Twitter for Week of 19 October 2008
These are my annotated tweets for the week of 19 October 2008. Follow my microblog on Twitter at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling, then come here for the expanded version.
Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
2008-10-19: I finished Anathem after a marathon reading session. Stephenson kept me guessing to the end. It was a very good book.
As I wrote last week, Neal Stephenson did a good job of creating a new world, although I don’t think the result was as complete as Dune, by Frank Herbert. There is a twist near the end of Anathem, where Stephenson goes off in a new direction, that I didn’t find entirely convincing. I’m going to have to reread this book soon.
Database Development Using MySQL and Perl
2008-10-20: I spent the day designing a new database and writing Perl code to fill it. I’m applying Perl Best Practices, by Damian Conway.
2008-10-22: 8 solid hours of coding today. By the end of the day, all test data was loading correctly into my new database. Big data load is tomorrow.
2008-10-22: I stayed up late experimenting with creating an ERD of my MySQL database using Visio Pro 2007. The MySQL 5.1 ODBC driver is necessary.
2008-10-22: Microsoft tools such as Visio Pro are the wrong tools to use with MySQL. Tomorrow, I will experiment with MySQL Workbench.
I’ve been doing what I’m good at, creating a database and getting data into it and out of it.
Republican Party Obtuseness
2008-10-23: The Republican Party thought $150,000 in new clothing would fool us into thinking Sarah Palin is qualified for VP. Nope, still not.
I don’t understand why the Republican Party would destroy the image of an “ordinary hockey mom” by buying her $150,000 of clothes. Of course, Sarah Palin and her husband already have an estimated net worth of $1 million, so they aren’t ordinary people. Sarah Palin is dangerously unqualified for vice president; McCain made a mistake choosing her.
October 26 2008 04:16 pm | Microblog
