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’m at the Orange County Democratic Party Legislative breakfast. I’m going to try to liveblog it on my twitter.
Since noon on Thursday I have:
started a new job at the CDLA in earnest.
set up an Ubuntu server (courtesy slicehost).
set up mediawiki, trac, and nagios on the new host, all with ldap auth. cacti up next.
started budgeting for September and October.
registered for Spring classes.
I feel very productive all of a sudden. I should channel that [...]
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