A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary.
Yesterday the neighbor caught me in the driveway as I started to take Noah to karate.
Neighbor: "Doug is Noah home? Beth (a first grader) is over an hour late."
Dad: "Noah is in the car."
Neighbor: "Noah, did Lisa (Beth’s mother) pickup Beth?"
Noah, 10 years: "No."
Dad: "Did Beth ride the bus home with you?"
Noah: "Yes."
Dad: "Did she walk home with you?"
Noah: "Yes."
Dad: "Do you know where she is?"
Noah: "No, her mom took her somewhere."
You know it is going to be an interesting day when you wake up and all the digits on the clock read the same thing.
I just finished a fun piece of code for a client. In addition to web server logs, they have a prioprietary advertising campaign tracker. They needed data aggregated and queries optimized which was phase 1 and included some MS SQL stored procedure magic, queries of queries (ColdFusion), and manually creating query result sets.
Phase II was to minimize the amount of text presented, show results in graphs, and create a way for an advertising client to view only their data. Fortunately, ColdFusion comes through with a fancy tag called CFChart and after the server configuration was debugged, graphs appeared. Then text on the screen was hidden using CSS (and I’m really starting to use and enjoy the cascading aspect of css) and made to appear through JavaScript.
Since some charts show way too much data, a form was added to filter the data and only show lines on the graphs that are relevant to the end user’s needs.
Krystal by west town closed and changing to smoothie palace
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Cool. I am parked over the dead skunk and the windows have to be down.
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I hate hearding the 4 year old start repeated over and over "I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry." while hearing the 1 year old gasp for air and cry.
Today’s motion sickness brought to you by http://jalexp.com/.
I use a wrist wrest!
Become a Republican! Thanks to Serendipitous Reflections for the link!
Amy wants to play outside right now. We spent a few minutes then came back inside. I want to play outside all day with her but I have to work. So much is at stake right now. Dollar amounts in the thousands. But none of that costs me as much as watching her slow, silent tears drip down her cheeks.
I really irks me when I forget to do something. There is only so much that can fit into one day.
Still think this country is as free as it used to be?
unelected bureaucrats at the commission have decreeed that Americans don’t have the right to use software such as Skype or PGPfone if it doesn’t support mandatory backdoors for wiretapping
[Source] Link thanks to Tom Maszerowski
I’m a ULC minister and have been for many years. That means I can conduct marriages in TN. Now, the Universal Life Church Monastery offers a Jedi Knight Certificate!
To Become a Jedi requires a profound commitment and astute mind. The life of a Jedi is one of personal sacrifice. To train they live a life of simplicity and adhere to the Jedi Code which forbids material possession and emotional attachments. … This certificate brings you all the rights, privileges, and benefits the Rank of Jedi receives. This certificate bestows upon you the Rank of JEDI KNIGHT!
May the Force Be With You!
Thanks to Boyzoid for the link!
Peter Thompson profile updated.
Born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1959, Peter Thompson earned degrees from Loyola University and The University of Chicago Law School before embarking on a successful career as a corporate attorney – until a lifetime of smoking left Thompson with an impossible prognosis: inoperable lung and pancreatic cancer.
