27
Aug
John Scalzi is Wicked
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If you don’t know who John Scalzi is, here’s why you should.
22
Aug
Being Home and Being Mental
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I used to think about killing myself every day, sometimes more than once a day. You might think that would make a person seek mental...
12
Aug
And Then There are the Things That Drive You Crazy
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As much as I might love the PL/SQL syntax for types, it’s not without flaws: Unit Valid format parameters Day DDD, DD, J Start day...
09
Aug
The Fool’s Gold Standard
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I mentioned that I’d had a suprisingly positive service experience with the local Nissan dealership, and I am happy to report that they followed through on...
05
Aug
This Is Why You Should Know Several Languages
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I’ve been working on PL/SQL a fair bit lately, and one of the things that it does incredibly nicely is type discovery. I’m specifically thinking...
26
Jul
The Best and the Good
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The best is the enemy of the good. The internet tells me Voltaire said that. In programming circles, we call it the 80/20 rule –...
16
Jul
VSS Admin Stupidity
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Visual Sourcesafe, as I have mentioned, is horrible. Sometimes, however, it takes a moment to really appreciate just how horrible. Today I Learned that, despite...
16
Jul
VSS Admin Stupidity
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Visual Sourcesafe, as I have mentioned, is horrible. Sometimes, however, it takes a moment to really appreciate just how horrible. Today I Learned that, despite...
11
Jul
Service Alchemy
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Sometimes a good service rep is all you need to transmute a bad experience into a good one. I had the opportunity to visit O’Neill...