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Archive for January, 2008

Free and open source database design software  

DBDesigner 4
“DBDesigner 4 is a visual database design system that integrates database design, modeling, creation and maintenance into a single, seamless environment.” Looks very robust. One of the few tools that supports reverse engineering.
MySQL Workbench
“MySQL Workbench is a cross-platform, visual database design tool developed by MySQL. It is the highly anticipated successor application of the [...]

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Pro Web 2.0 Mashups  

I just finished technical review on a new book due out next month from Apress called Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services. (A technical reviewer basically just makes sure all of the examples work and that the technical stuff the author writes is correct and provides evaluations of the text from a [...]

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Review: Sweet Land  

A quiet and seemingly simple love story about a German mail-order bride attempting to start a new life in a Minnesota farming community in the 1920s. Inge and Olaf show us what commitment, friendship, and strength of character really are. Beautifully written, beautifully acted, beautifully photographed. Recommended.
Sweet Land (Netflix)

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Review: The Sarah Connor Chronicles  

I just finished watching the premiere episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It wasn’t terrible and it’s got Summer Glau (who shall always be River for me). But the first episode was essentially an abridged version of Terminator 2 (right down to a visit with the Dyson family) and ended by setting up the [...]

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My backup system saved me today  

Last November, after around 25 years of computing, finally, I setup a reliable, automatic backup system for all of my important files, documents, photos, and music.
And today I needed it (timing, eh?). A bunch of important files took collateral damage from a program I was writing. And I almost panicked. But then the backup system [...]

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