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You know, if you store a record in a SQL database, it’s fairly easy to store the date and time, as sort of a timestamp, if you will. Perhaps you’d want to store the time a record was created, and maybe even the time it was modified…

These are all just suggestions of course. You don’t have to do any of these things.

But keep in mind this…

If you ever create an application that stores data where the date and/or time might be important in some way, and at some point someone else has to maintain the thing after you’re out of the picture, they just might curse your existence to the ends of the earth, and wish great bodily harm to come to you…

I’m just saying… Knowing when something happened might prove useful in the future. I think they even have a word for that, they call it ‘history’ I do believe…

I’m looking for a good Apple Tech in Chicago. Obviously, in New York, Damien is the guy, but what about the Windy City, does anyone have recommendations? Please let me know…

I find that lately I’ve been much more meticulous in my code formatting, making sure that programs have some sort of docs within them, making sure all whitespace is properly aligned with code, having a consistent number of blank lines between pieces of code… Things that would probably be normal (if not required) were I writing large scale apps in Python, but being that I’m sort of the lone Perl hacker around here, I will attribute it to one of two things, either my compulsive personality, of the realization that even though much of what I do is write one off things, on the chance that something I write isn’t a one off thing, or has pieces that I can reuse, it makes sense to make them more readable when I do have to go back to them.

And it just feels good to make the code look good, even if it doesn’t run that good. On second hand, maybe it’s all due to my compulsive personality…

I had forgot to mention DesktopManager, a virtual desktop application for Mac OS X. (This MacSlash thread reminded me to mention it.) It’s much closer to what I want in virtual desktops than Space.app, which hasn’t been updated for quite a while, and while I hear CodeTek’s VirtualDesktop is very nice, I can’t justify buying a copy for each of the 3 Mac OS X machines I regularly use…

If you think it’s a worthwhile project, consider making a donation. The money will go to the developer’s girlfriend, which for some reason, I find highly amusing…

When you’re at the office, and you see someone wearing a tie who never wore a tie before, it’s your duty to go up to them, and ask this question:

Hey, got a job interview today?

Stand back folks… Let the hilarity ensue!

If you’re feeling particularly edgy, you can try this one:

Going to a funeral? Who died?

Though be warned that if someone actually did die, you’ll look like an insensitive jackass… Comedy can be that way sometimes…

If the funeral thing seems too risky, you can choose from:

Got a hot date tonight?

or

Getting married today?

Obviously, for maximum effect, the date one should be used with people who are married, and the married one should be used with single people. Or is it the other way around. I can’t remember which was funnier in the tests we conducted…

If you don’t think any of these will work, you can always try:

What time is your hearing?

Again, if the person you ask this to actually does have a court appearance scheduled, you might get in trouble. Especially if they’re prone to violence.

Nonetheless, I guarantee that the person wearing the tie, who never wore a tie before, will find this all quite hilarious.

(Note: I do not own a tie…)