Useful Tools

So, now you're stuck. You have looked high and low for the solution and find yourself here. I have been there, right where you are now and I have the litter of coffee cups, Goody Powder wrappers and eye drops to prove it! I am working on this collection of tools, mostly found when in a bleary-eyed state of dismay about ever understanding an obtuse error message or problem - just like you are right now! Just as an aside, my all-time personal favorite error message was thrown by some program I can't even remember now that ran on the server and would tell me:

     The stop method failed to start. The method is stopping now.

OK, so if it failed to start, what exactly is it stopping? I keep that one stashed away in a convenient cranial corner just in case I have to compare it to the error message that has me out Googling every part of the known universe to see if it makes my head hurt more or less than the issue-du-jour. So far, this one takes the prize but I have a good many years of Tech Support left in me, so it is always possible that I will change my mind and acquire a new favorite. After all, there is much software to be broken and I am just the woman for the job!

So far, I have a few tools in these categories - more to come!