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Comment on Book Review: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller by Mark VanDeWege

Mark VanDeWege — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:21:31 +0000

I’m glad you enjoyed the book. I knew the religious aspect might not fly so well with some, but the bigger picture made the religious voice irrelevant.
I love and miss you too!

Comment on Parenting: Children and Money by Parenting: Budgeting for the Young and Old « Jason’s Ranting & Raving

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:34:59 +0000

[...] Posted by jaystile on September 2, 2009 This is a follow-up post to my parenting post about children and money. [...]

Comment on Rough Bicycle Commute Today by Kate

Kate — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:04:34 +0000

But, seriously, aren’t you taking it out on the pedestrian? ““Hey, Dude with the yellow Angelia Jolie style sunglasses, hairy shoulders, white tank top, and lisp!…” He’s so nice, trying to take the blame – as if he had much choice, the way bus doors work and due to the fact that the bus driver is waiting to take off.

I’ve been knocked down or nearly knocked down too many times by bicyclists on sidewalks, running red lights, and ignoring pedestrians in crosswalks. Recovering from surgery, I find cyclists whizzing by me with cm to spare really disturbing because if you surprise me, startle me, I’m liable to fall over. I’m a former cyclist, I’ve cycled all over the world. And cyclists need to own up to the fact that they are on METAL, riding FAST, and can do injury to people.

Comment on Book Review: Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy by cagefreekids

cagefreekids — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:44 +0000

I must say, I found this article TERRIFIC! Insightful, smart, pithy, compelling, spot on.
But then again, I remain, yours truly,
Lenore Skenazy
author
Free-Range Kids

Comment on Parenting: The effect of false myths by PStryder

PStryder — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:37:18 +0000

> I want to shout ‘STOP LYING TO YOUR KIDS!’

That’s exactly what you should do. Spread atheism.

Comment on Postgres 8.3, JDBC, JPA, and Hibernate example setup. by Craig

Craig — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:58:53 +0000

Thank you so much for this article. While I didn’t need the JDBC stuff the JPA/Hibernate information was helpful.

The one suggestion I have is that the example class being persisted would have been better if it had more than one field (the id field).

And my only “negative” comment is that some things weren’t explained enough but I’m also very new to Maven 2 and Hibernate so things I didn’t understand right away were things you just learn over time with using Maven and Hibernate.

Thanks again.

Comment on Book Review: Freakonomics by CHOOSE FREEDOM! Happy 4th of July! « Jason’s Ranting & Raving

CHOOSE FREEDOM! Happy 4th of July! « Jason’s Ranting & Raving — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:21:05 +0000

[...] being in the back seat with a seatbelt on? (see Freakonomics for most statistics on child safety (Here is my Review) ) Again, choosing freedom means choosing responsibility: it is important to put your infant and [...]

Comment on Book Review: Cryptonomican by Neal Stephenson by Neumann

Neumann — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:12:53 +0000

I get what you mean, where was an editor? Bobby Shaftoe had the potential to be a great character. His reckless attitude and morphine addiction provided some interesting plot points that could have been exploited better. Stephenson also has a fault of relying on the classic “deux ex machina” bail-out, as evidenced by the mere existence of Enoch Root. You should read the Baroque Cycle by Stephenson, it’s three books long, but ultimately a better read.

Comment on Rough Bicycle Commute Today by Travis the Mighty

Travis the Mighty — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:16:37 +0000

Did you really tip over a news paper stand? Sorry for your misfortune but that’s pretty funny.

Comment on Perl: Finding a Class in a Jar file. by Alexandr Ciornii

Alexandr Ciornii — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:04:32 +0000

Instead of
my $currDir = `pwd`;
it is better to use Cwd module.