Author Archives: Mike Clark

Rediscovering Yahoo!

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Mike Clark

Recently I needed a new email account that was not Gmail.  Note that I have about six or seven (lost count) Gmail accounts.  One for each of several purposes.  But now I needed one with my Ham Radio callsign, and … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Survey

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Mike Clark

As it happens I am an elected “official”.  I am a Precinct Committee Officer for my election precinct, and my party affiliation is Republican.  Thus, apparently, my private email address is out there available for people to use to write … Continue reading →

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His Flexibility Has Changed Nothing

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Mike Clark

I confess to being a bit surprised.  A year and a half ago, in the wake of Barack Obama’s reelection, I blogged that I was afraid this country wouldn’t be the same by the end of his presidency.  But now … Continue reading →

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What’s This About Water Fluoridation?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Mike Clark

There are some real screwball cranks out there. Some are convinced that the US never landed on the Moon. Others consider it an article of faith that immunization causes autism. And so on, you get the picture. And then there … Continue reading →

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Jerk Driver Gets Comeupance But Oh! The Commentary!

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Mike Clark

Where else but on YouTube!? A Florida driver happened to take a video of a guy in a nice big pickup truck who was tailgating her — apparently, the pickup driver wanted the videographer to accelerate past the speed limit … Continue reading →

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Another Way of Doing Transactions in .NET

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Mike Clark

I was browsing StackOverflow.com today, and ran into this question on doing transactions in Sql Server.  Since I was familiar with using SqlTransactions, I thought maybe it was a question I could provide an answer to, but then I saw … Continue reading →

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World Order at it AGAIN: Have a Nice Day!

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Mike Clark

Genki Sudo (or as they say in Japanese, Sudo Genki) and World Order are at it yet again! Another of their classic roboto-style music videos — and yes, it’s in Japanese — is Have a Nice Day. It’s sweet! Especially … Continue reading →

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It’s the “Affordable Care Act”, NOT “Obamacare” Says Pelosi

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Mike Clark

You really must watch this one: In this wonderful video, Ms. Pelosi calls a questioner gently onto the carpet for referring to the Affordable Care Act as “ObamaCare”, and then goes on to repeat the word “Affordable” about five or … Continue reading →

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We’re All Going to — Die? Warm Up?

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Mike Clark

Phil Plait, he of the Bad Astronomy blog (it’s on Slate these days, so you know he’s for real), is a fun read.  He reports all kinds of interesting astronomical stuff, and I enjoy reading his work.  On some days, … Continue reading →

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There’s Nothing Wrong with Hungarian Notation!

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Mike Clark

I was just scanning StackOverflow looking for interesting Questions and Answers, and happened up this one: Converting JSON to C# Class Object. Serialization is always an interesting subject, and I had previously thought about the idea of serializing (or deserializing) … Continue reading →

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