Kaboom!

Author: , November 27th, 2009

Black Friday

Author: , November 27th, 2009

Up early, starting work for payroll migration already

A VERY Rough Day

Author: , November 25th, 2009

From the moment I woke up, until 10:30pm, 12 hours straight. Client migration. Much chaos, no matter how hard I tried to deal with it all. Many things got done and fixed. Client seems happy. I will never work for him again, because I know he will never change. Naomi is STILL working. Her day […]

Tao of Consulting

Author: , November 24th, 2009

Today I convinced my trader clients to use another company to build their trading application, and I also convinced them to go with the highest priced option. The vendor had a one-stop-shop for a fixed price, with unlimited hand-holding, on Linux, with a clear architecture designed for speed, and a very fast time to market. […]

SO Grateful for Naomi

Author: , November 22nd, 2009

I do not know what I did to deserve such an incredible wife, but I am grateful every day for her. I LOVE NAOMI!

Errands and such

Author: , November 21st, 2009

Went to do the monthly maintenance visit at my client’s disaster recovery site in Tinton Falls, NJ. I helped build it years ago, and they have retained me to help keep it running. What lovely fall weather – sunshine and 60 degrees. Stopped at Butch’s Car Wash there and got our Audi A8 washed. It […]

Break time

Author: , November 20th, 2009

Finally taking a break from project work. Showering finally, since our water heater broke and was replaced today. Fortunately, Naomi was working from home and was able to deal with them. Then having dinner with Naomi and a friend of ours.

Long, busy day

Author: , November 20th, 2009

Was able to get Rapida staff testing at new hosted site. I HATE MICROSOFT, and I HATE NETGEAR. One cannot even see the bridge table on their so-called “Smart” switch. How did I get sucked into being an MS SQL Server DBA? There is a chance this will all work out ok, right? Oh, yes, […]

Wife is home!

Author: , November 19th, 2009

We are both working very hard. Naomi has just arrived home with dinner from Harold’s. This is my first chance to take a break all day. We will have dinner and watch Babylon 5.

Don’t count your chickens…

Author: , November 18th, 2009

So I went to see Gloria today who wants me to edit some video for her. The idea was for me to work on it there. We went through it together, and I documented what she needed. Since it was on a DVD, I asked her where the original project files were. She made a […]