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Home Brew #8 - Dead Guy Clone

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:19:27 GMT

It seems like a really long time since I made this one, and I guess it has been. It fermented almost the full two weeks, followed by a little over a month of conditioning. ...

Enough With the $@##@%$#^ Steroids Already!

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:06:08 GMT

I got home from class tonight and put on the Phils pre-game, to be greeted with some more riveting stories about steroids. Maybe I'm numb to it by now, but ...

I Just Want to See it Work

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:36:43 GMT

We had a guest speaker in class tonight, Tom Costello from UpStreme. I got hung up at work and missed the very beginning, but he gave a pretty killer presentation ...

The Largest Tax Increase in American History - Oh Noes!

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:43:45 GMT

I was reading this article today and noticed this bit of wisdom:

This ...

Interview Promises, Kept???

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:12:51 GMT

I don't know if its' just me, but in my experience interviews have been full of grandiose, over-the top promises of all the exciting things I'd be doing in this position. Typically, ...

Gimpy Dog Tries Patience

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:01:58 GMT

One of our dogs (Jasmine) has had a limping problem for the past two weeks or so. She can still get around plenty fast, but she does it like a tripod, keeping her back-left leg lifted. ...

So Long, Informix!

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:07:54 GMT

We finally pulled the plug on Informix this week. Its' a bittersweet day for me. On the one hand, we will be fully free of that awful database. Good times. On the ...

Direct Marketing Fail - MLB Style

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:51:16 GMT

I got this gem today in the mail:

On the Goodness of Greed

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:13:45 GMT

I saw a post over at Chris Janc's blog today that got me thinking. Having spent most of my time in college studying ...

Another Win for Beach Weddings

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:38:16 GMT

I know I haven't posted about it yet (been busy stomping on our old DBMS's throat) ...