Okay, so, let me tell you about this thing I messed around with the other day – “Gabe Watson”. Sounds kinda boring, right? But stick with me, it gets interesting.
First off, I had to do that whole URL encoding thing. You know, when you have a link with weird characters or spaces, and you gotta make it all computer-friendly? Yeah, that. I took my regular URL and ran it through this encoder I found. It spit out a bunch of % signs and numbers, making it look all cryptic. But hey, that’s what the internet likes, I guess.
A Real Headache
Then I tried to rename a file. A simple “.htaccess” file, wanted to change the name to “_.thaccess”, sounds easy right? But No! I had a major headache.
The trouble is, I needed to mess with these “SEO URLs”. I went to disable and then re-enable the “friendly URL” settings. This could solve the problem.
After that I tried to log into a website. Just a username and password, nothing fancy. But even that was a pain. Turns out, some accounts made before June 2010 had both a first and last name, not just a single username. Who knew? Anyway, I figured out my login stuff and finally got in.
Some Random Calculations
And for some reason, I ended up calculating an unemployment rate. Don’t ask me why, it just happened. You need the number of unemployed people, which I somehow had, and then you do some math… and boom, unemployment rate. I have no idea what the result is, but I sure did that calculation!
Here’s a breakdown of my wild ride:
- Encoded a URL: Made it all gibberish with % signs.
- Wrestled with friendly URLs
- Logged in: Discovered the first name/last name thing.
- Did some math: Unemployment rate, check!
So yeah, that was my adventure with “Gabe Watson”. Not exactly what you’d expect, right? Just a normal guy doing some random computer stuff. But hey, that’s life – unpredictable and full of weird little tasks. And sometimes, you just gotta share those stories, even if they’re a bit messy.
