The Fortress

Well, the creative minds at Redmond have come up with another winner. They have filed
US Patent Application 20060195313 spelling out a system that -- get ready for this -- conjugates verbs.

Now you already have websites like Google Translator to translate from one language to another, and software from Rosetta Stone to teach you another language.

For you geeks...

How to Write Unmaintainable Code

My computer prompted me to download iTunes 6.0.2 today. I did. I wish I hadn't. Apple has a new "feature" called the "Ministore" that basically forces the iTunes Music Store on you when you're in your library view. I haven't figured out how (if it's possible) to disable it yet. That's annoying.

My iPod cost me enough money that I shouldn't *have* to view adverts.

More and more banks are offering OFX files for download (rather than QIF files). That's great if you use MS Money. But what about Quicken 2005 or 2006?

Cobbie Behrend has posted a workaround: Read article

You can get the tables and columns from the info_schema view of your sql server database by running the following query:

select table_name, column_name, ordinal_position, data_type
from information_schema.columns
order by 1,3

I think the order by clause is especially nice. Remember: always obfuscate your code.