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BREAKING NEWS: Beware of fake Halloween teeth
2007-10-31
From our friends at the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON - The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced an 11th-hour recall Wednesday to warn consumers that fake Halloween teeth sold by the tens of thousands since last year contain excessive amounts of lead.
I'm glad I left my fake Halloween teeth at home on this Halloween day.
Labels: costume, halloween, humor
posted by Brian Mansell @ 10:40:00 AM,
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Basic Task Management with Apple Mail
2007-10-24
I've found that one of the easiest ways to keep up with task requests from others is to simply flag the messages and then make an effort to review the flagged messages queue twice a day.
To take advantage of this feature, make sure that the flag icon column appears in your mail listing.
posted by Brian Mansell @ 2:54:00 PM,
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Project vs. Process
2007-10-08
From Wikipedia:
A project is a temporary and one-time endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service, which brings about beneficial change or added value. This property of being a temporary and one-time undertaking contrasts with processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent ongoing functional work to create the same product or service over and over again.
By continuing to redefine scope and letting dates become ideas rather than firm deadlines, I've found that many times in work, community-service, or even home improvement activities that projects sometimes lose their definition and rather become programs or processes. In an effort to improve both my management of personal and work time I've found that adopting the Project Life Cycle allows you to define the steps (activities) within each project you undertake and set reasonable goals (milestones) which lead to the completion of the project (deliverables).
posted by Brian Mansell @ 9:29:00 AM,
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It's all in the name
2007-10-05
When designing a schema for a database, always remember to be consistent with naming conventions, especially:
- Primary Keys
- Foreign Keys
- Boolean fields
- Date fields
Lastly, keep your names case consistent. Databases you may be working with are most likely case sensitive to table names and or column names.
This all has recently come to light given some assignments that have graced my plate in recent weeks.
posted by Brian Mansell @ 3:29:00 PM,
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