| Homeless dude stories |
[Tue, Dec. 29th - 6pm] |
He's always inside Montgomery Bart when it rains. He puts his things on the ground and faces a corner while rubbing his eyes. He rubs his eyes gently, deliberately, and constantly. He looks fine. Casual.
I think it is a defense mechanism. No one will fuck with him while he's in the middle of a brief and simple hygeine activity as innoccuous as rubbing his eyes. They'd let him finish even if they wanted to beat him up. So he never finishes. |
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| SSIS 2008 claims that your perfect dtsconfig "is not valid"? |
[Tue, Dec. 1st - 11am] |
More fun with SQL Server Integration Services 2008.
I am getting this in my logs (before a bunch of connection errors due to the dtsconfig not loading):
Warning: 2009-12-01 11:14:09.81
Code: 0x80012013
Source: <packagename>
Description: The configuration file loaded, but is not valid. The file is not formatted correctly, may be missing an element, or may be damaged.
End Warning
This configuration file is *fine* and I have loaded it a hunnered times. The problem is that SSIS is lying and it did not load the file at all: This was caused, in my case, by a permissions problem. A minor snafu changed the permissions on my dtsconfig & my SQL Server ##xp_cmdshell_proxy_account## lost permissions on it.
So this actually indicated that the SSIS package has permissions on the parent folder & can thus see that the file exists, but it does not have permissions to read the actual file. I suspect that you would get the same results if you had an empty dtsconfig.
I have spent the bulk of two days trying to tweak the contents of my dtsconfigs for no reason - and eventually it worked! But it was because all the mucking with my dtsconfigs lead me to unknowingly recreate the file with the correct permissions. |
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| whenever the weather gets bad |
[Fri, Nov. 20th - 12pm] |
Occasionally I wonder if I am limiting my horizons by assuming I'll stay in SF for the rest of my life.
Then it turns to winter. November 20th: 56°F and rainy. Horrible, miserable weather.
And I realize that of course I can never leave for a city further from the equator. And I could never live somewhere particularly conservative. And I don't want to live somewhere I have to drive, like LA.
So here I will stay. |
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| lazyweb |
[Tue, Nov. 17th - 3pm] |
I read an airheaded op-ed a while ago suggesting that soon, due to green PR, it would be frowned upon to smell good. Because that would imply that you shower regularly, and that is a waste of water and energy.
Unfortunately, this idea-space is totally filled with crap and I can't figure out how to google up the article.
Any ideas? |
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| I need an Oxford English-Spanish Dictionary. |
[Tue, Oct. 27th - 7pm] |
Spanish - English translation:
Tuna - tuna
Aceituna - olive
Aceite - oil
Tuna verde - green cactus
Riddle me fucking that. While we're at it:
"disfrutar" is "to enjoy"
Is that because if you defruit something, you have enjoyed it? |
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| SMS on iPod Touch |
[Tue, Oct. 27th - 5pm] |
Is there an awesome SMS application for the iPod Touch that works with an awesome SMS service that will get you SMS messages on your iPod Touch even if you don't have a cell phone number or plan of any kind?
The Google Voice website essentially has all the features I am asking for. Is there a native app that does this? It doesn't have to work with Google Voice.
Edit: The "Peek Pronto" is a device that accomplishes what I want, but it has drawbacks. |
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| Bird signs. |
[Fri, Jul. 24th - 8pm] |
A tiny raptor landed on the pavement 20 feet in front of my bike. I was commuting home on shotwell. He seemed kindof spacey. He glanced at me & flew up into a tree. Dunno what kind of bird it was, but it was tiny and it looked mean and I've never seen anything like it. |
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| I have been remembering my dreams lately. |
[Fri, Jul. 17th - 2pm] |
Both last night & Wednesday night, I dreamed that I was struggling to sleep.
Last night I was hanging out at a band house & couldn't find anywhere quiet to sleep, so I went outside. There was a man & woman making out in their back yard, and this immense, pale, bald-headed dude autofellating about twenty feet away from them. I found somewhere in the yard to lie down without bothering any of them. And I went to sleep.
Later, they made me join the band & play bass. The bulk of the dream was spent trying to convince someone to take my place so I could quit the band.
Wednesday night, I dreamed that I was asleep in my bedroom on a train car and the train kept rocking me awake. I awoke, in my dream, to the sound of rain driving against the bedroom windows. |
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| Someone did this to me in a dream. |
[Sun, Jul. 5th - 9pm] |
- Make a fake antique bust of a creepy old man.
- Make a fake antique poster with a drawing of the same creepy old man.
- Create a moderately authoratative looking web page describing a long dead Carpathian king.
- Give it a totally unique, Carpathian sounding name.
- Put that name on your poster.
