http://www.nextyme.net/blog The personal blog of Me (and some other random people I've met). Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:38:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Carol and I are presenting at PodCamp 3Pittsburg. We're presenting on Usability and Utility, which is a topic near and dear to both of us. This is our first joint presentation, too, which should be interesting. http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2008/10/18/podcamp-pittsburg/ A Simple AssignmentSlow cookers speed things upfront lawns required time, labor, and moneyThey were meant to be remote and awe inspiring; he went for huge lunch at his parents.that first terrible moment, his blood froze: racism is worst than you think.The bourgeoisification of man.His uglification and diminishment:not a completely fair ... http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2008/07/18/180/ I've been staying at the Coxhead House in San Mateo for the last couple of days. I've got to say that it's one of the nicer B&B's I've been in (not that I've been in a lot, but it's still pretty nice). The food is great and the ... http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2008/05/09/san-mateo-bed-and-breakfast/ Ok, I searched and searched and searched for this. Found a lot of stuff about Windows but NOTHING about how to automate ODBC DSN creation on a Mac. On Tiger, this is very, very easy. Basically, you have to add the appropriate config lines to the ... http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2007/11/12/how-to-automate-odbc-dsn-creation-on-mac-os/ http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2007/11/08/alan-kay-was-right/ I just had a very strange situation. I've got this Tiger CD here that came with my Macbook Pro. But it seems to be corrupt somehow, because I coudln't install a bunch of softare off of it. when I used my older Tiger CD's it worked like a charm. ... http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2007/11/07/mac-os-package-management/ So, It's T-1 Days until NaNoWriMo and my starting on the "The Things I might Have Said" my newest and bestest novel. At least I have a title. I think that's more writing than I got done last year for NanoWriMo. http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2007/10/31/t-1-day-till-the-things-i-might-have-said/ Against my better judgement (perhaps), I rather like Mike Huckabee. The problem I have the Gov. H is that he is _really_ socially conservative and supports a set of views that I find, well, problematic (to be diplomatic). However, he shares my views on many ... http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2007/10/23/850-profits-of-baal/ Get the Flash Player to see this player. var FO = { movie:"https://media.dreamhost.com/mediaplayer.swf",width:"320",height:"240",majorversion:"7",build:"0",bgcolor:"#FFFFFF", flashvars:"file=http://www.carologic.com/walkingondeck_320x240.flv&showdigits=true&autostart=false" }; UFO.create(FO,"walkingondeck_320x240.flv"); http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2007/07/04/yeah-its-cheesy/ Kurt Vonnegut is Dead. I was first introduced to his work when I read "Cat's Cradle" in high school. I read a bunch of his stuff, and found him to be an insightful author and commentator. I also found him to be an inspiration to my own writing. ... http://www.nextyme.net/blog/2007/04/11/and-so-it-goes/