Hockey, Motocycles, Music, Guns and Databases

2007-10-18T10:35:00.000-06:00

Dear ladies and gents, I come before you to stand behind you to tell you something I know nothing about.Since next thursday will be good friday, there will be a meeting for mothers, fathers only.Wear your best clothes if you don't have any, stay home if you can't be there.Tickets are free, pay at the door.Have a seat on me, please sit on the floor. NO matter where you sit, the man in the balcony

2007-01-29T17:27:00.000-06:00

"Found a new blog"In the words of Huey Lewis, "I found (want) a new blog", okay that's not exactly what he said. -- I'd been there in the past, but didn't opt to them, because I had Blogger. Now that's about to change.I have registered at WordPress and am thinking of blogging there. A few posts ago (I would link it if I could) I spouted about the shortcomings of Blogger. One being not having

2007-01-29T15:00:00.000-06:00

Sometimes its good to be a geekYes indeed. Since I manage to IT department here, I was able to review my smtp logs for that darn alt-email address for Yahoo! Low and behold, there was the email they sent. So I had the alias re-setup and asked to have my password set once more. Less then a minute later, I had the new password sitting in my inbox. Back on Yahoo! again. Would sucked to loose a

2007-01-29T08:26:00.000-06:00

Lost my password!I am such a bonehead. Last Friday on the train, I was surfing as usual and thought I was at a phishing site instead of Yahoo!. Just in case, I changed my Yahoo! password, don't need anyone hijacking my account. Saturday morning comes around, and the wife and I are trying to get Billy Joel tickets online. Of course my account with the Sears Centre uses my Yahoo! email address.

2007-01-23T06:17:00.000-06:00

BloggerI have been using blogger for some time now and am really starting to discover some of it's weaknesses. A really big plus would be a title line for each posting. Something that can be linked to, what would be displayed in a listing. I have been creating my own "title" but it's not the same. Another great plus would be categories. Create different categories the posts will be

2007-01-17T06:48:00.000-06:00

Furrygoat's Law: Adobe AcrobatThank you Steve*You Need No Further Evidence That Software Is Bloated... When you discover that Adobe's latest iteration of their Acrobat PDF Reader has a built-in RSS aggregator.Yes, that's exactly what Adobe Reader needed.>I couldn't agree with you more, Adobe Acrobat has just gotten worse with every release with the amount of bloat they add to that program. It's

2007-01-07T11:21:00.000-06:00

Here, is a basic (base) recipe for French Toast. Not sure why, but I just had this large desire to have some this morning. My wife is usually the French Toast maker in the family, but her strep infection came back and she is sleeping in. Its not so hard to make, actually pretty easy and I think they turned out pretty good. Probably not as good as hers, but did the job, none-the-less. I call

2007-01-04T06:48:00.001-06:00

Man I love my kids--just more and more every day.I have to say, they are the only people in this world who really "wow" me.

2007-01-03T10:07:00.000-06:00

Public Bathrooms at WorkIt has to be my least favorite thing about the office, those damn public rest rooms. The building I work in is close to 100 years old, so space isn't plentiful, specially in the bathrooms. The men's room has two stalls and a stand up, and the stalls could never fit a fat man. No not me, sure I am over weight by 20 pounds, but by no means a fat man. Of course the

2007-01-02T07:44:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year!Figures, I am a day late _sigh_.

2006-12-30T00:09:00.000-06:00

Strep Begone! Strep has made it though my family this holiday season and it really sucks. My wife showed the first signs with a really, really nasty fever and swollen glands; she has strep throat. Tuesday, December 26th we went to the doctor she received antibiotics (previquin??) . The following day, I took my sons to the doctor, one for a follow-up and the other to insure he doesn't have

2006-12-20T19:54:00.000-06:00

Read it, Live it! If you develop software I hope you pass this simple test:http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html

2006-12-18T18:25:00.000-06:00

I am sure everyone of you have spent time in McDonnald's. What I really wonder is how many have spent hours in McDonnnald's Playland? This jungle gym of germs and viruses is the best thing in the world for bored children in the Winter. Yesterday my wife and I decided to take the children to MCD's for some energy release. Of course we wanted to catch Breakfast, but that sure didn't happen. We

2006-12-18T18:20:00.000-06:00

Well as you may of guessed, I went with the Fuji F30. Just seemed to be the best fit for our use, and so many positive things said about the camera. I have ordered from Newegg and should have it in a few days. I have ordered many items in the past from Newegg, and they have never let me down. In this case, they actually had a combo deal on the camera which included a too-bid case and 512M xD

2006-12-14T09:19:00.001-06:00

Nope, still haven't decided on a camera.

