Archive for October, 2007

“Daddy! I Four!”

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

The first thing I heard from my daughter on Monday was the declaration that she is four years old.  And, ’tis true, she was four on Monday.It’s pretty amazing that it’s been four years already.  But there is no baby left — nor toddler. Just a (very) precocious little girl.This is the girl who shares [...]

The Storm Worm

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Huh, I hadn’t heard of Storm before. Schneier has a nice write-up.This is like something out of the movies — it changes, it can attack at any time, it lies dormant waiting for orders. Etc., etc.This is a compelling reason to not choose Windows!Powered by ScribeFire.

RELAX-iNG Your Schemas

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

My employer requires that all services have an XML Schema published and that you validate your XML before sending it out.  That’s really a good idea — that way you know your data is good and you have a schema where other people can validate that.The bad part is, though, Schemas stink.  They are hard [...]

Good Chili Is In The Details

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

We were having lots of people over on Sunday (including our new nephew!) and we wanted something quick and easy.  Gina bought some chili seasoning mix on a deep discount this summer.  Even though it wasn’t chili weather, we decided it would be the least amount of trouble to cook.I’m picky about chili.  I don’t [...]