davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

XML

I found an excellent Introduction to XML tutorial at WebMonkey. The new features included in MovableType have allowed me to easily create XML versions of my blogs. So what? Who needs ’em? Read the article at WebMonkey and you’ll see why this is cool.

verbalIQ

I just took a verbalIQ test that I found at leuschke.org. My overall score was a depressingly low 87%. I did well in the Reading Comprehension and Anagrams sections. I had never seen an Anagrams section on a standardized test. It’s an interesting concept, although I think it’s really just another form of a vocabulary

Referrals

I’m happy to report that five separate individuals searching the web found my web site using the search phrase “Tennessee football sucks“.

Unemployed

Today is my last (official) day here at HRI. Tomorrow should be my last day, but it’s my ‘flex’ day. One of the coolest perks of this job was the schedule. They have what’s called a 9/80 work week. You work 80 hours in 9 days instead of the usual ten. The bonus is that

Offspring

Why Don’t You Get a Job – Offspring Thanks to everyone that pointed out that this was a Song of the Moment a few weeks ago, but I thought it was a great choice since I am – once again – looking for a job!

Commander Cody

Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Funny Mail

A 59-year-old man who received a suspicious letter with amorous writings and women’s lace panties turned it over to sheriff’s deputies, who stored it in a biohazard barrel before determining it didn’t come from a terrorist. [link via Jason]

SQL

If any of my beloved readers are SQL whizzes, I have a little problem posted on my development blog. I will love you forever if you can give me any ideas …

SQL

Help! If anyone can help me out with this I will severely owe you one. I have this SQL query that I need to return just one more field, and I can’t figure out how to do it. (The query is in the extended text for this entry; click on the icon or the comments

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.