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the Running 3-Amigos

Dec

5

2012

Christine, Duncan and myself, have been very competitive this year. What I find so enjoyable about our ongoing running rivalry , is how close in capability all three of us are. On any given day one of us can beat the other two and this has made for some memorable races.

Code Samples – Preventing simultaneous web updates 3

Dec

4

2012

Below are some interesting problems and solutions that I have come accross. Problem: In a web based system how to you prevent simultaneous web updates (aka overwrites) to the same record by different users seeing potentially different data. This is a play on the old airline reservation problem you find in older computer science text books. If ...

My first visit to Dominican Republic

Nov

18

2012

I recently traveled to Dominican Republic (D.R.) . I had previously been to the Bahamas, Cancun and Puerto Rico, so I was curious to visit D.R. as I have several friend who are from there. It was a fun trip and I had a good experience. There were a few hiccups, like my gms phone didn’t work with the ...

Open Water Swimming 2012 2

Oct

17

2012

I took up swimming in earnest at the end of last year. Knowing I had wanted to take part in a couple of triathlons this season, I figured I better work on my swimming. Never having swum as a kid , I was pretty much self taught. Even though I had swum before my freestyle ...

Triathlon Season 2012

Oct

1

2012

2012 Triathlon… a return So 2012 was an interesting year for me. After more than 15 years of not competing in any kind of athletics I decide to take up running, swimming and biking and take part in a bunch of races all in one year.. . Crazy .. for sure.. but sooo .. much ...

Sample Code: Quick and Dirty PHP Cache 4

Sep

21

2012

Here’s a variation of a PHP caching script. One of the things I frequently find myself doing for page(s) that take a long time to render, especially if they are a long running process, is to generally save a recent cached page (or more specifically) cached content and serving that up, when I need to have an immediate page ...

Running 2012

Sep

9

2012

So trying to get back into shape I started running in 2011 and continued into 2012. I had been hoping to lose a few pounds, and restore myself to some sort of decent running shape. S’tarting slowly 5K then 10K Cherry Blossom 10k .. The “A” race that wasn’t My favorite race has to ...

Improving Distance per Stroke: Me vs. Lil Miss Swim Camp

Jul

31

2012

As I learn more and improve my freestyle swimming technique, I’ve quickly realized that distance per stroke is a very important concept, that one should focus on and strive to improve. Distance per stroke (DPS for short) is how far each arm stroke propels you through the water. The actual distance is mostly related to ...

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