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A New Fence

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:13:35 +0000

Our fence has been in sad shape for a while. Someone once said “good fences make good neighbors” or something to that effect. Well, I love fences so although I don’t like shelling out hard earned cash for repairs, there’s no way I could avoid it. Although I used to build fences when I was younger, my last attempt at fencing was well-intentioned but came up a little short of what I would call professional.

Troll Hunter – Movie Review

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:40:30 +0000

Summary

4/5 stars

Not quite Blair Witch meets, I dunno, Labyrinth – a mockumentary that grabs you and holds your interest right up to the twisty and somewhat farcical ending. Joe says check it out.

Review
Presenting itself as the “authentic” found-footage of some Norwegian college students tracking down a suspected bear poacher, this movie works on several levels.

The documentary style. Yes, it’s been done before. In this film, however, the students feel authentic as do the camera angles, lighting and editing. It seems like a “real” documentary.

The troll hunter himself, a grizzled old-timer who laments his job and ultimately rebels against the TSS (Troll Security Service) by allowing the filming of his heretofore clandestine activities.

The trolls – with such bizarre names as Ringlefinch and Jotnar – and their various sizes, shapes, and death peculiarities. The mythos that Hans (the troll hunter) weaves as to how and why trolls turn to stone or explode is particularly interesting.

The landscape. I’ve never been to Norway but the country seems at once beautiful and harsh. Halfway through the film I wasn’t sure if they were using the same road for all the in-car footage traversing Norway – but eventually the repetitive scenery gives way to new vistas.

The special effects in some cases were amazing (the distant shots of the Jotnar for example), but in other cases snot so much. I could do without the “I knew it was coming” troll flatulence bit.

All in all, the acting was quite good, the cinematography well done, and the story compelling.

The formula isn’t new, but the twists are – I am sure someone in the US will eventually want to remake the subtitled Norwegian gem.

Drop all tables in a MySQL database without dropping the database

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:07:09 +0000

Here’s a quick little shell script that will drop all the tables in a MySQL database without dropping the database.

#!/bin/bash


#======================================================================

#  validate command line argument count

#======================================================================

if [ $# -ne 3 ]

then

  echo "This program will drop all tables in the specified MySQL database"

  echo "Usage: "

  echo "       $0 {user} {password} {database}"

exit 1

fi
#======================================================================

#  Get command line arguments

#======================================================================

user="$1"

password="$2"

database="$3"
#======================================================================

#  Get the list of tables to delete

#======================================================================

tableList=$(mysql -u $user -p$password $database -e 'show tables' | awk '{ print $1}' | grep -v '^Tables' )

#====================================================================== # Iterate over and drop each table #====================================================================== for table in $tableList do echo "Dropping $table table from $database database..." mysql -u $user -p$password $MDB -e "set FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0; drop table $table" done

parker

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:50:34 +0000

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family

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:42:08 +0000

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vistas one

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:24:38 +0000

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light and shadow one

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:03:05 +0000

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joe devine twenty eleven

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:53:20 +0000

Well i’ve finally gotten around to updating my website after a few years.

No special reason just decided to do it.

I am busy updating several of the sites related to myself and my family.

More to come in the next few weeks hope you enjoy.