November 2007 Entries
We are sitting at the pool with some friends of ours. My 4 year old son is chatting with a buddy of his. His friend is excitedly telling my son about the last visit to the restaurant: "You won't believe who I saw. Kobe Bryant !!!" "Really?", replies my son. "And I saw french fries and chicken nuggets."
My wife is dressing my 3 year old boy. As she is putting a white T-shirt on him, she says: "Today, you'll wear a plane T-shirt". My kid looks at the T-shirt and asks: "Where is the plane"?
It does NOT suck. If you read some forums or blogs, you'd think that Vista crashes daily and eats your kids for breakfast. A quick Google search reveals that, at this point, it's become fashionable to bitch Vista out. Vista, in fact, does NOT suck. Those people are smoking crack. Or they are not using it. It's a pretty good upgrade to XP (itself a great OS) and is definitely up there in comparison with other operating systems. So let's address some of the criticisms. Why it's a great upgrade to XP. XP is a good and stable...
So I walk into Toys 'R Us with my son (7 yrs old) and my daughter (3 yrs old). Immediately, I set expectations: "Ok, you can each get only ONE toy. So pick wisely." In about one minute, my daughter grabs a Polly Pocket doll off the shelf and says: "Can my brother get this"?
After a couple of months of putting in an hour here and two there, I've finally ported Subtext to MySQL. Note, that this is NOT an official Subtext release. This post is a digital catharsis of sorts. It's an attempt to "out" some of the knowledge I've gained from the port. And someday, when I forget all about the port, this post might serve as a reference for why I did something that seems dumb. But first things first. While we figure out where the source should reside, here are the downloads. !!! UPDATE - March 30, 2008 !!!...