Global Stocktake
The Giant Dog-Pile Economy Turd
#DogPileEconomy I am not a fan of the “Dog-Pile Economy.” I think it is as…
De-carbonizing Fashion
Last week, even after Earth Day 2024 came and went, SOSV continued, like so many…
Happy Earth Day
Of course, everyone knows Earth Day is far more than one day. Like a birthday,…
Acumen
Another Spiral Around the Sun
Life is a Spiral Long ago I took a sociology class, and my professor would…
Hiding in Plain Site: My Little Pony and a New Theory on the Illuminati
What? It is the attention economy. An economy a truly advanced species should be well…
The Debby-cation Silver Lining
Nerding Out
Trekking Through Python’s “DLL Hell”: Versions, Packages, Virtual Environments
PYTHON DLL HELL On my local system (Ubuntu of some flavor), I had Python 2.7….
Overcome the Bitbucket Authentication Blues
TL;DR Although it was my fault, GitLab has been completely unhelpful getting me back into…
Finding Tomcat Version on Linux
OK, there are a bunch of different ways, but it depends how Tomcat was installed….
Celebrating Life’s Quiet Awesomeness and Embracing the Power of Thinking Small
I have been writing a TON of content and there is so much going on,…
Getting Google Voice working through Gmail (not Google Talk)
OK, bottom line is…I got some conflicting advice from Google about Google. Ever since the…
SQL SERVER 2008 LEN() AND SPACES: The Debacle
Go ahead and fire up SQL Server (I have 2008 R2) and type the following…
Welcome, Transcendeon
Ironically, although I am aware of transcendentalism, I am not well-versed on it. The name…
Finding Tomcat Version on Linux
OK, there are a bunch of different ways, but it depends how Tomcat was installed….
SqlDbType and varchar(max) or nvarchar(max)
The short answer? Use SqlDbType.VarChar or SqlDbType.NVarChar with a size of -1. For more info,…