2006-12-13T21:31:00.000-06:00

This is a pretty unfortunate incident which occurred in Chicago today. 7 people where covered with cement from a building being build. The strangest part from me is I heard the cement fall! My office is only 3 walking blocks from where it happened, I have watched them put up this building from my window over the last few months. It really is amazing on how they can put a floor or more a

2006-12-12T08:00:00.000-06:00

Digicam HELLSo it's time for a new camera. For the most part the family has been an analog camera user, and very happy with the results. I have used some cheap digital cameras and cameras in phones and well, you know how well they work.Last Christmas we decided to get a new camera for the family, figured it could be a gift for the both of us, to the both of us. Well it never happened, we never

2006-12-07T12:13:00.000-06:00

I sure has been a while since I have posted here. I have this strange desire to start this up again. There are just too many things building up in my head I really don't need any falling out on the floor--getting lost under the bed. To avoid over feeding dust bunnies this is where my virtual pensieve will be; ePensieve perhaps. Okay that was lame. For those of you who don't know what a

2005-10-04T13:38:00.000-06:00

PINK FLOYD LYRICS "Keep Talking"For millions of years mankind lived just like the animalsThen something happened which unleashed the power of our imaginationWe learned to talkThere's a silence surrounding meI can't seem to think straightI'll sit in the cornerNo one can bother meI think I should speak nowI can't seem to speak nowMy words won't come out rightI feel like I'm drowningI'm feeling weak

2005-10-04T07:19:00.000-06:00

Here is an editorial by Steve Jones about Joe Celko as PASS. I can't agree with him more on Joe's arrogance. While I was studying how to store trees (hierarchal data) in a database, of course I came across Joe Celko. He is the master of nested sets. One thing that I noticed which drove my crazy is that Joe copy/pasted the same text on most discussion group responses. He did this everywhere

2005-08-29T10:27:00.000-06:00

There is a new breath being inserted into the Chicago Blackhawks. Why shouldn't there be, Wirtz got what he wanted, the cheap bastard. Well, I can't blaim him for not wanting to pay $30m a year for a single player. That is just stupid, really stupid.So we have some new talent on the team, and if this new coach can get them to gel, it should be a great year for Chicago. Making the top 8 for the

2005-02-24T20:36:00.000-06:00

The Chicago Stadium Organ. It's mostly gone, in a fire, allegedly arson. If it is, I sure the Wertz had something to do with it. I found this site http://www.catoe.org/barton.html where many great pictures exist of that wonderful piece of workmanship.I also like this picture McABEE Located at http://theatreorgans.com/il/joliet/MCABEE.HTML

2005-02-22T21:22:00.000-06:00

Why is it that 80% of the drivers of SUV's have no idea how to drive them? luckily I drive very little every day, see I take a train into Chicago every day. I do have to drive to the train station and here and there on the weekends. For some reason this year I seem to be waiting in a parking lot more and more while some yahoo tries to maneuver their over-sized SUV in and out of parking

2005-02-16T08:57:00.000-06:00

Post from:chicagoblackhawkuprisingDate: Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:01 pm Now that hockey is officially over, not that we didn't know thisalready, it's time for more important things, like:Freeing Lord Stanley's Cup.FREE STANLEY!Just because the bloated, bureaucratic NHL doesn't want a hockey season, that is no reason not to award the highest award in hockey to a deserving team.

