tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76933953841051768642024-03-13T07:01:30.418-07:00IncompleteThoughtsIt seems to me that every time I think something, I find that some prior thought was truly incomplete. I'm continually amazed to find that even the clearest of thoughts can change over time, given the right intention and inspection.Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-44472153888141778342014-08-08T14:58:00.001-07:002014-08-08T14:58:55.108-07:00Rift: Cabalist<p>This is built for optimum duoing. It heals you and one other party member. It can be used for grouping or soloing, but I built it for 2-person Chronicles. I’ve hit 40k dps in Intrepid Hammerknell with it, and enough healing to keep a reasonable tank alive healthy.</p> <ul> <li>Cabalist</li> <ul> <li>61 points, whole tree</li></ul> <li>Justicar</li> <ul> <li>6 points</li> <ul> <li>Armor of Virtue: 5</li> <li>Reparation: 1</li> <ul> <li>You can add more to this to make it fit a larger group size, you just have to take some off of Purifier to make room for it</li></ul></ul></ul> <li>Purifier</li> <ul> <li>9 points</li> <ul> <li>Spirit Guidance: 5</li> <li>Caregiver’s Blessing: 1</li> <li>Intensity: 3</li> <ul> <li>If you want more Reparation (above), this is the easiest place to steal points from</li></ul></ul></ul></ul> <p>Macros:</p> <ul> <li>Cabalist</li> <ul> <li>any equipment for this build (synergy crystal, etc.)</li></ul> <li>Spam</li> <ul> <p>#show Bound Fate<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Break Free<br>cast Mass Reversal<br>cast Reversal of Fortune<br>cast Howling Death<br>cast Symbol of the Torch<br>cast Ravaging Darkness<br>cast Unleash Oblivion<br>cast Disintegration<br>cast Bound Fate</p></ul> <li>Heal</li> <ul> <p>#show Healing Flare<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Bolt of Radiance<br>cast Hammer of Duty<br>cast Strike of Judgment<br>cast Healing Flare</p></ul> <li>Sigils</li> <ul> <p>#show Sigil of Catastrophe<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Maelstrom<br>cast Sigil of Catastrophe<br>cast Sigil of Spirits<br>cast Sigil of Secrecy<br>cast Sigil of Ruin<br>cast Sigil of Binding<br>cast Sigil of Woe</p></ul></ul> <p> </p> <p>First make sure you’re in the right “mode” with Focused, Condensed, or Unbounded Obliteration, for the number of mobs you’re currently fighting.</p> <p>For groups of mobs, I open with the Sigils macro. Maelstrom gets stuff nicely group together. Cast it on a mob that’s standing next to your tank.</p> <p>I follow that with Well of Souls, followed by Tyranny of Death, then Curse of Solitude and Curse of Anarchy. Then it’s just beat on the Spam macro till everything is dead.</p> <p>As mobs die, you can swap down from Unbounded to Condensed, and then finally to Focused, if you need to.</p> <p>For single mobs, make sure you’re in Focused Obliteration, then start with Well of Souls, Tyranny of Death, Curse of Discord, 3 stacks of Dark Water, and then the Spam macro till it’s dead. You can refresh Curse of Discord and Dark Water periodically. That really helps keep single-target DPS in acceptable ranges.</p> <p>Keep in mind, with the same gear, a good Shaman build will do about 50% more single-target DPS, and a good Inquisitor build will do about 10% more. Cabalist is okay for single-target, but really designed for 3-10 targets. Boss fights against a single boss, you’re probably better off in Shaman or Inquisitor.</p> <p>But don’t let that discourage you from Cabalist. It can really rock against lots of mobs. In Intrepid Hammerknell, my tank runs around the room and gets a whole collection of mobs, and then we burn them down FAST!</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-89115168386239482272014-08-06T18:26:00.001-07:002014-08-06T18:26:03.190-07:00Rift: New Pyrochloro Setup<p>New patch today modified pyromancer in Rift.</p> <p>This is a solo build that relies on self-healing for survivability. It can group well, but you may want to swap 1 Circle of Life for Synthesis if you will spend more time grouping than soloing.</p> <p>Untested as a PvP build, but I doubt it’s very good at that.</p> <p>Build:</p> <ul> <li>61 Pyromancer (whole tree)</li> <li>0 Arbiter (for Aqueous Blessing, 3% less incoming damage)</li> <li>15 Chloromancer</li> <ul> <li>5 Accelerated Growth</li> <li>1 Bloom</li> <li>2 Healing Slipstream</li> <li>2 Empowered Veil</li> <li>3 Phytogenesis</li> <li>2 Circle of Life</li></ul></ul> <p>Macros:</p> <ul> <li>Prep (use to open)</li> <ul> <p>#show Burning Bonds<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Burning Bonds<br>cast Radiant Spores<br>cast Withering Vine</p></ul> <li>Fireball</li> <ul> <p>#show Heat Wave<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Break Free<br>cast Fulminate<br>cast Internalize Charge<br>cast Heat Wave<br>cast Fireball</p></ul> <li>Spam</li> <ul> <p>#show Flame Bolt<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Break Free<br>cast Burning Shield<br>cast Radiant Spores<br>cast Fulminate<br>cast Internalize Charge<br>cast Countdown<br>cast Searing Bolt<br>cast Inferno<br>cast Flame Bolt<br>cast Burn<br>cast Scorch<br>cast Natural Conversion<br>cast Fireball</p></ul> <li>Channel</li> <ul> <p>#show Fusillade<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Break Free<br>cast Radiant Spores<br>cast Internalize Charge<br>cast Countdown<br>cast Flame Volley<br>cast Fusillade<br>cast Fireball</p></ul> <li>AoE</li> <ul> <p>#show Fire Storm<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast Countdown<br>cast @gtae Fire Storm</p></ul> <li>Heal</li> <ul> <p>#show Bloom<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast @mouseoverui Bloom<br>cast Bloom</p></ul> <li>Pyromancer</li> <ul> <li>equip Gilded Pyromancer Crystal</li></ul> <li>Break Free</li> <ul> <p>#show Bloom<br>suppressmacrofailures<br>cast @mouseoverui Bloom<br>cast Bloom</p></ul></ul> <p>Use Channel for bigger mobs. It does a lot of damage (I’ve run 15k+ dps on elites in Steppes of Infinity with it).