http://owlmanatt.com Software, politics, and bitterness make the world go 'round. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:30:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Canadian writes... I feel the same way about Canadian healthcare. I had a bleeding ulcer and had to be rushed for an emergency scope - it cost me nothing out of pocket. When I had my son, it cost me nothing out of pocket. When I took my Dad to ... http://owlmanatt.com/2008/07/21/the-key-difference-between-america-and-canada/ Since I like to avoid the Sun, I've started migrating my stuff away from MySQL and into Postgres this weekend. So far, I have a functional PostgreSQL ActiveTable driver and most of my ActiveTable demo app working with it. Postgres isn't bad. It's a little confusing initially, when you can't ... http://owlmanatt.com/2008/04/20/phasing-in-postgresql/ As I've been anticipating since Sun announced its acquisition of MySQL AB, Sun is ruining MySQL. I was expecting them to start adding horribly slow Java bullshit first, but it looks like they'll be using a different caliber round to shoot themselves in the foot: MySQL features only available in Enterprise ... http://owlmanatt.com/2008/04/16/as-anticipated-sun-ruins-mysql/ I'm not a fan of all of the stupid web 2.0 trends. Ugly designs with rounded-corners and gradients everywhere, useful links to site news being hidden away in the footer, YouTube videos and obnoxious screencasts coming at you from every which-way, and stupid business models...I hate them all. It's like ... http://owlmanatt.com/2008/04/13/finally-web20-produces-something-useful/ CBS News has had the privileged of interviewing George Piro on 60 Minutes. Piro was the FBI agent assigned to interrogate Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003. In all honesty, I'm surprised Piro was allowed to discuss the events that unfolded publicly, especially before Bush had ended his term. To ... http://owlmanatt.com/2008/01/28/risk-vs-reward-was-it-worth-it/