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eor ([personal profile] eor) wrote2006-06-05 06:48 pm
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obsessive or compulsive you be the judge

Yesterday I got the idea for a program to convert from GEDCOM, the standard genealogical file format, and the standardized HTML required for the ebook. There are a few programs out there to make HTML from GEDCOM, but for the most part they were for a Microsloth environment or would require a lot of rework to make what I want. At first wasn't inspired to actually do it. I felt I wasn't in the mood for lots of fiddly little work. But I was bored, so I started.

Five hours later I got up and went to bed. I didn't want to go to bed, but it was notably past bedtime and I was at a good stopping point. I hadn't gotten up except to go to the bathroom the whole time. I hadn't said two words to [livejournal.com profile] derien, who most likely realized it was useless to try and talk to me anyway. I was happier than a kitten with a ball of yarn.

The program is progressing well. I'll probably stay up tonight until I finish it.