Happy Memorial Day to everyone in the US. For those of you in the rest of the world, hopefully it's an easy workday for you.
It's a holiday here, and I'm off. Likely I have a lot of chores to catch up on, so I'll be working around the house, trying to get things fixed and prepared for a long summer. Living on a ranch means a regular set of things to repair or improve, so I have plenty to do.
Enjoy the beginning of summer and I'll be back tomorrow.
If you are accepting a DBA position, does it make sense to work as a contractor or permanent employee?
2007-11-21
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Will the next version of Windows be a "Mini-Me" version of Vista? Who knows, and it's too early to tell, but apparently there's a mini-kernel version of Windows 7, the one after Vista, which fits into 25MB on disk. That's a touch lower than the 4GB that Vista takes up. Granted it's not a full […]
2007-10-25
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Daylight Savings time switches a little later this year. In fact it's November 4th this year, after having been in October for all of my life. In case you don't remember which way we move the clocks, here's a saying: Spring forward, fall back.
2007-10-17
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One of the really classic analogies in software is that it's like building a house. You have a foundation, multiple teams, lots of contractors that specialize in something, etc. And it's an analogy that's debated as to its relevance over and over. I won't go into the correctness of this analogy, but I wanted to comment on it.
2012-10-08 (first published: 2007-10-05)
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WARNING: This editorial contains graphic language. Viewer discretion is advised.
2012-10-09 (first published: 2007-10-04)
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