October 31, 2006
Ahhh. I seem on the verge of insanity lately. Every little thing has me jittery. Every little hiccup a punch in the gut. Money has been terribly tight, and it doesn’t help that I’m a poor money manager on top of that. Work has been nuts. It’s that time of the year again where we [...]
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General by Adam Presley
October 31, 2006
This last weekend found me involved in my friend and coworker April’s wedding. Weddings, for me at least, are in the category of “interesting”. Is this affected and altered by my personal life experiences? Of course it is!
So I went Friday night to the dress rehersal out in Denton. WAY out in Denton. <_< Why [...]
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October 22, 2006
This year Shakespeare Festival of Dallas held their annual show at the usual location in Samual Grand Park, but also at Addison Circle Park. So I attended the Addison show. What started out to be a cool, brisk evening turned out to be a blustery, windy event that chilled the bones.
Aside from the weather the [...]
October 15, 2006
We are the Lonely Ones
Alone with one heart
Moving forward, carrying on
Even though we fall apart
Deep seeded hurt inside
Yet our mettle undeniable
Never quite complete
Yet a friend so reliable
A people not so rare
Always at your side
You rely on us for comfort
For the changing of the tide
Yet this is all it is
For further we cannot go
To live deeper [...]
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Poetry by Adam Presley
October 12, 2006
Wind swept the scene where two warriors stood erect, gaging each other’s inner strength. What kind of fight would this be? Who would prove victorious? Would The Customer’s determination to retrieve that which is his, a laptop of precious value, be strong enough to overcome his adversary? Or would The Shipper’s mind of evil and [...]
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October 11, 2006
Yesterday, although certainly not the worst, did not start out too well. I’m sitting at my desk, coding away, when at around 9:30 I get an alert from our tech support persons that we have servers that aren’t responding. I jump on the phone with our hosting provider only to discover that my supervisor had [...]
October 10, 2006
Yesterday my coworker was complaining about reading and comparing configuration changes in ColdFusion XML configuration files, upset that the entire file was one long line.
In response I have written a quick little utility that will take an XML file and format and indent it according to settings, using either tabs or spaces.
This tool is written [...]
October 9, 2006
Ok, I just had to share this. A work buddy shared it with me, and I’m lovin it (sorry McDonald’s) . This site, http://vnes.thatsanderskid.com/ has a Java-based NES emulator with hundreds of games! Way cool!
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