Escape from boredom

Long time ago we bought a Canon video camera. To import and edit movies I use Imagemixer 3 SE, which was provided to me along with the camera. I’ve once before blogged about this application describing how I managed to find the solution of a totally stupid error message. Once again I do get a totally stupid error message, but this time I’m not able to find a workaround.

I’ve spent a couple of hours, way to many I now realize, editing a movie and all that was left was just to save it. No problem, the progress bar shows 10%, 20%, 90%, 98%, 99%, it even disappears, but just to let me see a dialog box saying “Could not create the file”. What a bunch of fu#”# crap!!! Stupid, freaking application from hell. But, ok, counting to ten, then do a search on the Internet. Go to http://www.pixela.co.jp and download the latest update…downloading…downloading…7 Mb, reading “This file only works if you have Imagemixer already installed” No problem, I have, so I click on the update.exe-file and get to click “next” once. Then

If you are having trouble understanding Norwegian it says “No previous version of Imagemixer 3 SE found, aborting…” What a bunch of crap!!! It is installed, arrrghh!!! I want to throw it all away, but for now I’m stuck with the shitty application.

@Update: Realized that it is not enough to just search for “Imagemixer 3SE”, but I had to add “Canon”. Then I found by using Google, not by looking at the Pixela homepage, a direct link to the download for ImageMixer 3 SE SD 3.1.2, not 3.1.3 for some other brand which I found first. So, now my app is updated from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2, but still, same freaking error.

Every now and then I get stuck with a Linux or Unix environment with no GUI available. Whatever the intention is, it does not take more than 2 minutes before I have to at least edit a single line in a file, leaving me with the only option to use vi. Like for instance now. Been using vi quite a lot the last week, learning geek-commands such as ZZ, y, p, i, I and A. Off course I knew :q! in advance. Just gotta love the tool I love to hate when using such commands, leave work for a week and try to remember them…impossible, you then need the Cheat Sheet.

You can also visit the VI Lovers page

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Marius, a colleague of mine from Workplace, told me once about this service, which I’ve now tested when configuring my new laptop. Just go to the website, check off the apps you want, download your customized installer and you’re on http://ninite.com/

Today is my last day as Senior Consultant for Workplace Consulting AS. Tomorrow I will be heading of to Fornebu, working for Telenor as System Specialist Middelware.

Been three very good years at WPC, but heading off to Telenor to get even more hands-on on WebSphere. Looking forward to that, also looking forward to be working at Telenorsenteret. Will be using bicycle as my main tool for transportation, maybe not during mid-winter, but from late March until early November it should be possible.