2005-02-06T07:28:00.000-06:00

Have you been to NHL.com lately? Man what a joke. All the content is about old games. The NHL is continuing it's "remember the original six" shit. Yes, I love old time hockey, of course I do and many, many others; that's because that's when the NHL and its players had heart, shit-loads of it. It is all the NHL has to stand on is it's past. I am sure it was good for them at first, nestalga

2004-12-02T13:48:00.000-06:00

It's Christmas time again. Time to drain the bank account on gifts for some fable's birthday. It's my wife's favorite holiday so I play along to keep her happy. It's the simplest of equations, 'When she's happy I am happy'. If she isn't happy all hell can definitely break loose. It really is cool with me though. Well there was tangent for you. Basically all I wanted to do here is post some

2004-11-30T11:54:00.000-06:00

"The China Price" Hold onto your ass and think about liquidating everything. We are being killed in this world economy. Just as figured, if we play as a whole with the world, everything must equal out. This means that the 'standard' class in the US is doomed to having less, and lucky to have a job. What is left for us if every thing is cheeper from other contries? The artical linked here is

2004-11-22T15:37:00.000-06:00

Linked here is a real good paper on the SQL exploit on pwdecrypt() in sql Server 2000. link

2004-10-29T10:08:00.000-06:00

Here is a reference to `Flower Duet' with lyrics. I have no idea if they are accurate though. Lakme - Flower Duet

2004-10-29T08:06:00.000-06:00

It is driving me crazy! I woke up this morning listening to a classical musical piece that I just love. I don't say that much to music, but this piece just moves me. The biggest surprize is that it is also a lyric opera piece and I am not into opera at all. It is just amazing though. It was 05:00, probably 05:04 to be more exact and it was playing on the clock radio (which couldn't do any

2004-09-27T22:44:00.000-06:00

What is this I have found. I really don't know, but at least I can make it back. The Internet Hockey Database -- Hockey Statistics, Logos, and Trading Cards

2004-08-18T14:55:00.000-06:00

*** Gold Bird ***

2004-07-29T11:10:00.000-06:00

I am bored. The entire company is on an outing, and here I site with no desire to do anything. I would leave but the phone switch broke this morning, so I have to stay around while this technician tries to figure out what is wrong with it. If I could just think of somewhere to go on the Internet, or get the /whatever/ together so I will actually do some work. I am going to be stuck here all

2004-07-22T16:06:00.000-06:00

I am having some trouble with setting a value to ComboBox.SelectedValue and then saving that value using DataBinding. Example: // There are five controls on a form, 1 ComboBox (comboBox), 2 TextBoxes (tbx1, tbx2) and 2 buttons (btnNew, btnSave) DataSet dsFillCombo; DataSet ds1; // I fill each DataSet using separate data adapters // The Combo is Bound like this comboBox.DataSource = dsFillCombo;

2004-07-06T15:02:00.000-06:00

Singltons baby... Implementing Singleton in C#

2004-07-01T13:15:00.000-06:00

Simple databinding to a UserControl in C# has been quite a challenge. Here is one referrence to keep on hand. Google Search: bind property of usercontrol C#

2004-06-22T19:19:00.000-06:00

Getting coffee at work I drink a good amount of coffee during the working morning. If ever I poor a cup and there's a cup or less left, I will brew another pot. Not a hard task: One, Empty old grounds. Two (optional), rinse coffee gounds basket. Three, place new filter in basket. Four, tear open new pre-measured(!) coffee bag. Five, poor bag into basket. Six, put basket in coffee machine. And

2004-06-21T14:50:00.000-06:00

I have always been pretty disappointed that none of the Chicago newspapers have a running chess game or any chess in there games sections. The New York Times has had a chess section for a very long time from what I understand. I don't know how good it is yet, but once I read this for a while I can let you know. Here is a link to the NYTimes games section, scroll down to chess. You will have

2004-05-23T00:00:00.000-06:00

New for 2004, The World Hockey Accociation returns. The World Hockey Association

2004-05-18T06:56:00.000-06:00

Here is a new defense against bacteria and other microbes which can be used on many different mediums. They use tiny molecular daggers which latch onto fibers and stab and destroy microbes. This could easily lead to killer clothes or bandages. You can read the details below. "...When bacterial or fungal spores approach the fabric, their negatively charged fatty membranes are attracted to

