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Some Thoughts on Gratitude
Some Thoughts on Gratitude
I recently did an experiment where I expressed gratitude every day for a week for something and posted it to my Twitter and Mastodon social media feeds.
The instigator for this was the US Thanksgiving holiday and a video someone shared with me on the healing power of gratitudefrom the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (he’s basically like the Pope is for Catholics).…
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ImageMagick being difficult
I was preparing a presentation today (for a virtual mini-conf, more details later) and I ran into an issue with ImageMagick. I solved it thanks to a post here, but as that site is mostly in Japanese, I thought it would make sense to make a post here.
Anyway, the issue is that recent versions of ImageMagick have security policies in place that weren’t there before, and the defaults are pretty…
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Remembering MariaDB 5.5
I just finished reading Kaj Arnö’s excellent blog post on the End-of-Life of MariaDB 5.5 and it got me reminiscing about it. I’ve heard this is a problem that gets worse the older you get. Apologies in advance.
An old MariaDB logo, since I’m feeling nostalgic
As part of my work as the MariaDB Release Manager I published every MariaDB 5.5 release. All 50 of them. From the very first 5.5.20…
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My new book on CTEs and Window Functions is out!
I’m very excited to announce that my new book on Common Table Expressions (CTEs) and Window Functions in MariaDB 10.2+ and MySQL 8.0+ is now out! Please check it out and spread the word.
These two new features have been requested often over the years and they’re finally here. So I did what any reasonable person would do and wrote a book about them.
The book is filled with practical examples that…
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Boycott the NES Scalpers
Boycott the NES Scalpers
I’ve started a boycott of certain third-party sellers on Amazon, NewEgg, and Walmart.com. Join me!
I’ve been trying, on and off over the past few weeks, to pick up the rare NES Classic Editionfrom Nintendo. I think it would make an excellent family Christmas gift. Unfortunately there aren’t any to be found anywhere, both on and off line. Any stock that does appear is snatched up almost…
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All Packt MariaDB ebooks on sale
All Packt MariaDB ebooks on sale
All MariaDB ebooks from Packt (including mine) are only $10 each for a limited time. If you’ve been on the fence about picking up one or two, now is a great time to purchase them.
In fact, all of their ebooks are on sale for the same $10 price right now, so even if you’re not into MariaDB, there are many others to choose from.
Check it out.
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Should I Keep my Beard?
Should I Keep my Beard?
Running a quick poll on my Google+ page. Should I keep my beard or no?
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On this day in 1968, Doug Engelbart and his colleagues presented The Demo. See http://is.gd/aF3K and http://is.gd/3amJ for more info.
Goodbye Pownce. I hardly knew ye. http://bit.ly/wKfk
Very tempting. Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu 8.04.1, only $299.00 today only (1 Dec 2008): http://dell.com/cybermonday
The new themes in Gmail are pretty nifty, but I think I prefer the classic look.
If you missed Linux Journal Live last night, the recorded version is up on Ustream.tv: http://is.gd/7vd2
I will be the guest on Linux Journal LIVE tonight: http://is.gd/3rbJ The topic is eBooks, DRM, and the Kindle. See you there!
I can now cross "Write something that begins with 'Once upon a time...'" off of my list. :-) http://is.gd/6eC4
My article "Synchronizing Your Life" is up at LinuxJournal.com -> http://is.gd/6eC4 <- check it out!
If you've ever wanted to try CrossOver Office, tomorrow is your chance to get it for FREE! http://is.gd/4Vun
Teaching my daughter how to use Pidgin . . . it's a proud moment for a father. :-)