December 2003
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Playing the Blame Game
"The officer could have taken down a tag number and stopped. You follow them, you don't push them to go faster. I think they were forced into a high-speed chase and they panicked." An interesting thought, to be sure. Does it merit further consideration? Perhaps knowing the context…
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Turn Around Already!
Okay, I admit that I've probably talked too much about weddings here for any normal straight guy. Sorry, but I've got one more observation to make, and I'll try and stay away for a while. As far as I can remember, the wedding party always faces the person…
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Anchors Away!
I was redesigning the plugin pages to get the documentation into a useful format, and found that I needed an anchor tag so that the reader could jump to a particular place in the document….
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Attach an SQL Database
The other day, I had the need to attach to a Microsoft SQL Server database that a customer had sent on CD. Not a backup mind you, just the raw files. Took me a little while to figure out this puzzler, so I figured I'd post it here…
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Is It Any Wonder
Not so long ago, the European Union (EU) decided to flex their muscle. You see, President Bush had decided it was a good idea to increase steel tariffs on imported steel in order to give our steel manufacturers more of a fighting chance. Keep the prices artificially high…
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Atom and Movable Type
I took a look at the default template for an Atom feed, introduced in Movable Type v2.65. This template seems to be where much of the new stuff fits into the new release….
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Airport Insecurity
The last week has been a bit hectic. Naturally, a lot of that is because of the time of year. Trying to get everything to come together with the house, and make sure plans are straightened out with the visiting relatives, and make some attempt at keeping everyone…
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Freedom to Cannibalize
In Germany, a computer expert recently recruited, ate and killed someone he had found on the Internet. Once dead, Mr. Meiwes then ate some more. Apparently the "victim" in this story participated in the process by eating part of his own body. Prior to his death, naturally, and…
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Helpful Web Pages
"Some local providers have run out of flu vaccine or have limited supplies. To receive a flu shot, call your doctor or local health department to see if they have vaccine remaining." Where would you find this piece of wisdom? On the Internet, of course, in an article…
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Postal Disservice
The other day, my wife and I went to pick up a package that had some postage due. No worries, I figured we'd jump into the car, breeze through the line at the post office and be done in no time. No such luck. First, we had to…