- Put that poster in your abandoned, darkened storefront.
- Put the bust behind the poster
- When you get a hit on your website referred from a search for the totally unique name,
- quickly raise the bust above the poster.
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| More fun with SSIS deployment |
[Tue, May. 19th - 5pm] |
So you're trying to deploy a SQL Server Integration Services package to a 2005 server, but you recently installed SQL Server 2008? Not behaving nicely?
I get this error, over and over again:
Full text:TITLE: Package Installation Wizard
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Could not save the package "C:\ss\SSIS\Control-Import GLPMF_CSH.root\Control-Import GLPMF_CSH\Control-Import GLPMF_CSH\bin\Deployment\Control Import GLPMF_CSH 2005.dtsx" to SQL Server "kci-marts".
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Storing or modifying packages in SQL Server requires the SSIS runtime and database to be the same version. Storing packages in earlier versions is not supported.
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BUTTONS:
OK
------------------------------ Thanks, ass. It's NOT an earlier version! This is a 2005 package! It should be aces, right? Well, you think you're using the 2005 tools, but you're not. Your first clue that something is going wrong is here:
That's version 10, when you are supposed to be using the version 9 tools.
Here's what fixed it for me:
If you have any idea how to make this sensical (changing the path, as per this article, did nothing) to me, I would hugely appreciate that. Actually, if you can tell me how to fix the guts behind that "open with" menu in general, I will give you a little kiss. |
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| shirt garters |
[Fri, Apr. 17th - 1pm] |
The ones I got are poorly conceived. I went with the cheapest brand. They do not have a Y shape, and they are not adjustable. That means they are taut all the time, which is stupid. The goal is not to have your shirt appear pulled-on. The point is for it to stay tucked in.
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[Fri, Mar. 27th - 2pm] |
Gabriell: I wanted to make chicken meatball soup
me: I think that's called matzoh ball soup.
Gabriell: No that is different
me: Are you allowed to make meatballs out of chicken?
Gabriell: Of course
Sent at 2:47 PM on Friday
me: Do you have to use chicken that is made out of cows?
Gabriell: Tiny, feathery cows that lay eggs |
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| today on minutiae theater - my favorite mustard |
[Wed, Feb. 25th - 11am] |
Two or three months ago, my favorite sandwich shop stopped offering dijon mustard on their sandwiches. Were they- eliminating an already unpopular option due to the declining economy and a need to cut costs?
- eliminating a more expensive option due to the declining economy and a need to cut costs?
- responding to a decline in demand for dijon mustard?
If the answer is #3…- Are the sandwich eaters of the financial district avoiding dijon mustard because it is associated with Rolls Royce limousine passengers, and they feel guilty about their wealth?
- Are we dijon eaters a special class of financial district douchebag that have fared differently in, or responded differently to this recession, and thus ordered fewer sandwiches?
Maybe I should ask. |
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| my stupid hat |
[Sun, Jan. 4th - 5pm] |
2009 is going to be when consequences come due. It could be a great year, if the consequences are faced and they're survivable. If we act like we did in 2007 & 2008, we'll be proper fucked within the year. And we might be fucked no matter what we do.
I've been reading financial news, so. But I also think this applies to me personally. |
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| Pete and the Pirates |
[Wed, Dec. 10th - 2pm] |
It's so cold this morning my breath comes out like steam
I got up in such a hurry I'm still stuck inside my dream
I can hide behind sunglasses it's not as bad as it seems
Don't sell the car just rob a bank or a corner shop
You'll get some excitement in the papers in the car with the cops
They'll feed you in prison and they'll paint your portrait in the docks
And you can run away
Run away from the edge
You feel low you get high you'll end up somewhere in between
You've had a very good weekend but you can't remember where you've been
You can hide behind sunglasses it's not as bad as it seems
You've got a black hole in your eye and it's fixed on me
I've got a sink of hot water to wash my cold face clean
I keep trying to forget that she doesn't belong to me
I keep trying to forget that she doesn't belong to me |
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| What is your favorite kind of mechanical pencil? |
[Fri, Dec. 5th - 2pm] |
Today is my day for public nerdiness.
I prefer fine-point felt tip pens for most things, but now I have new dweeby purposes that require erasing. My favorite pencils are wooden & read "DARNTON AND HERSH FINE VIOLINS", but I would like something that I can safely throw in a pocket.
Bic pencils work pretty well but are not refillable & do not feel super excellent.
I got a cross pen & pencil combo for my bar mitzvah, and I remember distinctly that it stopped working after a few months. They twist to extend lead, and the twisting just made it jitter & no lead. Eff that.
Does anyone have a mechanical pencil that makes them feel like Le Pen by Marvy makes me feel? |
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