A friend of mine was telling me about the tons of code he has to write to deal with a Company table which has dozens of parameter columns. I suggested that he use a Parameter table, and then replace all of the parameter columns with a many-to-many table to set the Parameter values for each Company. A lot of the parameters are essentially ( Read more... )

I actually rewrote the entire script to better suit American ears, but the client politely declined all proposed changes. That's how it goes, sometimes.

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As a follow-up to this post, I put together this video:

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The client didn't hire me for this job, but he was kind enough to give me permission to use the audition for my own marketing, and he even paid me for my time.

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I recorded an introduction to Consuelo.mx, based on their native video:

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Original Spanish voiceover:

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• Wed, 18:44: Arr ATL. V hi turbulence. 1st time i've seen landing in formation. Does ATL have 3 parallel runways?
• Wed, 20:24: Dep ATL
• Wed, 22:54: Arr AVP
• Thu, 10:23: A week of reduced calories, reduced oxygen, reduced sleep, and intense physical activity all yielded a nice 5lb loss, on top of earlier 20lb

• Tue, 17:53: 3rd attempt: arr band nat pk ok. Main loop closd. Takg Frey trail only 2 rim, no more. 2Mi. 100ft El chg. 1.5h. Lv park by sunset.
• Tue, 18:58: Back @ trail head. Did get 2 rim. Saw 4 mule deer. Heavy snow mid-hike. Clear now. Will fill tank @ white rock.
• Tue, 19:35: Back safe in los Alamos.
• Tue, 20:12: So, good news is I was ( Read more... )

• Sat, 06:22: Motel internet working now. Place is noisy enough, but there's an active train line, complete with full train whistles when they cross road.
• Sat, 06:25: Yesterday's White Rock tweet https://t.co/HanaWb4axt was actually from Thursday. Yesterday was White Sands; MUCH different!
• Sat, 19:02: OMG!! Survived! physically Intense!

• Wed, 04:30: AVP
• Wed, 04:57: TSA usual pain. Glad early; zoo.
• Wed, 08:22: ATL. Early. Slept whole 2h flight. Good start 2 19h travel day. Very bright am.
• Wed, 08:57: Free wi-fi @ ATL, but insecure & 5Mbps, so can't work, email, etc.
• Wed, 10:05: Looks like next flight ATL > ABQ is also running on time. Boarding soon.