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Month: July 2009

SQL Script

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 30, 2009 Posted in Computers No Comments

To improve a monthly process I created a SQL script to break mirroring, drop the old database, and swap the new database into rotation. This process was a manual task that is performed every month in three regions. By using …

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Tagged with: Process Improvements, SQL, T-SQL, Work

Finished Reading The Element

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 29, 2009 Posted in Reading No Comments

Finished reading The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything By Ph. D., Ken Robinson. The Element is what Robinson identifies as the point where a talent meets personal passion. The book offers a wide range of stories about the …

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Tagged with: Books, Reading, Resolutions

Installing Ruby On Rails On Window

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 28, 2009 Posted in Computers No Comments

I ran into some issues when I tried to install Ruby On Rails on Windows. These are the steps I used to finally get Ruby On Rails running on a Window box. To start you need to download the Windows …

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Tagged with: Install, Install Errors, Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Websites, Windows

Finished Reading Full Moon Rising

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 26, 2009 Posted in Reading No Comments

Finished Reading Full Moon Rising (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 1) by Keri Arthur. Full Moon Rising is about part vampire, part werewolf Riley Jenson, who works for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, as does her twin brother, Rhoan. When Rhoan …

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Tagged with: Books, Reading, Resolutions

Finished Reading Business @ the Speed of Thought

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 24, 2009 Posted in Reading No Comments

Finished reading Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy by Bill Gates. This book offers a 12-step program for companies wanting to drive their business into the digital millennium. Business @ the Speed of Thought is …

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Tagged with: Books, Reading, Resolutions

Finished Reading Atlas Shrugged

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 21, 2009 Posted in Reading 1 Comment

Finished Reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Rand considered Atlas Shrugged to be her magnum opus. Atlas Shrugged is about a railroad heiress, Dagny Taggart, as she watches society collapse around her as the government increasingly asserts control over industry. …

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Tagged with: Books, Reading, Resolutions

Finished Reading Tax Free Retirement

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 16, 2009 Posted in Reading No Comments

Finished reading Tax Free Retirement by Patrick Kelly. We were given this book by a financial advisor we are working with to get life insurance. Tax Free Retirement discusses the nine most common financial landmines. Kelly show how your can …

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Tagged with: Books, Reading, Resolutions

Finished Reading The Head Trip

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 12, 2009 Posted in Reading No Comments

Finished reading The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness by Jeff Warren. The Head Trip combines a wacky and rigorous self-experimentation in an entertaining guide to varying levels of mental awareness. Warren begins with the mild hallucinogenic state …

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Tagged with: Books, Reading, Resolutions

Added a Pictures Page

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 11, 2009 Posted in General, Photography No Comments

I added the new page because I had to remove my Picasa sidebar widget so the iPhone WordPress app would work. The page has a random thumbnail of one of the pictures from each of the photo albums I have …

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Tagged with: iPhone, Pictures

Finished Reading White Witch Black Curse

By Patrick Talmadge Posted on July 10, 2009 Posted in Reading No Comments

Finished reading White Witch, Black Curse (The Hollows, Book 7) by Kim Harrison. Rachel’s reputation is in tatters. In order to save friends, she used spells that are considered evil and she’s still devastated by the mysterious death of her …

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Tagged with: Books, Reading, Resolutions, The Hollows Series

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