Monthly Archives: November 2008

Many are cold, few are frozen

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

At 10:00 o’clock this morning, I was sitting at my computer watching it snow. It was supposed to get up to 37°F today, but it was hovering around 30 and snowing pretty hard. I hunted down my cell phone and … Continue reading →

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Dan’s dock: 5, Me: 1

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

I went kayaking at Dan’s again. We were joined by Paul D, Doug, and Dan. We were briefly joined by Jim Mallory, a former Olympic kayaker and a colleague of Vicki’s – but he had to leave when the kayak … Continue reading →

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Not your typical database normalization analysis

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective @ Things Of Interest.

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More madness

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

This morning I went flying. First time since I got back from Oshkosh. I had to take the club’s Dakota out to Batavia for its annual. It reminded me what I loved and everything I hated about flying. It took … Continue reading →

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It never fails

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

It never fails that when on “FAA Data Reload Day” (which occurs every 56 days on the ICAO cycle), I manage to screw something up and end up staying up late. It doesn’t matter how early I start. Today’s screw … Continue reading →

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