fleshyorgans

Journal of a software engineer with a romantic heart

Odd SQL Server errors

Maybe someone will find this post and explain to me why SQL Server behaves like this. My question isn’t “how should I rewrite this query”, but “why does SQL Server act like this”. The behavior I see is that for some reason it’s easier to do TOP bignumber than TOP smallnumber. In my instance, TOP [...]

My tools for development under Ubuntu

My work machine recently developed the click of death, so I had to get a new hard drive and reinstall everything. Just in case this happens again, and in case anyone else is interested, below is the list of things I install in addition to the standard Ubuntu installation:

Gnome Color Changes

Update: Seems the original link was removed for some reason. I’ve posted a link to the new location, which is a source bz2 file. One of the things I love about Gnome is how it doesn’t overwhelm you with options and settings for things. But one of the things I hate about it is how [...]

Beer

Started a new batch of beer, this evening. Two things: Degrees Celsius ≠ Degrees Fahrenheit 5 gallons of water takes a long-ass time to come to a boil, even starting at 150° F TIA

Picture fun

I have a buttload of pictures on Flickr. A few days ago I went through and added all the ones I particularly like to a set. Check it out. I’m not saying they’re good, just that I like them best.

I’ve had “Chocolate Rain” stuck in my head since this morning

It’s finally gone, but I wanted to share the love in case you haven’t heard it, yet.

Moved to the next level

I’ve reached a new milestone in my Linux endeavors. I’m currently running a custom kernel on my laptop — the last ck patch, to be specific. It actually isn’t that hard if you’re a developer and/or have command line experience. There’s a walkthrough on the wiki. Only snag I had was my Belkin USB wireless [...]

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