Irish Class, March 7, 2016 Rang Gaeilge, 7ú lá mí na Márta 2016
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Sháraigh na mná Harry Stottle, is sháraigh Harry Stottle an diabhalWomen were beyond Aristotle, and he was cleverer than the Devil. Harry StottleAristotle(!) sáraighovercome, pass a limit, ... ( Léigh tuilleadh )

My title at work is "Principal Database Administrator." My employer is looking for another one, to be my peer. Here is the job posting. I helped write it, and it did not get too badly garbled by the HR process. If you want the official view of what I do at work, this is it. If you have the relevant background, and are willing to work closely ( Read more... )

Irish Class, October 1, 2012 Rang Gaeilge, an 1ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2012
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"We don't have the source code."

I just saw these in an on-line discussion about something at my job that I have been working on since 2 PM (recall that today is Sunday).

On Sunday morning mia_mcdavid and our son James left here for a road trip. They drove to Michigan, to see Mia's mother and other relatives. I have been alone here, except for the cat, who apparently regards me primarily as her servant. So what have I been doing? ( Read more... )

More than two years ago I took an introductory class on the Oracle database management system. Oracle is used in my organization, but not nearly as much as SQL Server, which is where I had been spending almost all my time. My supervisor was an experienced Oracle DBA and handled such tasks as came up. However, she just left, to take a job in the ( Read more... )

Don't do anything just because the vendor says it's a good idea. Here's why.

Just because your company is paying them thousands of dollars does not mean they are competent. I have seen a quite a few cases like this in my own experience.

... if IBM is involved it will get even more complicated. That is the story of my weekend.

(Channeling Poul Anderson)

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As a government worker I had the day off, so I finally bottled the peach ginger mead that I started back in September. It had been sitting in a secondary fermenter (5 gallon carboy with an air lock) for nearly four months. Final specific gravity 0.999, about 8.9% alcohol by volume.