2004-05-13T15:11:00.001-06:00

Here is the patent for Mamo's Atmospheric Cold Megawatts at the United States Patent Office. United States Patent: 6,696,766

2004-05-13T15:11:00.000-06:00

Here is Anthony C Mamo's website on Atmospheric Cold Megawatts. You would not believe your eyes if you took the time to read this website. At least take the time to read through the advantages. Atmospheric Cold Megawatts - Generating Energy from Differences in Atmospheric Pressure

2004-05-13T11:20:00.000-06:00

This is great and horrible. An inventor in Arlington Heights, IL has recently received a patent for a new energy source which is completely clean. It is based on atmospheric pressure differences. An underground tube ran along a highway could produce as much electricity as 997 tower wind farm! That is major. Because of the governments heavy investments in fossil oil they are not paying any

2004-05-05T21:42:00.000-06:00

This is a very usefull way to extract data from a DataTable. I never new it was possible until I found it on MSKB #308909 You can also copy DataRow objects from the results of a filtered DataView class or from the results of a Select method. For example: // Copy from the results of a Select method. foreach (DataRow MyDataRow in DataTable1.Select("Region = 'WA'")) { DataTable2.ImportRow(

2004-05-04T11:51:00.000-06:00

- Human Energy Theory -I have been a father now for two years, and like most parents I wonder where my son gets all his energy from. We spent a few hours in the mall the other day and I swear he ran for 45 minutes straight. I was thinking about renaming him Forest.This got me to thinking. While people watching, which I like to do an a consistent basis, I discovered this theory:Each being is

2004-04-26T22:05:00.000-06:00

Thanks to Blogger.com I now have a gmail account. Sure many of you say, so what. I say 1GB of storage. The search based, no folder approach to email is different, but I like it. It will be interesting in a few months as I use the service. As far as Google scanning through emails for advertising, I don't see it as a big deal. Did you ever think email was a secure medium? This company

2004-04-08T07:10:00.000-06:00

Information for the 2003 - 2004 NHL Playoffs Yahoo! Sports

2004-03-11T11:55:00.000-06:00

Germ Warfare on the Internet This is the future of viruses on the Internet in the way that I see it. Basically it is Microsoft or any other manufacturer with an open exploit in there product to write a virus/worm that will hunt down the machines that are infected, then download and apply the patch required to fix the hole. It could setup on the machine for a short time to copy itself around

2004-02-18T22:24:00.000-06:00

- Symantec Security Response - W32.Welchia.B.Worm Now this is different, well at least to begin with. This virus/worm actually has some benefits to it if you can believe that. It starts by trying to download two patches from Microsoft. These are for some of those damn DCOM exploits that have killed Windows. Anyway, it will download, load and restartthe computer. Then after that it looks for

2004-02-10T20:53:00.000-06:00

Well I have heard back from Marcos Brenton, and I must say that it was less that expected. Well what did I respect, he would use my little <> in a new article on the same subject. Probably not, time to move on. Well here is his first return email: Mr. Slaski - Thanks so much for the kind words and for taking the time to write. I really appreciate it. If you don't mind me asking, how did you

2004-02-10T16:04:00.000-06:00

I content that we are all athiests. I just believe in one less god than you. When you understand why you reject all other possible gods, you will understand why I reject yours. (Adelaide Uni Toilet Wall, 2002)

2004-02-06T16:06:00.000-06:00

Google Search, database changes Finish your damn research.

