Archive for July, 2007

Good Vid (2007-7-27)

I’m not a YouTube kind of guy, but I bumped into this video today when I did a search for “if I only had a brain” (it’s a long story) and liked it:

SQL Server Full Text Indexing (2007-7-16)

Been poking around trying to get a handle on SQL Server 2000 Full Text Indexing for a couple of projects, and found this very good article on it: http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3446891 Ain’t Google cool? These look pretty good, too: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/1438211 http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20010422.asp That should be enough to get me (and you?) started.  Have fun.

Harry Potter 5 Rocks (2007-7-15)

Just went and saw the latest movie installment of the Harry Potter series — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  Excellent movie!  This one is a worthy successor to the four that came before it. If you saw #4 (and truly, if you’re planning on going to #5, the odds are pretty good that [...]

Learning Greek (2007-7-11)

A few books that are used to teach New Testament Greek at the Concordia Seminaries (mainly so that I’ve got the links somewhere findable): Fundamental Greek Grammar by James W. Voelz Greek Grammar – Supplementary Exercises by Mark Sell (optional, for more practice) Novum Testamentum Graece (although the ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament looks interesting)  

The Illogical Logical Thought of the Day (2007-7-10)

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where's the self-help section?” She said that if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Yikes! Been a while… (2007-7-9)

It’s not that I haven’t had anything to say, I just haven’t taken the time to say it.   Guess I ought to make a conscious effort to post here from time to time.  At the very least, I find it a useful way to hunt down neat stuff that I ran across two weeks ago…or [...]