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One day of semi-intensice coding later, I have a system that more or less does what I want it to do. W00t! \o/ I'm still finishing up the last bits and pieces (setting up a page for editing stories, checking titles across FPS/RPS/Non-fanfic tables, allowing for banner/cover uploads), and generating the title pages the way I want them is going to take a bit more work (mostly because to fully automate them, I'll have to conquer the COUNT function, which, HATE!), but at the end of the day I'll have something that will let me enter information into a form and generate a php file for the story, and then automatically generate the index pages without me having to faff about with them. Plus, it allows for slighly more complex stuff in future. \o/ I say! :D

... Oh hey, I think I managed to find a way to check for duplicates without the count function. Success! Now to tackle the image uploading.

Linkspam of the day:

Google Recipes -- Yeah. I, for one, welcome our new Google overlords. o_O (Now how about that Google Real Life, then? I've been losing socks all over the place lately!)
17 Ways To Get Free Books -- Because there's no such thing as having too much to read.
Meet The World -- Don't click this one if you're feeling down already.
59 Of The Coolest Toilet Signs Around The World -- Some of them are less than cool in my own opinion (the second set at #36 for example are pretty much standard-issue in Belgium, and I think in France as well), but some really are amazing (#46 FTW!)
Musipedia -- Or: how to track down that jingle that's been stuck in your head for ages.
Top Ten Bizarre Mental Disorders -- Makes me and my geese-phobia feel downright sane. o_O
Office Minigolf -- Time-waster ahoi! I'm much better at this than I am at the real-life version, heh.
Reverse Grafitti -- Awesome, and legal! :D
Psychiatry For Abused Cuddly Toys -- Do not click if the idea of cuddly animals self-harming upsets you. This is the page that has led to conversations between troubleinchina and I along the lines of "Wah, the hippo is hurting itself!" "I think I've upset the sheepie. D:"
KittyWigs -- Beccause the internet has everything, even wigs for your cats. o_O

Customer quote of the day:

Customer: "Whenever I try and open the SatNav, some writing comes up, why?"
Melle: "I don't know, Sir,that depends on what the writing is. Can you try and open the software and read me the message you get?"
Customer: "I'm calling from the phone, so it's a bit difficult to check right now."
Melle: "... Right. Do you know what the icon says that you press to open the software?" [To make sure he at least has our software. -ed.]
Customer: "No, and I can't check, because I'm calling from the phone."

And then he got snippy when I asked to call back from another phone. PEOPLE! How does that make sense? *headdesk*

And I leave you with this inspirational message, which StumbleUpon wanted me to see just now. <3