26 Aug 08 Data Migration Solution
Data migration is critical to any project, but data often is a looming 800 pound bear with sharp claws. What if you have too much data, too much data corrupted, too much data incomplete and too little time?
A possible solution is to migrate the “necessities” and scrap the rest (temporarily or maybe permanently). What is used for validation? What is used for reporting?
I am working on a project and we are doing just that. We now have all the necessities mapped and migrated over, thus the application could go live. Data or a lack thereof is not holding us back at this point. We can keep our deadline and avoid influencing the critical path.
Separating the data into essential and non-essential also increased productivity as two database resources were used simultaneously.
In the project I’m working on now the non-essential data is only a couple of days behind and will be migrated completely over in ample time.
Tags: critical path, data migration, schema
26 Aug 08 Holly Montessori School certification
Holly starts her first day of class today. She will be taking AMS (American Montessori Society) certification classes for two years at which point she will be a bone fide Montessori teacher. Her classes are Tuesday and every other Saturday for the first year and then Saturday every week for the second year.
The plan is to get a house big enough to accommodate a small Montessori school (5-8 kids).
We shall see what happens.
25 Aug 08 Male Black Widow Spider
Male Black Window Arizona
I found this male black widow in my garage. It took some in-depth research to find out it was a male, but the markings are clear as day.
The white patterns on the legs, the size and the unmistakable white hour glass on its abdomen are common to this species.
These little guys are harmless (according to wikipedia), but Holly is still concerned the big mama might show up. When I see one with a red hourglass I may be getting out the broom.
Tags: black widow arizona, male black widow, white hour glass
25 Aug 08 Samadhi Float Tank
I was researching these Samadhi tanks tonight. (AKA…Float tanks). For those that don’t know Samadhi is taken from Buddhism (Sanskrit probably) meaning concentration or entering into trance. Buddhism taught Precept (Abandoning addictions) Samadhi and Wisdom. By virtue of enlightening to the first two principles one could achieve wisdom.
At any rate these float tanks are basically a tank with ten inches of water and 800 pounds of Epsom Salts. So you basically float in these things leading to increased relaxation, a possible meditation state, etc (or it just feels cool). You are apparently enough underwater that you cannot hear anything. Mix that with darkness and floating and you have a pretty cool experience.They run for $8k to $12k online, but you can build your own for around $800. Our house isn’t really big enough for such a thing, but at some point I want one of these babies….(search for Float tank or Samadhi tank on google to learn more)
Haha..there is a pretty good youtube video with Joe Rogan and his float tank.
Tags: float tank, samadhi float tank
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