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Lost 2-0. Blech.

Apparently things were going well until the last 20 minutes when the Swedes scored twice.

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How to figure out if Google is updating it’s search algorithm. Query multiple data centers at once and compare the results visually.

So here I search for myself…

And here’s the result.

What’s interesting is that Google has 35 data centers.

So I tried to use my table under XP, and started finding myself irritated with the clunkiness of the user experience.

So I am torn.

Shall I give Vista one last chance?

My computer was on the blitz, blink, disaster.

And after it finally died refusing to boot, I pulled out the Lenovo CD’s to re-install Vista.

Imagine my, genuine Windows ™, surprise when I discovered that I had successfully installed …

Microsoft Windows XP!

So what is Service Pack 2 for Vista why, Windows XP Service pack 3.

On Saturday I was skiing in Tahoe. 

Meanwhile the Montreal Canadiens were playing the New Jersey Devils. This was the first time since 1993, the Habs were playing for first in the Eastern Conference. Heck for the first time since 1996, I thought they could realistically beat the New Jersey Devils.

Unfortunately I could not get my cell phone to act as a wireless transmitter for my computer, so I could not listen to the game over the Internet.

So I was forced to watch the game by reading the bulletin boards on www.hfboards.com on my cell phone.

It was an interesting experience. I did not quite see the plays, or hear the plays, but I could follow the plays as they happened. It was like being a blind person at a hockey game with your buddies periodically telling you what was going on.

I have to say the entire experience was a blast. You got the passion, the excitement, the frustration, the thrill of the game even if you missed some of the details.  Not sure if I would ever do it again, I still like listening to the play-by-play or watching the game but still in a pinch,

This is turning into amazingly good television.

I strongly recommend that folks watch this show.

I have way too many books in my house.

One of the challenges of having too many books, is that sometimes (and with increasingly alarming frequency) I end up buying the same book twice!

So I decided to create a simple database using Access 2007.

Creating the schema was fairly trivial. It consisted of three tables:

Book (BookID, Title)

Authors (AuthorID, FirstName, LastName)

AuthorBookMap (AMID, BookID, AuthorID)

Once I got my tables, I wanted to create, what I thought was a fairly simple data-entry mechanism:Imagine a button: AddNewBook

Which would take me to a wizard:

ask for book title

ask for author (s)

Which would then conclude with the action of

update book and author table and add authorbookmap entry.

Turns out that this simple activity is non trivial, and is turning into an illuminating, and informative experience into the very nature of how MS Apps are put together.

Because, for whatever reason, the company that popularized or pioneered wizards did not think that having wizard creation tools in the most popular database on the planet was a necessity.

I am now struggling to understand how you use VB 6.5 (Visual Basic 6.5) to create a wizard. And I believe it is possible, but the complexity is staggering!

I was rummaging through my facebook page, when I discovered the moral equivalent of the facebook chain-letter:

Of course this might not be a chain-letter, in which case I just did the facebook community a grave disservice.

You can find my other work blog here: http://blogs.netapp.com/extensible_netapp.

From www.artisanalcheese.com:

Kirkham’s Lancashire perfectly epitomizes the “butter crumble” texture so characteristic of British cheeses. Mrs. Kirkham – the legendary Lancashire cheesemaker – rubs her beautiful, cloth-wrapped wheels of cow’s milk with her farmhouse butter, enriching the taste and protecting them from unwanted molds. Aged for 5 – 8 months, Lancashire has a delicate, lemony flavor and a long-lasting mellow tang.

The cheese snob says: Eh, nothing special. I paid 30 bucks for this? C.

The casual cheese eater:  I liked last months better. C