"Thus saith St. Bruce, Patch thy goddamn SQL, servers, yea, with thine own patch, or thou shalt know chastisement, and stupid shalt thou look, and many spiteful instant messages shalt thou receive." —John M. Ford, in the Making Light comments. … [Read more...] about And lo! all who heard were enlightened
Are you anti-nut?
The Picky Eater's Manifesto. Amen. On the subject of the zucchini bread, I have to say, screw the nuts. Who in God's name would put zucchini in bread?! (via Boing Boing) … [Read more...] about Are you anti-nut?
Oh, Holy God
Black Gate is finally publishing the story they bought from me two years ago. Yikes. I'd better finish something else, eh? I really thought they'd forgotten all about it. … [Read more...] about Oh, Holy God
iClip
I think I'm in love with iClip. How many times have I needed just one extra spot on the clipboard so I can shuffle two bits of code? … [Read more...] about iClip
iTunes psychic?
Twice today, I've turned on iTunes and set it to play random songs from my top-rated list only to have it start with the song that was already running through my head. (At the moment, it's K's Choice, Virgin State of Mind. Not exactly a ubiquitous track.) This is freaking me out … [Read more...] about iTunes psychic?
MySQLFront for OS X
OK, not really. But today I have discovered several lovely GUIs for MySQL administration on OS X: Aqua Data Studio (cross-platform) YourSQL CocoaSQL … [Read more...] about MySQLFront for OS X
Returned
Home. Alive. Tired. Later. … [Read more...] about Returned
And there was much rejoicing
Hilary Rosen, Wicked Witch of the West RIAA, is resigning. … [Read more...] about And there was much rejoicing
Narnia on the radio
The best thing about driving home Sunday night was that for half an hour or so, between Madisonville and Bryan, I caught part of a radio production of Prince Caspian. It was utterly delightful, and whoever did it, I want all seven books on CD. I suspect it was a BBC thing, given … [Read more...] about Narnia on the radio
Various tricks with archive calendars
These tricks apply to the tiny calendars that appear on your home page, not the full-screen monthly archives from my last post. How to link to a full day's entries instead of the last one on that day: – Turn on daily archives. – In your calendar code, replace … [Read more...] about Various tricks with archive calendars
