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Biting the Bullet

2007-09-21T19:56:55-08:00

I just started http://mysql-code.com/wp/ as my own version of http://ora-code.com Why? well simply, when my server apps send off oracle error emails to the IT guys, I automatically format it with a link to ora-code.com so that they can get...

Please stop telling me that MySQL is free

2007-09-11T19:32:45-08:00

Do you see this? https://shop.mysql.com/enterprise/?rz=s2 To me, in the high availability and high demand environment that I work in, that single server license costs $5k That's for ONE server. Sure it's not the wonky per-cpu model of Oracle, but it's...

Did I ever mention that I hate tnsnames.ora?

2007-03-20T10:41:48-08:00

For the record, I consider the Oracle tnsnames.ora to be just a file so I feel nothing for it per se. It's just a DNS file for mapping Oracle Server names to IP addresses. However, mentioning it invokes images of...

Ding Dong the Wiki is Gone

2007-02-27T19:22:30-08:00

I now have an extra 4 gigs free after removing my spam trap wiki! I feel so much cleaner ;-) Besides all the pr0n links, the interesting part was the groups of links that were hidden in 1px wide DIV...

Where does the disk space go?

2007-02-24T10:16:30-08:00

Today I went to my Dreamhost control panel & it showed that I was using 1% of my 461.8GB of disk space. 1%? I've never noticed it that high before. On closer inspection that's 4.9 gig!? The last time I...

Virtual Vacation

2006-07-12T17:01:59-08:00

Last week wasn't fun, my producer was out on an extended vacation durring the 4th of July holliday. Everything was fine at first - but I was quickly reminded how much meta filtering he does for me. A coworker raised...

Teach me to update anything

2006-06-14T19:40:33-08:00

This morning I was waiting around the house for the delivery guy (9am - 11am window) and I figgured I would update my resume. No - I'm not looking for a job, but I'm still getting calls from recruters and...

Where's my 6Ghz Pentium something-or-other?

2005-10-12T12:17:54-08:00

It's been like 3 years since I got my P4 3.06Ghz and I'm a little confused. I thought that there would be 6Ghz CPUs out on the market by now. What was that thing about speeds allegedly doubling every 2...

Inititializing static class members

2005-10-04T09:41:27-08:00

How many times have you heard that "you must initialize static class members in the .cpp file"? When my team leader (Ray) saw my previous post he immediately said, "well we have put the initialization in the .cpp file". I...

intitializing a static member of a template class

2005-09-23T09:39:41-08:00

Note to self: the format of static template class member is template int Test::s_counter = 0; And don't I forget it! (what I originally forgot was the - D'oH!) // testtemplate.cpp : Defines the entry point for the...

TODO: Find out if devstudio is stopped at a break point

2005-09-22T16:05:59-08:00

I need to find a good book on dev studio scripting. Maybe I haven't thought this all through yet, but what I think I want is something that will automatically set my "away" status text in messenger based upon events...

Visitied Walla @ Blizzard for lunch

2005-09-16T17:06:10-08:00

It took me a while - I got lost again. {mockingly shakes fist} Damn you UC regents for moving streets around so that my car's GPS gets overly confused! I was allowed in after being buzzed in through two separate...

Things I dislike: Hard Coded IP Addresses

2005-09-14T11:01:56-08:00

I seem to remember an incident or two where various game developers set the address of their master server to a specific IP address, rather than a DNS name. Can you guess what happened to those games when that server...

Things I dislike: Copy'n'Paste Comments

2005-09-13T14:04:40-08:00

OK, I get it - you copied a function that did 75% of what you want to accomplish and updated it to do your evil bidding. But why then did you keep the original function comment??? it would be as...

Things I dislike: Hard-coded variable menu items

2005-09-07T17:41:38-08:00

Hmm, that's not the best title - but maybe a contrived code sample or two will help out in explaining why sometimes I weep when I look at certain bits of code. Imagine if you would, creating a context menu...