Intro:
Recently a project fell into my lap which presented an interesting challenge; my boss wanted to be able to audit who was accessing social security information in our database. The term audit is thrown about a good deal and can be less than speciffic. Here I am talking about audit in the sense of being [...]
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First and foremost I should state the Network Monitoring and Advisory Services is only available to those with MySQL Enterprise edition … this means no source code is available for download.
MySQL AB (the company which markets and commercially develops MySQL) calls its Enterprise product the most comprehensive offering of MySQL database software, services and support. [...]
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I did not have the chance to look very closely at BZR until our new programmer came on. I felt bad neglecting our VCS and the frustration it inspired was becoming quite stifling. After speaking with a few of my friends who work in technology related fields it seams that both neglect and frustration often [...]
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Its not a big secret that I’m not an amazing programmer. As a philosophy major with a bit of Systems related experience I knew applying for a database programmer position was a rather ballsy move. I did not expect to get the position but my increasingly desperate financial situation necessitated drastic action.
Shortly after I [...]
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America home of the (buy one get one) free.
Land of the brave (the all you can eat buffet one more time)
…. finds its self in a pickle as it attempts to cope with skyrocketing Obesity rates. Few disagree there is a strong correlation between Obesity and two of the most common ‘natural’ causes of death; [...]
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This is a stub, more to come!
Catlin Hampton blew my socks off first with his ego (which I assure you is as large as can be imagined) and then with his discussion of Migrations in Ruby. If you have ever had one of those moments where an idea hits you in the face and [...]
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As i frantically attempt to install Rails, and Gem’s …
I reflect upon the good people at Google and Mapquest who are doubtlessly looking through there billion dollar satellites laughing at all the people they misdirect. This morning on my way to the conference I followed my printed directions to the ‘T’ …. only to end [...]
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Have you ever wondered what Lexington Kentucky looks like at 36,000 ft ?
Wonder no more….
This week I’m in Santa Clara, California attending the MySQL conference and Expo. Tutorials start bright and early tomorrow morning leaving me most of the day to play. My flight came in a few hours ago and after a [...]
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While it may look innocent; this is a scheming face….
Its scheming schemes of a magnitude only a CIO may know.
In an effort to welcome me to the blogging community, Asbury College’s CIO had corporate cookies filtered by Websence for its Marijuana references. I am shure I don’t have to point out the pun in [...]
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