</p> <p>Use Fireball when Heat Wave is up (button will show it). Lots of damage, fun to watch!</p> <p>Heal for when you need it or someone in your group needs it (mouse-over their portrait in your group/raid list). Can be modified to use @focus or @mark tank, or whatever other targeting you like.</p> <p>Prep first followed by hitting Spam as frequently as possible is just “hit ‘em with everythin’ you gots!” It takes a bit of button smashing before you start doing real damage (because it leads with self-buffs, etc.), but then it does very well. I’m usually around 7k dps on elites in Steppes with this combo. Not as good as the Channel and Fireball macros, but it’s great for when those aren’t recycled yet! This one will always fire off something (unless you’re disabled, and even then it tries to break it for you).</p> <p>Note: I’ll post the rest of my builds here later. Posted this one by request.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-24780557402809916052014-03-30T08:27:00.001-07:002014-03-30T08:32:30.830-07:00Movie Review: Divergent<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/combined" target="_blank">Divergent</a>. Saw it Friday night. Short version, it’s not very good.<br />
The main character is unbelievable (and not in a good way), and played poorly by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940362/" target="_blank">Shailene Woodley</a>. The whole point of the character is that she has control over her fear, but she spends most of the movie acting like she’s terrified of her own shadow and pretty much everything else in her environment. Except heights. She’s apparently not afraid of heights. She’s supposed to be bright, but she never shows this, and she’s supposed to be selfless and helpful and have empathy for others, but she also never shows this. “Bright” seems to equate to “mildly curious when things are seriously weird” and “selfless” seems to boil down to “willing to not hurt someone in some circumstances”.<br />
I haven’t read the books (I hear they’re good, which is why I even gave this a chance), but I sincerely hope they do a better job of describing the society this takes place in. It doesn’t make sense on any level in the movie. The people who designed it are supposedly geniuses, we’re told in the opening exposition, but they’ve gone and designed a social order that would actively cripple their own purposes. And they’re willing to die to defend this idiotic order. It’s not even a convincing dystopia. It’s “they’re the bad guys because … well … we’re not sure, but they must be the bad guys because they’re nerds and the good guys are jocks!” I guess.<br />
The male love-interest (Hollywood seems to think that “strong female lead” = “even stronger male object-of-lust for her”), played convincingly by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3772243/" target="_blank">Theo James</a>, is seven years older than the female lead. This is awkward because they have a (PG-13) semi-make-out, and it looks like it’s an adult man hitting on a 16-year-old girl. The actress is older than that, but looks years younger than her age. It’s a little creepy in the movie.<br />
Theo’s role as Four (yes, that’s his name, and it’s not clear to me if this is some sort of tribute/parody/whatever of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464540/combined" target="_blank">I am Number Four</a>, or is oblivious to it) is well-played, as is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2541974/" target="_blank">Jai Courtney</a>’s portrayal of “bad guy” Eric. Both are poorly written, but well-played. Or at least well-enough played to stand out as good in this movie.<br />
Again, Eric’s the bad guy because, well, he must be because he’s a “meanie”. Stupid and petty and profoundly ignorant of how to train soldiers (despite that being his job), and that makes him the villain, of course. <br />
I don’t know how much of the incoherence is from the conversion to a movie, and how much comes from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Roth" target="_blank">Veronica Roth</a> books. Either way, the style reminds me of the juvenile style that made Eragon such a miserable book and movie.<br />
I’ve had very good experiences with “young adult fiction” movies recently. More so than with a lot of more “adult” fare. Hunger Games, the movie version of I Am Number Four (the books sucked, the movie rocked), and a few others, have been very, very good. This one doesn’t live up to that at all.<br />
3 on a 1-10 scale.<br />
