Intuitive Software and Mario Brothers

I just had an amusing thought, this morning. You know those
old Mario Brothers games, video games , where you have to bounce
on everything you see, every rock and tree and flower.... until you
discover the secret place where you get power points, or warp into the next
level?

Well. A lot of software is just like that!



Last night, trying to make a VBA routine to talk to
Postgresql through MSAccess with ODBC.... it is like BOINKING and poking on
every single place, nook and cranny.... until you get it right, by accident.
Come to think of it, I did hours of boinking and poking to get Postgresql
windows install to work. (They should just have a few words for dummies like
me, saying "Hey, dont be afraid to install this as a windows service, because
the uninstall can undo everything,... AND dont think of installing it as the
other option, unless you really know what you are doing, and can do the initdb
thingey yourself, because it just wont work.)





Some guy had a tutorial about Excel and VBA and he says "go here to add a
BUTTON" to excel... so... I launch excel, and look EVERYWHERE,... and nothing
in sight,... SO, I go back to his tutorial and he says "right click ANYWHERE
in the task bar, and
these options open up" ...

WELL... I did that, and , LO AND BEHOLD,... there
the darn thing is.... now WHO in the name of Heaven would ever dream
of going there and right clicking?