10th
April
2008
Technology forcing revision; the story of my life. The tiny wiki that I’ve been feeding like a favourite tomato plant has been lost due to a database failure. All of the king’s horses My best efforts to reload from various backup copies have done nothing more than convince me that restoring a database is among the black arts – the theory and the practice rarely concile. A database with “minus 1749 records” is not worth very much.
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posted in computing, Idol |
9th
April
2008
It takes that “little shove” (sometimes) to get me moving and doing… yesterday my angst over going shopping was obvious. Today, I went, I bought, I came home. A personal version of that thing Caesar said: veni, vidi, vici. Without the bloodshed or need to build roads and march in step for miles.
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posted in economy, media |
8th
April
2008
If I were a rich man, I think that I’d hire a personal assistant. No need to have a cook or bottlewasher, not even a dog walker, but just someone that had a keen eye and a sense of what should make the short list of clothing in my closets. Because I’ve come to the realization that I’m not very good at picking what to wear.
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posted in economy |
7th
April
2008
Let’s start with a disclaimer: I am a trained amateur AND a trained professional. At least, if the subject is radio. Specifically, a radio used for personal communications. I do not own, or use, the device spawned by Beelzebub, known colloquially as “the cell.” For whatever reason, the industry doesn’t invite me to give qualified input on the subject. Let us continue.
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posted in economy |
6th
April
2008
There are many new things to learn each day. For example, I know that ice skates should be sharpened from time to time, and now I’ve learned that snowboards should also have their edge “brought up”. In fact, I saw someone snowboarding for the first time this afternoon. Even though we have a number of boarders in the house, I’ve never had any reason to go to a mountain until this afternoon. To be fair, I was “just” a passenger, but in more than two decades there’s never been any reason to go out to a hill and watch. Here’s what a hill looks like:
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posted in technology |
5th
April
2008
The ancients (meaning anyone over 30 according to certain among us) believed that the world was composed of four elements: earth, air, water and fire. Any one of these can be beneficial or damaging. Last night, one of the “landmarks” (in a city composed from hundreds) was destroyed by fire. From which springs the question: is a city composed of its elements?
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posted in environment, history |
4th
April
2008
There comes a time when one must upgrade. Software, wardrobe, vehicle, drum skins. The little elbow in the ribs that sets each in motion differs, but eventually the time to renew arrives. For me, the visit of a musician during Earth Hour pushed me to this weekend’s project.
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posted in music |
3rd
April
2008
This evening, while I was reinstalling and testing a pair of webcams (stereo narcissism), the news channel was showing what happens when you have good quality surveillance equipment AND technically naive criminals. You guessed it; caught on candid camera.
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2nd
April
2008
I realize there’s a “rule” that states if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything. To be fair, the rule doesn’t mention posting in a blog, so I feel safe in continuing. We’re through another mentored week on American Idol. Good, we’re through; it was painful.
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posted in Idol |
1st
April
2008
I’m lost in the details, again. When “Sassafras” the cuddly Kaypro came into my “life” two decades ago, the whole be accurate or suffer lifestyle was new to me. I wasn’t a programmer; my methods could lead to madness for anyone that wanted meticulous attention to detail as a rule of thumb. But, I had no choice because to a computer, a misplaced comma IS important.
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