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<br />Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-16865660347471263222013-11-01T12:31:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:08:21.706-07:00Movie Review: Ender’s Game<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/combined" target="_blank">Ender's Game</a> came out very, very well!</p> <p>I was amazed by how close to the book they kept the movie. Some definite editing and abbreviating (unavoidable in the change from book to other media), but nothing that detracted from the story or the characters.</p> <p>I went into the movie expecting it would either be amazingly good, or absolutely horrible, depending on what they did to the book. It’s one of my favorite books, and has been for almost 30 years. Didn’t much like the sequels when I was a teen, but I may need to give them another shot one day. But the first book has always been a favorite. Book-to-movie adaptations of favorite books, especially ones with strong political messages, seem to go to extremes in either direction. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/combined" target="_blank">Dune</a> (horrible to whole new levels), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/combined" target="_blank">Starship Troopers</a> (pretty horrible, though I am a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000539/" target="_blank">Dina Meyer</a> fan and liked most of her scenes), vs. the Lord of the Rings trilogy (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/combined" target="_blank">Fellowship</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167261/combined" target="_blank">Towers</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/combined" target="_blank">King</a>), or <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/combined" target="_blank">Blade Runner</a> (which is infinitely better than the book).</p> <p>Fortunately, my expectations were met, and the movie was very, very well done.</p> <p>10 out of 10</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-23000529927179379662013-10-16T06:01:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:09:01.449-07:00DBA Article: Learning By Teaching<p>“<i>Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach</i>.” (Attributed to H.L. Mencken) <p>What this is meant to illustrate is that those who have top-notch skill in a field, make their money actually doing work in that field, while those without enough skill to actually do the thing, will end up teaching (at best). Of course, those who teach <i>hate</i> this quote. <p>But there’s a point in it that’s of interest beyond the immediate meaning. It’s that, if you can do the thing, you could teach it. It’s been said that anyone with a real understanding of a technical subject, can communicate it to others, clearly, even if the students don’t have the vocabulary of the subject. <p>For example, I’ve experienced two people with different levels of understanding, who were both trying to explain how air conditioners work. One, who knew how to install and repair air conditioners but didn’t know the theory behind them, confused the audience with detailed descriptions of “compressors” and “Freon pumps” and so on. The second, who actually understood the whole process, asked the audience, “Have you ever used one of those cans of compressed air to blow dust off of your keyboard?” Everyone said they had. “You know how the can gets really cold?” “Yeah. Yep. Experienced that.” “Air conditioning works like that. When gasses get compressed, and then expand suddenly, they cool down, just like that dusting can.” Everyone understood. <p>So, if you want to test your own understanding of a subject, explain it to someone who isn’t already an expert. Once you figure out how to do that, you’ll have proved how well you yourself understand it. <p>Years ago, I discovered online SQL forums. I found people asking questions. Some of those questions, but only a very small number, I could answer. So I did. Other questions, I could understand what was being asked, and could almost answer it. So I researched the subject till I could answer it, and then did. <p>Some of my answers were challenged by others. Those challenges forced me to either clarify or defend my answer, or to correct my answer when (more often than I like to admit) my original answer had been factually just plain wrong. <p>I learned to build tests and to try to break them, so when I gave an answer it was already tested and I knew it would work before I suggested it. This is the senior echelon, beyond teaching and into doing, and experience in it is critical to advancing any skill. <p>The more questions I tried to answer, the more I learned. I found answers to questions I would never have thought of asking. And, in many cases, those questions were ones I <i>should</i> have been asking, but didn’t realize it. So the answers helped me as much or more than the person with the original question. <p>And the challenges to my answers! Awesome! I had to eat some crow, and I had to unplug my ego from the discussions, but I made that easy on myself. In doing so, I unlearned a lot of things that were wrong, learned a lot of new things, and improved my own skill. <p>Even when my original answer had been correct, the challenges exposed weaknesses in the answer, and I learned how to communicate my answers in such a way that they prevented the challenges from having to be posted. <p>Most importantly, by this process, I found a number of my own blind spots. We can never see our own blind spots, unless someone else points out, directly or indirectly, what’s in them. (That’s what makes them blind spots, after all – we can’t see what’s in them.) By reading questions I never would have asked, or reading answers by others, or by being challenged on my own answers, my blind spots were exposed. <p>Later, I added presenting to a PASS group to my “learning by teaching” activities. <p>These days, I do a monthly lunch-and-learn for the software development department at my employer. Organizing the material so that I can communicate it clearly in that kind of time-limited format, really forces me to make sure it’ll be clear and will educate rapidly. <p>All of these ideas and anything similar, can really help you to advance your own skill. It’s also very, very enjoyable, all by itself. If you haven’t tried it, do. <p>Of all the lessons I’ve learned in my years as a DBA, all of the “I wish I’d known this when I started out”, I think this is the most important.