For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)

“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

Three Good Things: 12-04-2006

Published Mon, Dec 4 2006 11:56 PM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet, Food and Drink, Software Development

Successful Projects, Los Cabos Family Mexican Restaurant, Remote Desktop

Last week was a rather hectic one for me at work. What with being snowed in, and having some rather high-profile projects to work on with a tight schedule, I nearly ended up pulling my hair out trying to stay on top of it all. To top it off, the client kept changing their requirements, right up until the project was due, with the last changes practically requiring a rewrite of a large portion of the back end.

I listed this as one of the "good things" that took place last week, because I love a challenge. I'd much rather be working on something that requires me to stretch myself a bit than coasting on past projects. None of the work was particularly hard mind you. The challenge was in hitting a moving target and anticipating what would be needed to keep things together.

At nearly the last possible minute I finished the back end work to specification. When the front end developer hooked her code up to it it ran perfectly the first time. After a few more tests to make sure that wasn't a fluke, we reset the database and this morning the client put the application through its paces. Everything went off without a hitch and the project is live.

I love it when things work out.

Tonight is the last night my mother is spending with us (no, that's not the good thing). To cap off her visit, she decided to take us out to dinner. We chose the Los Cabos Family Mexican Restaurant for our venue. The food was great, as always, and we had the whole restaurant practically to ourselves. Naturally with circumstances like that the service was excellent as well.

It was a wonderful meal to cap off a fun visit from my mother. Now all I have to do is get up at 4:00 AM to help load her bags into the car so she can head home to Tennessee. Ah well, at least I get to roll back into bed afterwards.

Remote Desktop is a pretty cool application. Right now, the family has gone off to bed and I'm downstairs on the laptop writing this blog entry. I'm also working on updates for the site to render an Atom feed as the primary feed for the site (I'll leave the existing RSS 2.0 feed in place). I'm also working on implementing support for the latest version of the Atom Publishing Protocol for the site.

My primary development machine is upstairs in the bedroom. I can't really work on code up there while my wife is trying to sleep, so I'm using Remote Desktop. It's a great way to stay productive and keep the peace in the household.

It's also a pretty darned useful thing to have when you get snowed in. Without a VPN tunnel to work and remote desktop I never would have completed last week's project. You've gotta love it when the tools conspire to help you to succeed!

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