"Murphy was an optimist!"
Today’s Mystery Error Message September 21, 2007 8:28 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : ASP, Programming, TechnologyI have a little ASP application that works fine on my development server. On the production server I get:
CDO.Message.1 error ‘80040220’
The “SendUsing” configuration value is invalid.
These are the things that make web application development a bit maddening.
1 comment so farOh! That’s why I hurt. September 20, 2007 10:44 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Health, Juggling
My forearms have had a fairly constant burning pain the past couple of days. I assumed it was to over typing. They feel like the muscle wants to pull from the bone. It suddenly dawned on me today why! I have formed a habit of juggling in the parking lots while waiting at the schools for the students to dismiss from their activities. Specifically, I’ve started putting 15 minutes of juggling in everyday while waiting to pick Amy up from kindergarten. The juggling relaxes me and I feel my control really coming back strong! I’ll be juggling 6 or 7 bean bags in a few weeks.
add a commentMySQL Took Us Halfway September 20, 2007 4:58 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : MySQL, Programming, TechnologyI’m very disappointed that the MySQL Migration Toolkit is unidirectional. It will take a variety of databases and bring the structure and data into MySQL but won’t go the other way. I know it doesn’t seem to be in MySQL’s best interest to create a tool that would port away from their product but it really would serve them. Guess I need to see what DTS can do.
add a commentLife as a Coder September 20, 2007 4:48 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Programming, TechnologyWriters get writer’s block. Programmers get coder’s block. Breaking the block is the same. Just do it! Writer’s must write; Coders must code. Time to set the blocked problem aside and coding something simple and fun!
1 comment so farDo you see the dirty picture? September 20, 2007 4:12 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Publishing, VideoAnyone remember the phallus on the cover of the Little Mermaid? Like the dolphins, our eyes are trained to see beyond the innocent pictures. I bet we see more raunch in Disney flicks and kids shows than we give the artists credit. (link broken again)Watch an artist start with an apparent dirty picture and make it innocent. (could be construed as NSFW but it shouldn’t be)
Update: Youtube killed the video but you can find it by searching Blingo (aka Google with prizes) for "ne to chto podumali". I’ve also updated the link.
Update: link updated.
1 comment so farIndia Outsources to the United States September 20, 2007 4:10 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Economy, Touchy SubjectsWell, soon.
add a commentThe dollar dropped to record lows through the $1.40 level against the euro on Thursday as the US currency continued its slide following the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates earlier in the week. [Source]
Spectators to the abolishment of freedom September 20, 2007 2:23 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Activism, Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesI just watched the University of Florida student getting tasered and read the account of the falsification of the police report. I am appalled! The video indicates no wrong doing! The questions seemed appropriate and Kerry seemed willing to answer. The growing abusive police state in this nation must be contained! What growing abusive police state? The abusive police state that commands on of our military personnel, who put his life at risk to protect your freedoms, to stand up so the officer can shoot him. The students who sat idly by should have risen from their chairs when the officers stood threateningly behind the student. They should have made a human barricade and assured the freedom of speech that our forefathers gave their lives for during the Revolutionary War. How we dishonor them! Our government exists by the will of the people and if the government is stepping out of line then the people must step up! Besides, what’s college if you haven’t been arrested at a protest?
Easier said than done you say? I would have sat idly by also if I were there you say? You don’t know me very well then. All that said, I acknowledge that maybe there were other circumstances not conveyed in the video or the media that led to this event. Perhaps the student had an altercation with the police earlier.
As Naomi Wolf has rightfully pointed out, the tasering of Andrew Meyer will be remembered as a watershed moment in American history. That much is certain. The only thing that remains to be seen is how we, as Americans, react to it. Will we sit passively by while our Constitution and our Democracy are murdered right before our eyes?
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The choice is clear: either we fight fascism right now with all our power, or we will be the next ones on the ground with a policeman’s knee on our throats and 50,000 volts of electricity coursing through our bodies.
[Source]
Update: Is that officer laughing?!
8commentsHaslam Makes Me Giggle September 20, 2007 11:31 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Local Politics, Politics, Technology, Touchy SubjectsRight! Sure. Billy you just keep fooling yourself.
add a comment"These are great jobs with bright, creative people who have created something that’s special here," Haslam said. "When you talk about the media production business, now you talk about Knoxville in the same league as New York and Chicago and L.A. And maybe this is an even better place." [Source]
Developer Tip of the Day September 20, 2007 8:57 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Programming, TechnologyDevelopment is hard but if its really hard then you are likely doing something wrong!
add a commentMy Senators Do Not Represent Me September 19, 2007 10:06 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : ColdFusion, Politics, Regional Politics (SE), Touchy Subjects, United StatesWhy?
Statement of Purpose: To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.
Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Nay Corker (R-TN), Nay
[Source]
See also and also. On the positive side, at least http://www.senate.gov/ is using ColdFusion.
3commentsState of Things September 19, 2007 1:57 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeWow! That’s a really big fan between me and that truck full of manure.
add a commentDeveloper Tip of the Day September 19, 2007 11:33 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Network, Programming, TechnologyIf you have two servers with the same directory structure and you are ftp’d and remote desktop’d into one of these servers, when you ftp a file if it doesn’t immediately appear in the directory in the remote desktop, then you are probably ftp’d into the wrong server.
To non-developers, I acknowledge that as you read that you probably hear Charlie Brown’s adult wah wahs in your head. For that, I apologize!
add a commentQuote of the Day September 19, 2007 11:17 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : PhilosophyYou haven’t lived until you’ve experienced lunch lotteries and toilet paper rationing!
Overheard in Target.
add a commentASP Classic on Windows 2003? Jump a hoop! September 19, 2007 10:49 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : ASP, Programming, TechnologyIf you are trying to get an Active Server Pages class (instead of .NET) application to work on your Windows 2003 and not getting any pages returned, look in the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager at the Web Services Extensions. You are likely to see that Active Server Pages is Prohibited. Simply right click and choose Allow. Now your ASP classic application will function!
add a commentAvast! Arrrr ya havin’ a hard time with yer pirate talk? September 19, 2007 10:12 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Of InterestRemember! Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Special thanks to Aaarrr mate at file under awesome.
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