<a name="_GoBack"></a></p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-50295137429422671062013-10-05T10:05:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:09:01.462-07:00DBA Article: Documentation<p>A while back, I wrote a series of articles for beginning DBAs. Not on the technical side of how to handle SQL Server, but on the subject of “things I wish I’d known when I was starting out”.</p> <p>Here’s the first:</p> <p><b><i>DBA Tips & Tricks: Document “Why” Not “What”</i></b> <p>One thing I find in reviewing and refactoring older database code, that makes it much more difficult to figure out what to fix and how, is the documentation provided. <p>We’ve all run into situations where there simply isn’t any documentation, or it consists of “--TODO: Document this section” or something equally unhelpful. <p>Many DBAs and developers will even claim that “good code documents itself” as a justification for never getting around to documenting it. Sometimes this is seen as lazy, sometimes it’s seen as clever. What it really amounts to, in my opinion, is a complete misunderstanding of what documentation is about. <p>Here’s an example of what some might call “well-documented code”:</p><code style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><br></span><span style="color: green">--smalldatetime fix<br></span><span style="color: blue">ALTER FUNCTION </span><span style="color: black">[dbo].[fDateFix] </span><span style="color: gray">(</span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: blue">DATETIME</span><span style="color: gray">)<br></span><span style="color: blue">RETURNS </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br></span><span style="color: blue">AS <br> BEGIN<br> </span><span style="color: green">-- Declare Variables <br> </span><span style="color: blue">DECLARE </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br> </span><span style="color: blue">DECLARE </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br> </span><span style="color: blue">DECLARE </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br> <br> </span><span style="color: green">-- Set values<br> </span><span style="color: blue">SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: magenta">CAST</span><span style="color: gray">(</span><span style="color: red">'1900-01-01' </span><span style="color: blue">AS </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME</span><span style="color: gray">); <br> </span><span style="color: blue">SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: magenta">CAST</span><span style="color: gray">(</span><span style="color: red">'2079-06-06' </span><span style="color: blue">AS </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME</span><span style="color: gray">); <br> <br> </span><span style="color: green">-- Check value of input, correct if needed<br> </span><span style="color: blue">IF </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: blue">IS </span><span style="color: gray">NOT NULL <br> </span><span style="color: blue">BEGIN<br> IF </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: gray">< </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate <br> </span><span style="color: blue">BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> ELSE <br> IF </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: gray">> </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate <br> </span><span style="color: blue">BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> ELSE <br> BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> END<br> ELSE <br> BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: gray">NULL <br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> <br> </span><span style="color: green">-- Return corrected date <br> </span><span style="color: blue">RETURN </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br></span></code> <p>Each section says <i>what</i> it does. It clearly states that the function has the purpose of “smalldatetime fix”. The first part declares the variables, the next part assigns values to some of them, and so on. <p>This is a clear example of where “the code documents itself” is both true, and completely and utterly useless! <p>Why is it necessary to “fix” a smalldatetime? What are those “magical number” type dates that those variables are assigned to? Why does this function exist? <p>How about this, instead:</p><code style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: green">/*<br> Purpose: This takes DateTime input, checks if it is out-of-range<br> for datatype SmallDateTime, and sets to the closest<br> allowed value for that datatype if so.<br><br> Use when tables are designed with SmallDateTime and inputs<br> are not policed (free-form) in applications.<br>*/<br></span><span style="color: blue">ALTER FUNCTION </span><span style="color: black">[dbo].