Oh My God, It Works!

If you've ever tried to program something, uploaded the new version of the file, and sat biting your nails while the page slowly, slowly refreshes, and you hope that the error is something as simples as:

Not Found

The requested URL /doggie.html was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

But will probably go more along the lines of:

YOU ARE  TERRIBLE PERSON AND THERE IS AN EXTRA } SOMEWHERE IN YOUR FILE, BUT I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHERE MWAH HA HA

Then when you open one squinted eye to see which error it was, and the code actually works and something cool and functional is happening in your site, well, you can only gasp,

"Oh My God It Works!"

Maybe followed by your own "Mwah ha ha ha, in your face computer" and a little victory dance that makes your dog glare at you for interrupting her afternoon siesta.

This is what just happened to me when trying to translate a page from regular JavaScript to jQuery (yes, this is my idea of fun on a Saturday afternoon) and is why I *heart* JavaScript and jQuery SO MUCH.

Professional Development...

...Shouldn't be this FUN.

I feel like I am leading a double life, between two HUBs - Husky Union Building, where I've spent so many great lunches with friends and The Daily, and HUB Seattle, an unlikely building between the ID and Pioneer Square that apparently hosts every tech event advertised on Meetup.

Last night enjoyed a few bites, beers, and new connections with the Seattle Tech Meetup at HUB Seattle.  Boy was I glad I sprang for the higher-end Avery do-it-yourself business cards.  It's so cool to see what kind of culture I am (hopefully) becoming part of.  As we were led in a cheer, I felt like I was back in hall council for McNary dorm at Oregon State University, only better, because I didn't have to hide my beer from the RA.

This afternoon the air conditioning was working much better at HUB as I joined a pack of aspiring mobile developers learning about making a mobile app in less than four hours!  For free!  (Thank you Apigee).  Once again we were plied with food and promised beer afterward if we could just get PhoneGap to work.  For me, it was empowering to realize that I can keep up with gainfully employed developers and even helped them in a few places.  I even solved a JavaScript conundrum within the time allowed!  Just append a few <p>s and....

Anyway, before this digresses into total geekdom (as I have noticed many of my social conversations have done lately), I just want to say Thank You to both HUBs in my life for all the education and support.