Month: March 2012

Weekly digest – 2012-03-11

  • What a day I'm having today … work-wise, I've covered till next Thursday. #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/HfRqDHtO Весна идёт, весне дорогу! #
  • It's been a REALLY long time since I had to fix partition table by hand to bring a server up. No wonder I prefer web to hardware… #
  • New note : Using sfdisk to fix partition table problems – Ubuntu Forums http://t.co/hXaR06Ud #
  • @mashable @LanceUlanoff C'mon guys. It's just a freaking tablet. No sensation there until it cures cancer. #
  • @MiKandiStore Since I got #porn on my phone, I stopped dragging the 40" plasma around. #FreeHands :-) #
  • Some good advice on hiring programmers at Coding Horror: How to Hire a Programmer http://t.co/NMeMeZR9 #
  • New note : TapIt!™ | Mobile Advertising | Promote Apps | Monetize iPhone / Android Traffic | Measure Performance http://t.co/hdBkReQx #
  • New note : Nexage | Mobile Advertising. Demand More. http://t.co/oXKofN8i #
  • New note : Flippa: The #1 Marketplace for Buying and Selling Websites http://t.co/5mj3MWrk #
  • New note : Jumptap | The Leader In Targeted Mobile Advertising http://t.co/yQT6Ezh0 #
  • New note : AdMob | Promote Apps | Monetize Traffic | Measure Performance http://t.co/TtHmVn3w #
  • New note : More Consumers Using Tablets to Holiday Shop [Study] http://t.co/TaNLJh1N #
  • New note : WebPhone -VoIP software for the browsers http://t.co/IUK7y5kV #
  • @KarthikDot there ia better technology for fraction of the price. Look around. :-) #
  • @KarthikDot there are better user experiences out there. Mice with multiple buttons, phones with copy-paste and tablets that are standalone. #
  • @KarthikDot syncing data is not the problem. Not being able ti give tablet as present to someone who does not have a computer (gramps) – is. #
  • @KarthikDot Tried any Android 4 devices? They are pretty good. :-) #
  • @KarthikDot that is incorrect. You can buy and join millions of people who have them already. #
  • I just became the mayor of ImpreStyle Ltd on @foursquare! http://t.co/GHuOfjWo #
  • RT @goroskop12: Все события которые ждут нас уже в ближайшем будущем приводят в ужас. Этот гороскоп скоро будет под запретом…. http:// … #
  • CNN says Nicosia is in Sicily, not Cyprus. Oops. | Personal blog of Chris Ergatides http://t.co/NV4zhsUw #
  • @kushakov Пардон. Или эккаунт сломали, или кто-то из разрешённых приложений балуется. Повырубал всё. Если не поможет – сменю пароль. :) #
  • @kushakov хмм. Сменил пароль и убрал практически все приклады, кроме явно доверенных. Будем посмотреть. #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/VFUm4RUZ DEEP PURPLE – LAZY – LIVE 1972 MACHINE HEAD TOUR #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/xDhHsPwR Deep Purple – Child in Time | Live 1970 #
  • I feel like Jeff Bezos back in 1994 – "There is a better way to do this!". Albeit for a different industry. #
  • @kushakov вроде смена пароля помогла… #
  • I just ousted @o_yudina as the mayor of The Ship Inn on @foursquare! http://t.co/o1zg53ay #
  • Databases .. gotta love them. 10 shops, a few 100K products, about a 100 fields per product .. and all of a sudden my laptop is slow. #
  • New note : Top10SQLPerformanceTips – MySQL Forge Wiki http://t.co/fu6FTO2h #

Strike cure found by Cyprus government

Air-traffic controllers were striking way too much recently.  Cyprus government took an unusually fast and serious action.  They found a cure.  Cyprus Mail reports:

The government bill, fast-tracked by the executive and the legislature working in rare unison, makes it a criminal offence for any ATC to refuse to work when required, and provides for penalties of up two years in prison and/or a fine of €2,550. The penalties are provided for under an existing law.

Given the economic downfall, unemployment rates, and the dependency of Cyprus on air traffic (being an island and a tourism attraction), I think this is reasonable and much needed.

Thank God Not Everything Is Software

On an average day I’d see a comics like this, smile and walk by.  But I am currently involved in a project that makes me feel stronger about it.

Consider, for example, a client request I got a couple of days ago:

We are using the database for this project, right?  We are using it for a reason – to store data.  If we store data, we should be able to retrieve data.  So I want a report that retrieves data.  I want a report with all data, all on a single page.  But it shouldn’t be too much or too complicated.

Funny?  Well, I laughed at first too.  But when I actually managed to build that report, I had a few things to think about.  And a few to reconsider.