[fDateFix] </span><span style="color: gray">(</span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: blue">DATETIME</span><span style="color: gray">)<br></span><span style="color: blue">RETURNS </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br></span><span style="color: blue">AS <br> BEGIN<br> DECLARE </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br> </span><span style="color: blue">DECLARE </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br> </span><span style="color: blue">DECLARE </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME<br> <br> </span><span style="color: blue">SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: magenta">CAST</span><span style="color: gray">(</span><span style="color: red">'1900-01-01' </span><span style="color: blue">AS </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME</span><span style="color: gray">); </span><span style="color: green">-- Minimum allowed SmallDateTime value<br> </span><span style="color: blue">SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: magenta">CAST</span><span style="color: gray">(</span><span style="color: red">'2079-06-06' </span><span style="color: blue">AS </span><span style="color: black">SMALLDATETIME</span><span style="color: gray">); </span><span style="color: green">-- Maximum allowed SmallDateTime value<br> <br> -- Check value of input, correct if needed<br> </span><span style="color: blue">IF </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: blue">IS </span><span style="color: gray">NOT NULL <br> </span><span style="color: blue">BEGIN<br> IF </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: gray">< </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate <br> </span><span style="color: blue">BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: #434343">@sdate<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> ELSE <br> IF </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval </span><span style="color: gray">> </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate <br> </span><span style="color: blue">BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: #434343">@edate<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> ELSE <br> BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: #434343">@dateval<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> END<br> ELSE <br> BEGIN<br> SET </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate </span><span style="color: blue">= </span><span style="color: gray">NULL <br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br> <br> RETURN </span><span style="color: #434343">@newdate<br> </span><span style="color: blue">END<br></span></code> <p>(Note, this function is one I copied out of a third-party application and is not intended to be an example of good code. It could obviously be improved by a blind man with a sledgehammer. It is used here simply to show the difference in documentation styles.) <p>Note that anyone reviewing the “what it does” version gets no help at all from the “documentation”. “Oh really? So this part declares variables? I would never have guessed that!”, isn’t something that one says without sarcasm. <p>But the “why was this written” documentation says things the code itself <i>can’t</i> say, and is useful to someone reviewing the code at a later time. It raises questions like, “Is there a comparable function that corrects from DateTime2 to DateTime? If so, why isn’t it a single function with the output type determined via a parameter?” And, “Why don’t they just police this in the application? Shouldn’t this be handled closer to the user, so they know that we’re just going to arbitrarily change their input?” And so on. Very useful to someone doing a refactor. <p>Documenting why changes were made, in the DDL scripts that implement the changes, can allow for a chronological study of either source control or a DDL log. Imagine the different between logging “Updates the table” type comments, vs “Per meeting with John Doe and Sue Smith on 1 Jan 2013, changed business rules to use UpdateDate column for the record instead of AuthorizationDate”. Suddenly, code changes that might otherwise be mysterious a year from now, are quite clear. <p>Keep this in mind when writing and reviewing code. In later years, you’ll be glad if you implement it. <p>If you have a good project ticketing system, “why” documentation can be as simple as “Purpose: See ticket DB-1103, notes from 3 May 13”. It adds a level of work to reading the documentation, since it’s not contained in the code, but allows for much richer “why” where that’s needed.<a name="_GoBack"></a></p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-42146174974670537602013-10-05T09:56:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:09:33.659-07:00Ultimate SEO Fail<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PMEa7ln6pU0/UlBEsRDxdyI/AAAAAAAAAMM/kuQvWFBc7wA/s1600-h/Bing%252520Search%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bing Search" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bing Search" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HAb54ST-OoA/UlBEs3GCnII/AAAAAAAAAMU/Mzc-H1V7lxY/Bing%252520Search_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p>Did a Bing search for “search” and, not only does Google come up first, but Bing wasn’t even in the first seven results.</p> <p>That’s Ballmer’s legacy, just like that.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-49977986556542277082013-07-28T17:05:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.352-07:00Spiders and Wasps<p>Last night, I found some black widow spiders nesting in the garage. Sprayed them with some <a href="http://www.raidkillsbugs.com/fop_hg_bk.asp" target="_blank">Raid</a>, which says on the spray can that it kills spiders. It does, but it takes a LONG time to do it. At least in this case it did. Sprayed them last night, and they were dead by late this morning. One of three was still moving a little bit first thing, but by late morning they were all dead. They have another product that I might try if there’s a next-time.</p> <p>Then I saw some wasps building nests on my patio this afternoon. I’ve dealt with those before. <a href="http://www.raidkillsbugs.com/fop_w_h_k.asp" target="_blank">Raid Wasp & Hornet</a> spray is pretty much insta-kill on them. Worked immediately this time too.</p> <p>Adventures in owning a house!