Finally! Got past all the database and scheduler errors, and we’re talking to the remote Web service again. Good thing, ‘cause my boss was starting to tap his foot.
I can’t tell you how frustrating our in-house ORM is to work with. Fifty different kinds of database objects, and you have to know the system right down to the guts to do anything. If you could just run the generator and use the resulting objects, you’d be fine, but that’s never the case in the real world - SQL has to be customized, lists have to be cached, and it’s all exposed to all but the most casual user.
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The iTunes “Priority Electronic Music” playlist just burned a new CD for me, and it included some Stendeck… I realized that song that had been stuck in my head for a week but couldn’t remember who did it was one of his. He’s not an incredibly versatile artist, but at least I like his one style. (Yet another track with ultra lo-fi drums and sweeping, plaintive pads… Count me in!)
The new Goozex account is working out pretty nice. (They’re a game-trading service.) Finally, I can find good homes for the titles on the Pile of Shame that I know I’ll never get back to. Shipping stuff out is especially easy for me since I only have to stop by the mailroom.
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…and now I’ve got a Technotronic song stuck in my head. Hell, why don’t we bust out some Snap! and M.C. Hammer to round things out?
Read more...The second box was a monitor. :/ But that’s OK, now I can have a dedicated view to my task list like I’ve been wanting. And a replacement for the Windows machine should arrive within a month.
Plus, I can (temporarily) look super-important with my own in-cube server farm!
Two Dell boxes sitting behind me in my cube… I know at least one contains a GX755 with 2GB RAM, intended as a replacement for my Linux box. Hopefully the other contains the same, but with XP, as that would be the cure for my dragging Eclipse environment.
No time to mess with either one today, though. Gotta get this project debugged and running yesterday.
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