Author Archives: Mike Clark

It’s a Small World, My Prince

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Mike Clark

I don’t know why random thoughts like this pop into my head with such regularity, but there it is and I might as well embrace it.  Well, it turns out that in terms of the Small World Phenomenum (better known, perhaps, … Continue reading →

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Should a database table always have primary keys?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Mike Clark

The occasion for this post is a little contretemps I experienced on StackOverflow.com recently. The topic of this blog post is the question posed by acidZombie24, a member of StackOverflow, over 3 years ago. I was one of those who … Continue reading →

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Old Nerd’s Post – “Ancient” Technology

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Mike Clark

Old High School friends of mine just posted some Facebook comments on “ancient” technology they still possessed, and it caused me to think back about my old devices.  Brian mentioned that he still had his father’s old slide rule (and … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. This Week in Science

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Mike Clark

I appreciate political insights as much as anyone — but in the interests of keeping politics and religion out of places where they just distract from primarily neutral subjects like science, technology, and engineering, I try to keep my partisan … Continue reading →

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Feminist Elitist Disses Ann Romney

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Mike Clark

Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen dismissed Mitt Romney’s reliance upon his wife’s advice vis-à-vis women’s issues because, in her words, Ann Romney “…has never worked a day in her life.”  Zing! This very thoughtless complaint caused me much puzzlement, since in … Continue reading →

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Politics in the Twitterverse®

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Mike Clark

Today is the first time I got involved in Twitter with respect to politics, and Wow.  Up to this point my tweeting and reading tweets had all to do with technical issues (I’m a computer programmer in my day job, as … Continue reading →

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He Is Risen!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Mike Clark

Listening to the choir singing about Christ’s Atonement and Resurrection. With all his other disciples I proclaim: He is risen!

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The Fix is Found

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Mike Clark

Earlier I said that there was this bad crashing problem with HamTechExam and that I better find it and fix it.  Well. I cannot claim any heroism here.  It has taken me too long to get around to it, and … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh — What a Guy!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Mike Clark

In the wake of those odd sessions of testimony where certain members of Congress gave Ms. Sandra Fluke the opportunity to complain about the lack of health insurance coverage at Georgetown University for contraceptives, famous talkshow host Rush Limbaugh apparently … Continue reading →

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Ignore At One’s Peril

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Mike Clark

It’s just come to my attention that one of my apps (HamTechExam) is blowing chunks upon startup, failing to function.  When I first heard this I thought that it couldn’t be possible, since the other two similar apps (all running on … Continue reading →

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