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November 28, 2006

Transactional Programming

Seems like the word "transaction" has been prominent in my lexicon these last few months. First I wrote an article about "Transactional Warfare" which stated that all commercial transactions have some military value. Programming is transactional too, just like many...

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November 20, 2006

Databases and the UML

Lately I have been spending a little more time with UML and databases than I usually do, and I came across an interesting WTF....

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November 15, 2006

Borat The Unknowable

Maybe I am alone in the world, but I just don't get Borat. Would muggings or snuff films be okay at the theater? Or is it just okay to push hatefulness as far as you can without gettting arrested?...

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November 3, 2006

Tyranny of the Bytes

I spent four hours with Sprint over the past two weeks getting them to do something very simple. Combined with my experience today, I think I see a bit of a trend....

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November 1, 2006

Please Support The John Kerry Soldier Education Fund

These poor uneducated riff-raff need your help. John Kerry is counting on your donation!...

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Signs You Have Too Little Process

Is this all of your project documentation? Is it on a napkin? I don't like rules very much. And I hate, really hate, paperwork. So how did I end up as a process expert? I finally realized that good process...

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