It’s just about midnight. Henry (18 months now) konked out around 11PM. Tre (4 years) is determined to make it to midnight this year. Vicky seems to have fallen asleep on the couch. Sleep isn’t something ever comes easy to me, so I know I’ll make it. I have a feeling that 2008 will be [...]
Archive for 2007
Tiger Attacks At Zoos Aren’t Inevitable
December 26th, 2007
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A tiger at the San Francisco zoo jumped the moat and killed someone yesterday. As is usual with cases where people screw up, the article in the Contra Costa Times has lots of quotes about how it’s nobody’s fault. Of course, it’s the fault of the people who run the zoo! The version of the [...]
Core MySQL Going Open
December 25th, 2007
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While Core PHP was my first book and the one that most people know, I also wrote a book in 2001 on MySQL called Core MySQL. It didn’t sell very well, probably because Paul Dubois already had a good book on the market about MySQL. Core PHP owed a good portion of its success to [...]
The Next President Should Fix the TSA
December 24th, 2007
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USA Today reported that the TSA is now tied with the IRS as most disliked government agency. Since all of these annoying patdowns and shoe x-rays don’t seem to be worth anything at all, an enterprising presidential candidate should take up its abolishment as part of their platform. Other than all those useless agents who [...]
Holy Night 2007
November 19th, 2007
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In Martinez, the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving is called “holy night”, at least by people of my generation (class of 1988). It started with kids being home from school for the holiday. We’d all meet at College Lane in downtown Martinez. Several years ago we moved the party to Joe Tully’s house. This year he’s [...]
