Perhaps you’ve inherited a database from a previous admin? Perhaps you have some database-backed software and you need a better understanding of the schema? You’re in luck! There’s a free Java-based tool called schemaSpy. You can grab schemaSpy from sourceforge. As of this writing the latest is 4.1.1. I’ll wait while you fetch it.
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Because I’m home sick and apparently have nothing better to do, I have added a Google Friend Connect “gadget” in the sidebar. So you can “sign up” on my blog via Google, I guess? This does nothing for my site and all sorts of lovely things for the Goog in terms of having people explicitly [...]
Tagged Google useless gadget widgetI was off by one state (MO). Looks like the Kos map is really slow to load right now, so give it time.
After using wikipedia for the umpteenth time this week (and it’s only Tuesday), I gave them some money. Even in a recession, you can spare $15.
I just wanted to take a moment to express my disappointment in two fellow TriLUG members, Phillip Rhodes and Warren Myers. I have read plenty of intelligent posts from both of them, so their recent anti-Obama posts (posted after the election and syndicated on planet.trilug.org) have been a bit of a surprise.
Phil decried Obama’s call [...]
Nate Silver called it at 8:46, but I think my saying 9pm was a bit ambitious. I’m still amazed at how close NC is.
We’ll know the winner by 9pm Eastern. See the poll closing times map:
EDIT: The map (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/sspenight/map590ek2.gif) was dead as of Mon Oct 12 17:00:23 EDT 2009.
Map courtesy Daily Kos Map (object built using http://img-orig.dailykos.com/map/electionEmbed.swf) was dead as of Mon Oct 12 17:09:19 EDT 2009. One-line summary prediction: O wins with 372 electoral votes.
I have whole-disk encryption on my laptop, so I’ve been frustrated that my backups were going to an unencrypted disk that sits in a shared office. The chance of that disk wandering off is low, but still: I wanted encryption. My first strategy was to make an 11GB .img file with dd and losetup, but [...]
Tagged backups, encfs, rsync, ubuntuEDIT: fixed embed code Mon Oct 12 17:20:14 EDT 2009.
Tagged burma, human rights, universal declaration of human rights
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