</p> <p>Good thing I’ll be doing the <a href="http://www.scientology.org/faq/scientology-and-dianetics-auditing/what-is-the-purification-rundown.html" target="_blank">Purification Rundown</a> later this year, with all these insecticides and such I’m having to use!</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-77596129609524014082013-07-20T15:04:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.361-07:00New House: It’s Curtains for This Place!<div id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:357f4f36-b691-4bb1-8417-7f397d836835" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:400px;border-collapse:collapse;' > <tr> <td colspan=2 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I keep thinking in terms of wood-frame structures, but when I was drilling the holes for mounting the curtains, the drill suddenly hit “something hard” and “gray powder” started coming out. Duh! The outside walls are all cinderblock! Not sure how I forgot that, but it sure made the whole thing a bit different.</p> <p>Had to wear a dust mask to keep from breathing too much powdered silicon. Had to use a concrete drill bit. Takes more time and patience to drill into it as well, of course.</p> <p>Anyway, adventures in getting up the curtains are done for the living room, bedroom, and dining room. The kitchen has flowery plastic on its window. All that remains is the TV room, and I’ve got ideas for that (it needs to be darker in there).</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-43682326072738612222013-07-20T14:53:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:08:21.709-07:00Movie Review: Red 2<p>Saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821694/combined" target="_blank">Red 2</a> last night. Loved the first movie (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/combined" target="_blank">Red</a>), and loved the sequel!</p> <p>There were a few jokes that struggled a bit, but most were hilarious. There were a few action scenes that lasted a bit too long, but they were all very good nonetheless.</p> <p>Marvin (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/" target="_blank">John Malkovich</a>) rocked the movie. Frank (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000246/" target="_blank">Bruce Willis</a>), Sarah (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000571/" target="_blank">Mary-Louise Parker</a>), and Victoria (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000545/" target="_blank">Helen Mirren</a>) were all as great as they were in the first movie.</p> <p>And because it could get pretty much straight into the action, without having to spend time introducing characters, it had a significant advantage over the first. (Though that may leave it less than fully comprehensible to anyone in the audience who didn’t see the first one.)</p> <p>9.5 out of 10</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-74070782627500458232013-07-18T07:40:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.358-07:00New House: Yard<p>I just went walking barefoot in my back yard. It’s been so long since I did anything like that, that it felt weird (but nice) on my feet!</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-35554676400294624572013-07-14T19:04:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.346-07:00New House: Adventures in the Land of the Blinds<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zubES0LcRc4/UeNYo0MfGnI/AAAAAAAAAKk/CnzE1HMGAYM/s1600-h/2013-07-14%25252021.57.55%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013-07-14 21.57.55" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013-07-14 21.57.55" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5PWdnK_tWuU/UeNYpeXziaI/AAAAAAAAAKs/KL6msTqLQ8U/2013-07-14%25252021.57.55_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></p> <p>The back door is no longer naked! Woot!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QZnz-dzgNPM/UeNYpgLnLdI/AAAAAAAAAK0/LzialFDyE34/s1600-h/2013-07-11%25252017.19.03%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013-07-11 17.19.03" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013-07-11 17.19.03" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-I3BtiYIzMdA/UeNYqAhNaZI/AAAAAAAAAK8/Mf5E_iUDE7Q/2013-07-11%25252017.19.03_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></p> <p>(Here’s a before-shot.)</p> <p>These things are easier to install than I feared. Put it in this afternoon with very little trouble/effort.</p> <p>The ones on the dining room windows (different make/design) are, however, seriously attempting to drive me to drink….</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-32153299661707952962013-07-11T14:27:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.342-07:00New House: Paintings Up<p>Just put up some art in the house:</p> <div id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:cc2c6d29-afb0-4742-a079-2d164df63e15" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:400px;border-collapse:collapse;' > <tr> <td colspan=2 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:5px 0px 5px 5px;width:157px;vertical-align:bottom;' > <a 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!688&parid=E6913E4614E21659!678&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AGmKBg192VRpNNc" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rGiGu7bY4cI/Ud8jnMsK2AI/AAAAAAAAAKU/tb9nmicvEWg/541922325525E1F80.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' > </td></tr></table></div> <p>The first picture is the view to the left as you step in the front door (facing towards the living room). Followed by the view to the right.</p> <p>The second two are the views from the living room (towards the front door).