Author Archives: robert

Arrival At Pluto

Posted on June 13, 2015 by robert

New Horizons is scheduled to arrive at the PLANET Pluto (don’t give me any of that dwarf or minor crap) on: select DATE_ADD(date(‘2015-06-02’), INTERVAL 42 DAY) as ‘Arrival at Pluto’; Kind of sad that I thought it would be easier … Continue reading →

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Plumber Truck Graphic

Posted on June 9, 2015 by robert

Today a plumber’s truck stopped at a neighbor’s house. The graphic on the back door sent my mind into overtime (as per usual). Here is the original: Here is one of the ideas that popped into my head: I had … Continue reading →

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The Divergent Series: Insurgent Review

Posted on April 25, 2015 by robert

I finally got around to seeing the movie today (probably one of the last to see it at the theater). To be honest, it surprised me that it was in the theaters so long. I guess it struck a cord … Continue reading →

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Having Conversations With Javascript

Posted on April 20, 2015 by robert

Have you ever wanted wanted to animate inanimate objects? I think we all have. Well, that’s a lot of work. A cheat that you can employ, however, is relatively easy with javascript and or jquery. No, I’m not talking about … Continue reading →

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Japanese Transistor Radio

Posted on March 7, 2015 by robert

Remember when portable radios (A.M. radio) were the size of a large boom box and used half a dozen "D" batteries and or a lantern battery (a large, heavy, rectangular battery)? Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration. Then, one … Continue reading →

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Graphing With Flot

Posted on March 3, 2015 by robert

I was working on one of my personal projects, graphing data with PHP, when I ran into a wall. Sure, with PHP, you can get all your data (in the words of some famous poet: database, oh database, how do … Continue reading →

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John Wick – The Scottish Country Western Action Movie

Posted on February 5, 2015 by robert

I saw a trailer for John Wick the other night, and my curiosity was peaked sufficiently that I plan on watching it. I think, though, the editors/makers of the commercial/trailer for the movie, need a vacation, or need to be … Continue reading →

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Install A Linux Web Server On Your Windows 7 PC With Vagrant

Posted on February 2, 2015 by robert

First, I’d like to reference an excellent video tutorial that I used for my initial foray into the Vagrant world. Click here to see that tutorial. Disclaimer: This blog entry does not necessarily follow safe computer/networking procedures. Use this only … Continue reading →

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MySQL Query Using Derived Temp Table And Left Join Against Self

Posted on January 8, 2015 by robert

An example (for a personal project) where I’m using a derived temp table (designated ‘x’) and a table joined against itself, used to find the max timestamp. Thanks, Martin! select tt.*, fkid, max(fldTimeStamp) as `maxTimeStamp`, (count(*)-1) as `calcCount` from tbl_todo … Continue reading →

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Terminator Zombies

Posted on December 11, 2014 by robert

So, my brother is watching the second Terminator movie (one of my favorites) in the living room. I can hear it well enough, but I’m trying to concentrate on something else. The scene where the doctor says good morning to … Continue reading →

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