]] back in late nineties, when such things were quite hard. There were not many standard tools for linking databases, other applications and web seamlessly. I [[Masters Thesis|spent almost an year]] writing code for a database-backed, multi-user hydrological analysis system using [[wikipedia:Oracle Oracle]]'s [[wikipedia:PL/SQL PL/SQL]. It worked and I was happy. Then I moved away from the area for a several years before started reading about the subject again. Then I was in for a sort of 'Culture shock'. What we have thought as work has become play and anyone with half a day to spare and a old computer could have a nice dynamic web system going! For an old-timer like me, this is simply magic! | ||
So by doing this, I am sort of enjoying that magic! | So by doing this, I am sort of enjoying that magic! | ||
Revision as of 06:49, 22 March 2006
What this is
- Bits of information that I want to share with other people are published here.
- Content can range from useless bits of personal information to not so useless (?) items related to
- Sometimes I jot down my computer programming experiences that are related to my work or hobbies.
What this is NOT
- A complete work: I write this whenever I have free time. Not based on any plan or framework. I create links first, and may complete the target article later, if ever. So, if there are links in RED, don't follow and more importantly, don't keep your fingers crossed -- it might never be written.
- Serious work: Well... at lest most of the stuff appear here are not to be taken too seriously. Read the notice if you are so inclined -- but I'll state it here anyway: Most of the content may be useless.
Why bother
Let me explain it this way. I was creating web based dynamic systems back in late nineties, when such things were quite hard. There were not many standard tools for linking databases, other applications and web seamlessly. I spent almost an year writing code for a database-backed, multi-user hydrological analysis system using wikipedia:Oracle Oracle's [[wikipedia:PL/SQL PL/SQL]. It worked and I was happy. Then I moved away from the area for a several years before started reading about the subject again. Then I was in for a sort of 'Culture shock'. What we have thought as work has become play and anyone with half a day to spare and a old computer could have a nice dynamic web system going! For an old-timer like me, this is simply magic!
So by doing this, I am sort of enjoying that magic!
Why bother II (a bit serious)
(feel free to skip in the first reading) In this site, I may include several kinds of information
- The part of personal information that I believe is useful for me to share with the world.
- Various information that I need to disemminate to my associates (e.g. Students that I teach and supervise).
- Knowlege I collected from doing various things (mostly related to computers, as a hobby) I believe to be useful for others.
