Yesterday I noticed something different in my Twitter stream using Hootsuite. I was seeing promoted ads. The first one I saw was for some mayonnaise, which kinda made sense because everyone knows I love a good BLT sandwich, but it was certainly not a welcome tweet. I was only slightly annoyed because, hey, Twitter spam [...]
Musings
What Color Are Santa's Pants?
Recently there was a topic for the Un-SQL Friday. I didn’t participate, but something came along right after the deadline that made me stop and think a bit, and I thought I would write up a quick post. The topic was “bad interviews” and it made me think a bit about the hiring process in general. [...]
Netflix Values My Family Time At $0.24
Don’t believe me? Check out the email I got from them this morning regarding their outage this past Sunday:
So, in an effort to appease me they thought it best to offer me a 3% credit. On the PORTION of my bill that is for streaming, although my CURRENT plan isn’t broken down into to “streaming” [...]
Thoughts While Grilling Pork During a Tornado
This past Wednesday at least two tornadoes struck within a few miles of my house. The first one started about 4:30PM. I had finished with a meeting for work at about 4:15PM, walked downstairs to talk with Suzanne, and was asked a question by my daughter: “Papa, will there be a tornado?” I laughed because…well…we [...]
This Could Be You!
Ever want to see a space shuttle launch? OK, but ever want to see one in person? Ever want to stand by the famous Countdown Clock and feel the shock waves roll over your body?
Then go here and register. You have until noon tomorrow. And yes, it is as awesome as this picture makes it [...]
It's Not Your Fault
A while back I started thinking about how a lot of people have no idea of the true value of having a good DBA. This made me also think that it is likely the reason why some people treat DBAs so poorly. And then for whatever reason I started thinking about Denny Cherry (blog | [...]