</p> <p>The final picture is the only one that aren’t of Mom’s paintings. I’ve got two cheap-but-nice pictures of the rock escarpments and isles off the Pacific coast of Washington, and a clock that I like.</p> <p>None of these are monetarily valuable, but the emotional value is inestimable!</p> <p>(And, yes, the picture backgrounds definitely show that we’re still moving in. Pardon the mess, please. It’s temporary!)</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-37390952588877413812013-07-08T19:01:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.350-07:00New House: Pictures<div id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:ca49c6c4-47fe-432f-b08e-1dc8b71b5dc8" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:400px;border-collapse:collapse;' > <tr> <td colspan=2 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:5px 0px 5px 5px;width:157px;vertical-align:bottom;' > <a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!639&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" target="_blank" border="0" 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!647&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4a_6D3Wz8Vw/Udtu6Gw5sHI/AAAAAAAAAD8/QivZPQ_0_w8/-12100498331F4D000A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!648&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Zgq8a4n8GS8/Udtu6TO-ytI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Gbc8Opydbow/-399779661F4D000A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!649&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bPLUGuU_-fA/Udtu6uk6LmI/AAAAAAAAAEI/_-DAKiyshRs/3907820834D3A52C2.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 5px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!650&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sbN6RDNTLUA/Udtu7PMie0I/AAAAAAAAAEU/sQ2V4MDe0QU/21255039547B27A57A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!651&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4pe4hGAZwsQ/Udtu7SGeazI/AAAAAAAAAEc/7Ls3Tf8y39U/12744852617B27A57A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!652&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ILE-covy7n0/Udtu7tOnZAI/AAAAAAAAAEk/7ZiVI4pQ6Ds/-17386792166362307.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!653&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-occ4pDmaInk/Udtu7wkNlRI/AAAAAAAAAEs/4TSCJz2VYQY/-1773077967142375C0.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!654&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2OPqL98ZRLs/Udtu8YLixGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/oOsVMq-LyOg/-2083251978142375C0.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 5px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!655&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GNdQgpYLtmY/Udtu84nPpnI/AAAAAAAAAE8/W2JsGH65N10/9501473184210C878.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!657&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-901WTzoSWzE/Udtu9TkVMRI/AAAAAAAAAFI/FtySxCgGATQ/-17730778742D1F4605.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!658&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VAq-OeU_EpQ/Udtu9jiOJYI/AAAAAAAAAFU/C88e2ZoNhwo/20911294665B0C98BD.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!659&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-egP2uOQdt5c/Udtu-MqPiEI/AAAAAAAAAFc/WsnRyrD-Jd8/656276265461B164A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 5px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!660&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H2HdL7bii3E/Udtu-knTfXI/AAAAAAAAAFg/9W_gkS0jSBs/-1340941212461B164A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=e6913e4614e21659&page=play&resid=E6913E4614E21659!662&parid=E6913E4614E21659!638&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AB_AiAw7ufGK7So" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EKsjcfiu_i0/Udtu_BVkyMI/AAAAAAAAAF0/9nme57Oo0zk/-74297469921F5BBBB.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a 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it was under construction, some are finished. None are post-move-in, so no furniture, etc., in these, except the welcome mats. We put those in as soon as the deal was closed and the mortgage signed for. Kind of “We’re Here!” markings.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-89476388236072632792013-07-08T18:52:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.364-07:00New House<p>Last week, Kit and I bought a new house. Moved in on Saturday (day before yesterday), and spent most of yesterday trying to recover from moving. (I just had to pick July in Florida for my move, didn’t I? I may be even crazier than I think.)</p> <p>Met some of our neighbors today. They’re moving in to the house next door. (It’s all new construction for the whole neighborhood. About a quarter of the planned houses have even begun construction.) Very nice Cuban couple, with their daughter there to help with the move.</p> <p>The dogs love having a yard. Kit and I love having a house. The kitchen alone is better than our old apartment!</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-87077502771859100062013-06-14T17:56:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:08:21.711-07:00Movie Review: Man of Steel<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/combined" target="_blank">Man of Steel</a> came out today. Just watched it. Regular screen, not IMAX or 3D or anything like that. Have to say, I definitely enjoyed it.</p> <p>One important detail is that the actress who plays Lois Lane actually looked old enough for the part this time around.</p> <p>The parts on Krypton were very, very cool.