Daily Archives: August 21, 2007

Not a good idea

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

This morning I was investigating a problem at a customer site where their Manager (a program I wrote most of) is hanging. Thanks to “kill -3 pid” I discovered it was building a tool tip. Thanks to a database query, … Continue reading →

Posted in Geekery, Job Experiences, Rant | 3 Comments

This looks incredibly promising

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Thanks to a post by Skud, I’ve discovered Freebase, which is, as Skud described it, “crack for information nerds”. It appears to be exactly what I was hoping to develop or find for my aviation navigation data project – a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flying, Nav Data, Revelation | 4 Comments