February 2009
38 posts
BBJ is out with an article about my company CommonThread. Somehow a head shot of me made the front page. Someone needs some new glasses. :)
Oh, the shame of it all. * puts paper bag over head * My railsconf presentation got rejected.
Debugging 1000s of lines of stored procedure code is a pain.
Got a Birmingham Library card today. My first checkout…Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity…wish me luck. :)
Just had a photo shoot for the Birmingham Business Journal. Our company, CommonThread, is supposed to be in next Friday’s edition.
Played Wallyball at the downtown Y. That was a lot of fun and a good workout.
Fun, fun…trying to reconcile why two different reports give inconsistent results.
RT @KathySierra Interesting: training the BODY does more for the brain than training the BRAIN… running makes you smarter, logic puzzl …
First goto statements I’ve seen in a loooonnnng time and in a stored procedure no less. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Data imports and conversions are deceptively complex. They always take much longer than you would like.
Lunch at P. F. Chang’s with Kay was excellent.
Delayed meetings are very bad for productivity. When there is not enough time to get back into your work you just waste it. :(
Digging into some heavy duty stored procedure code.
Regular expressions are awesome so long as you never have to change them.
Impatiently waiting to see if my railsconf session proposal is accepted.
Working on a new rails plugin and a proposal for railsconf.
How exactly are pilots supposed to watch for “falling space debris,”? http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/15/texas.sky.debris/index.html
Heading to the Texas Roadhouse for lunch. I love their steaks and the mashed potatoes with a little butter and sour cream are awesome.
Writing proposals for railsconf presentations.
Brainstorming on a data grid for rails. Baffled that something does not already exist.
Arrgggg!! Our internet access is seriously messed up today.
Went to IPSA meeting about Drupal…that’s not for me.
Wow, traffic is backed up all the way to the Shelby County Airport on I-65.
HTTP Client is very nice http://ditchnet.org/httpclient/
Had a nice swim at the Y…I like the saltwater pool better than chlorine.
I have gotten hooked on the GoodSense Dietary Snack Mix…It is not really healthy if I eat half the bag in a day though.
Had a nice run in downtown Birmingham today.
Gmail has been really flaky lately.
Faker gem produces a lot random phone number formats which may not all be valid for your app. The formats can be modified to suit though.
Stopping for take-out from the Texas Roadhouse.
Listening to all the Johnny Cash American Recordings albums. I think that is his best work.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, …
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, …
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, …
Charles Dickens on test driven development from A Tale of Two Cities…
Sitting on the screened in porch under a blanket, programming, and listening to The Partridge Family … man sometimes I scare myself.
Etta James has an amazing voice … rhapsody.com will expand your musical horizons.