</p> <p>And Superman actually gets into a fight in this one, with someone who can hit back! How cool is that! (I’m trying to ignore <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081573/combined" target="_blank">Superman II</a> because, let’s face it, that movie should never have made it all the way to the theatre.)</p> <p>Won’t go into more details, since I don’t want to engage in spoilers.</p> <p>1-10 scale: 8.5</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-31478817507196386002012-11-10T05:29:00.001-08:002013-11-01T14:08:21.708-07:00Movie Review: Skyfall<p>The new James Bond flick. Saw it in the theatre last night.</p> <p>Definitely one of the better ones. They’re continuing the “show how tragic James’ life really is” theme, but doing it better here than in Quantum.</p> <p>Won’t say much more, because just about anything would be a spoiler of one sort or another.</p> <p>7 out of 10. Good flick.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-55462546776163077602012-10-10T19:10:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.355-07:00Post-Auditing Win<p>After my session on Sunday, I was telling Tiffany about “walking while standing still”. When I do that, I make myself feel like I’m standing still, but pulling the whole world towards me from the front, and pushing it away behind. My legs move to keep up, like a treadmill. It’s fun, and I can do that for a lot longer than I can walk when I don’t do that.</p> <p>Today, driving home from work, the small of my back started to hurt, and I realized I was “pushing” against the world from there. There’s no way my body can handle the kind of force needed to hold a car still while moving the world under it (same force as needed to move the car, after all), but that’s what I was doing. Ended up leaning forward whenever I wanted to accelerate, which is silly of course.</p> <p>So instead of doing that with the body, I held the car still and put the “push” and “pull” (tractor and pressor beams, of course) onto the frame and power-train of the car. In doing so, I took on the viewpoint of the car. Wow!</p> <p>I normally think of a car as a fairly heavy thing. About a ton-and-a-half of car, for the one I’m driving these days (<a href="http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Spec_Glance.aspx?year=2012&make=Ford&model=Fusion&trimid=113379" target="_blank">2012 Ford Fusion SE</a> – totally rocks!). But, from the viewpoint of the engine, the car is a featherweight! I never thought of it that way before, but it’s very definitely true. A “muscle” (the engine) that can propel a body at over 100 mph pretty much as long as it has gas in the tank, is much more power:mass than anything I’m used to from a body!</p> <p>Was great fun. And, as soon as I focused on the car that way, the back pain completely disappeared. Stayed away as long as I kept the car viewpoint, too. Very reliable.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-54955661150807830172012-10-10T18:57:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.353-07:00Exercise<p>36 tonight. Worked up a good sweat on it, too. Heart-rate is way elevated, which is a good thing. Means I’m doing that part right.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-697491103518093982012-10-08T18:26:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.357-07:00Auditing Wins<p>Had one of my best sessions ever yesterday. Not sure what to write about it, because the wins aren’t really expressible in English.</p> <p>Sometimes I have to remind myself who and what I really am. Spiritual, beyond flesh, merely anchored to others by this identity and the matter supporting it.</p> <p>Can’t express enough my profound gratitude to my auditor (Tiffany), the C/S, Tampa Org, and, most of all, Ron. Standard Tech really does what I need it to! Amazingly so!</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-10521046273557883052012-10-08T18:22:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.332-07:00Exercise<p>35 tonight. 1st time since I hurt my neck. Was harder than before, but not painful, so I’m back at it now.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-27897376320461049802012-09-30T08:19:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.340-07:00Exercise<p>Hurt my neck yesterday, after pushing up to 39 on the <strike>torture</strike> exercise program the night before. So no exercise yesterday or today. Neck’s feeling much better now, but best to let it recover all the way. Should be back at it tomorrow.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-13938657204492101032012-09-27T18:23:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.336-07:00Exercise<p>35 today</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-36932487228122361772012-09-25T18:40:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.348-07:00Exercise Challenge<p>31 today! The last one hurt my arms a little bit more than I prefer. But not enough to be negative. Wondering when my first “peak” (as in can’t do more one day than the prior day) will be.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693395384105176864.post-75560534075110428982012-09-24T18:25:00.001-07:002013-11-01T14:10:17.360-07:00Exercise & Health<p>Did 27 on the exercise challenge thing tonight.</p> <p>Also got a set of ultrasounds done on my carotid arteries and my aorta. Other than still-insane blood pressure numbers, all of that came back normal and okay.</p> <p>Checked Mayo clinic data on what it all means and whether it means anything or not, and it seems that it is worth it, and that everything (except BP) really is okay.</p> <p>So, good stuff. I’m healthier than I think in most regards.</p> Gushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130643489153822946noreply@blogger.com0