Comments on: What patorjk.com is

By: Bob Chang

Bob Chang — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:43:31 +0000

Thank you give good information.
Just like my teacher. I very like it.
I hope give my son have intresting.
Keep it. I will always visit your blog.

By: Aamir Shahzad

Aamir Shahzad — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:35:18 +0000

Hi,

I am happy to see your blog. It is good source of information. I really enjoyed the ‘Text Ascii Art Generator’. Keep it up. Thanks.

By: patorjk

patorjk — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:45:13 +0000

hey Kath,

I actually lived in Australia for a few months when I was a teenager, it’s an amazing place (I lived in South Australia, right outside of Adelaide).

Glad you liked the typing speed app. I can look up some text with numbers tonight, though if you have any specific requests I can add those in too.

- Pat

By: Kath

Kath — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:40:16 +0000

Found you while looking for typing tests because I’m applying to be an emergency operator for the ambulance service in Australia. Yours is the best and most constructive by far with the keyboard analysis (curses to my slow right pinky!). Would love to see you add some sample texts which include numbers…
I’m probably not your usual audience but appreciate what your doing and can scroll that text time waster like a demon. Thank you again.

By: patorjk

patorjk — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:26:21 +0000

The app should work on XP and Vista. Did you download the program from this site? Also, what error is happening? The most common error is that nothing will happen when you hit the generate button. This means that you’re missing a dll or ocx file.

You can email me at my username @gmail.com.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:21:54 +0000

I’m doing a fundraiser for my children’s school. I found your Mosaicer software and have been struggling to get something out of it. Does it work in XP or Vista? Those are the two I tried it on and it does not appear to work for me. Any help would be great.

By: patorjk

patorjk — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:39:37 +0000

haha, I like that sound of that actually. It sounds like it could be it’s own blog, like with multiple programmers posting to it. But yeah, I agree if I removed all personal stories out of here it’d be too boring, I think I’ve just got to find the right balance and keep things mostly focused.

By: Brian - local

Brian - local — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:06:24 +0000

I personally enjoy taking a break at work and looking up a few different sites to see whats going on, this being one of them. Even though you can consider it a “programming site”, I like the posts that stray from programming and give you input on the “programmers” life. However corny that may sound.

By: Brian - local

Brian - local — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:02:21 +0000

In Andrews post above…

(I’ve had a bit to drink tonight, I’m using an unsecure wireless network I found driving around, and its late)

haha, Watch out for thr law.

By: patorjk

patorjk — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:50:59 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of smart people start up blogs that go nowhere and it usually seems to be a focus issue. Having a focus is important. Most people don’t like to come to a website and read about programming one day and then read about TV shows the next day. You end up feeling like you were duped. At least that’s my assumption. I know I’ve been annoyed with certain sites when they strayed from their main focus to talk about something random.

Though it’s sometimes hard to resist writing about what’s on your mind, even if it’s totally off topic. I’m starting to think it’s best to have two blogs – one for your work / focus, and one for personal stuff or random junk. Once you have that division, I think it becomes easier to have a site that’s about something, even if that something is just a creative programming outlet. We shall see though.