2004-02-05T22:22:00.000-06:00

Just because I mentioned it I would like to give them the service that is due. TINYURL, Yes, tinyurl.com One of the best little sites I have found on the internet. Ok, no, I didn't find it, I was told about it, but... The have a link that you drag onto your quick-link bar so when you are on a page you just click the link and you go to there site. At this point the new tinyurl is in your

2004-02-05T22:10:00.000-06:00

A comment on "Miracle" and some real thought to take away from it. http://tinyurl.com/2xvul (Yes, everyone should use tinyurl, keeps it neat. It's great in emails) Um: Use Warning: Must credit Sacramento Bee - per the artical in the link. Marcos Brenton wrote this artical with the Scripps Howard News Service (shns.com). What I like the most about it, is the realization of how sports has

2004-02-05T19:12:00.000-06:00

Google Search: travel times chicago

2004-02-04T17:10:00.000-06:00

I may look at this someday, again!?! Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2

2004-02-03T06:55:00.000-06:00

Congestion, congestion where did all this damn traffic come from. To hell with trafic.com who asks for personal information to "register" with them. Below is all the data you need. Yes there are others from UIC but this site includes the tollways, which none of the others do. Ok maybe not none, but I haven't run accross many. Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor Home Page

2004-01-30T22:14:00.000-06:00

I just don't get things some times. I have this friend who seems to always get in. To what? What ever. He has this new job set up that I am sure many tall tales were told. Since he doesn't have a High School diploma he would like a picture of mine so he can have one made to show them. The job is IT, and I though all of those where going to cheaper labor, and his experience in it is small but

2004-01-28T12:21:00.000-06:00

Reading more of Barry's articles does say one deffinite thing. The man Hates Brian Sutter. I will leave that up to you, here is a link to his columns: http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/col_rozner.asp

2004-01-28T12:20:00.000-06:00

Ok that wasn't that difficult. Let me know what you think on this. The biggest thing is how accurate is this guy? Daily Herald Can Sutter survive latest round of infighting Blackhawks battles? Posted January 28, 2004 By Barry Rozner Hockey politics, not to mention potential unemployment, make for strange bedfellows. That would explain why blustery Brian Sutter and Baghdad Bob Pulford have

2004-01-28T12:18:00.000-06:00

This is it, Daily Herald hawk notes. Some of the things I read in that paper really surprize me. I would really like to know the accuracy of Barrt Rozner's information. He gets right ino the dirt, but is it truthful. Sure I can make up all kinds of shit about anyone. If I find the artical online I will post a link and content. If Barry is correct, the Blackhawks front office is in real

2004-01-27T23:01:00.000-06:00

An old friend who decided to post some pictures of his kids. The grow so fast, it is really amazing. Laux Family Photos

2004-01-20T09:13:00.000-06:00

One more personal privacy site. Welcome to Privacilla.org

2004-01-20T09:10:00.000-06:00

Is privacy a concern of yours, well to this guy to. Visit this site dedicated to personal privacy. DontSpyOnUs

2004-01-20T08:19:00.000-06:00

A popular group that I like to post at AccessandSQLDevelopment@groups.msn.com

2004-01-19T22:30:00.000-06:00

My usenet signiture: Brett Please post DDL, so that people do not have to guess what the keys, constraints, data types, etc. in your schema are.

2004-01-19T22:27:00.000-06:00

Just because I keep forgeting the syntax and it is easier to lookup here. Dim rsEeList As ADODB.Recordset Dim rsPrMast As ADODB.Recordset, rsPrEtax As ADODB.Recordset Dim cnSummit As ADODB.Connection Dim strCn As String, strSql As String, location As String, dateStart As Date, dateStop As Date Dim passCnt As Long, strWork As String, lngWork As Long dateStart = Now()

2004-01-19T17:08:00.000-06:00

C# utility, command line parser. Looks real usefull. GotDotNet User Sample: Command Line Parser Library

2004-01-19T10:30:00.000-06:00

The Safari bookshelf. A great place for online access to books. Very reasonally priced. O'Reilly Network Safari Bookshelf

2004-01-19T08:43:00.000-06:00

Now this is a site worth mentioning. It contains many great script references. Give it a look if you need it. Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages: Batch Files, Rexx, KiXtart, Perl, VBScript

2004-01-19T08:40:00.000-06:00

Google Toolbar Installed

2004-01-19T08:37:00.000-06:00

Hmm. To start this log. May be a good place for the help I give or have been given. Knowledge is power, you know.