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February 5, 2010

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Compliment

speak2Originally uploaded by gwennie2006Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them.One is more delightful for being told one is delightful -- just as one isangrier for being told one is angry.Katherine F. Gerould (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on February 5, 2010 08:31 AM

February 3, 2010

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Valentine's Day Gift Deals - Exclusive Offers and Discounts Deal - Best Price Cheap Sale Items Review Wholesale Sale Discount

Valentine's Day Gift Deals - Exclusive Offers and Discounts Deal - Best Price Cheap Sale Items Review Wholesale Sale Discount: "Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day gift for that special someone? Valentine's Day deals have been rolling in and we will continue to update as more become available. Techbargains has many exclusive coupons and offers on jewelry, travel, flowers and more: Flowers, (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on February 3, 2010 02:57 PM

February 2, 2010

The Best Clean Humor on the Internet

Justice league under new management..

Justice league under new management..Originally uploaded by Gaks DesignsTry a Google Search for "Find Chuck Norris" and Press "I'm Feeling Lucky" (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on February 2, 2010 03:16 PM

February 1, 2010

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Romance Your Sweetheart with the $99 Valentine's Day Package

Romance Your Sweetheart with the $99 Valentine's Day Package Surprise your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day with the Utah Shakespearean Festival Romance Package. This romantic summer getaway includes tickets to the Festival’s production of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” and a certificate for dinner at the Garden House of Cedar City. All packages will be shipped free of charge with a special (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on February 1, 2010 07:48 AM

January 21, 2010

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Flirt With the One You Love -- Why You Should Flirt With Your Spouse

I came across this article on flirting with your sweeite. Well worth a read.Flirt With the One You Love -- Why You Should Flirt With Your Spouse: "One of the things the two of you did when you first met and started dating was to flirt with one another. You were able to convey your intentions in a playful and romantic way through your flirting with each other." (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on January 21, 2010 12:49 PM

January 20, 2010

The Best Clean Humor on the Internet

The Six Steps In Any Project

The Six Steps In Any Project - Visual FoxPro Wiki: "The Six Steps In Any Project1) Unbounded enthusiasm2) Total disillusionment3) PANIC!!4) Frantic search for the guilty5) Punishment of the innocent6) Promotion of the uninvolved" (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on January 20, 2010 02:25 PM

January 19, 2010

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Love is in the Air

Classes - Utah Marriage - utahmarriage.org: "'Love is in the Air ' A Northern Utah Marriage CelebrationDate: 02 12 2010Time: 4:00 PM - 9:30 PMLocation: Weber State University Shepherd Union Building Join us for an evening featuring workshops from marriage and family professionals entertainment by Greg Simpson and keynote speaker Dr. John Lund. Tickets are $25 couple of $15 single if (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on January 19, 2010 03:07 PM

January 17, 2010

The Best Clean Humor on the Internet

Lemon Pickers Wanted!!

Rainbow LemonsOriginally uploaded by CoorianderThe woman applying for a job in a Florida lemon grove seemed to be far too qualified for the job.The foreman frowned and said, "I have to ask you this:"Have you had any actual experience in picking lemons?""Well, as a matter of fact, I have! I've been divorced three times, owned 2 Plymouths and I voted for Obama." (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on January 17, 2010 10:09 AM

January 13, 2010

The most interesting thing of the moment

OhGizmo! � Archive � [CES 2010] RCA Airnergy Charger Harvests Electricity From WiFi Signals

OhGizmo! � Archive � [CES 2010] RCA Airnergy Charger Harvests Electricity From WiFi Signals: "This little box has, inside it, some kind of circuitry that harvests WiFi energy out of the air and converts it into electricity. This has been done before, but the Airnergy is able to harvest electricity with a high enough efficiency to make it practically useful: on the CES floor, they were able to (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on January 13, 2010 09:55 AM

January 12, 2010

The Best Clean Humor on the Internet

Issue 31482 - chromium - Huge amount of goats teleported - Project Hosting on Google Code

Google Chrome has an outstanding issue that I hope gets resolved: Issue 31482 - chromium - Huge amount of goats teleportedHas the government looked into this goat transportation issue yet? Is it part of health care reform package? Will we ever find the goats? What is google going to do with all those goats anyway? (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on January 12, 2010 01:35 PM

January 2, 2010

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Now you know how it feels

How do you feel today?Originally uploaded by sapahoA while back a wife posted of how she felt neglected by the time her husband spent on the computer and most particular on the social networking sites. Time passes and the shoe is on the other foot. Now the husband is feeling neglected by her computer use. Her response: now you know how it feels.Now were going to play a little game. It is (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on January 2, 2010 08:48 AM

December 19, 2009

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Choosing the road

Sunset roadOriginally uploaded by Tambako the JaguarHe who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leadsto. It is the means that determine the end.Harry Emerson Fosdick(1878-1969, American minister) (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on December 19, 2009 10:36 AM

November 24, 2009

The Best Clean Humor on the Internet

Bohemian Rhapsody?

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by Matthew O. Smith on November 24, 2009 10:02 AM

November 18, 2009

The most interesting thing of the moment

$358,243.46 per job

According to recovery.gov, the 2nd congressional district of Utah has received $802,465,348 from the federal government in stimulus money and has saved 2,240.3 jobs. Doing the simple math with big numbers, that gives us $358,243.46 for each job. Those are some big numbers that pose lots of questions:How do you save 3/10 of a job?How do they know so precisely how many jobs were saved?How much (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on November 18, 2009 07:22 PM

October 23, 2009

The Best Clean Humor on the Internet

World Class Anvil Shooting

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by Matthew O. Smith on October 23, 2009 10:11 AM

September 8, 2009

Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful

Thought for the day

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receivinganything in return.-- Peace Pigrim (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on September 8, 2009 10:12 AM

September 1, 2009

The most interesting thing of the moment

Wireless Electricity, Explained | Design & Innovation | Fast Company

Wireless Electricity, Explained | Design & Innovation | Fast Company: "Last month, Eric Giler, the CEO of WiTricity--the most technically advanced and ambitious company in the bunch--took the stage at TED Global to demonstrate the technology. The video has just been posted to the web, and it's amazing stuff. Watch as Giler walks through the magnectic field conveying the energy without getting (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on September 1, 2009 03:02 PM

August 31, 2009

The most interesting thing of the moment

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by Matthew O. Smith on August 31, 2009 01:39 PM

August 25, 2009

The most interesting thing of the moment

Modest Swimwear - Juniors - Size 13

My daughters have a hard time finding swim wear. This is a good place to look.Modest Swimwear - Juniors - Size 13: "Simply the best fabric on the market! Nice 'beefy' weight and phenomenal color absorption. Neck, back, and armholes cut a bit higher. Ties in the back. A very comfortable suit. Tops and bottoms sold separately. Choose print or solid." (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on August 25, 2009 08:15 PM

Elephant rescue metaphor for Republican Party

I saw an article about an elephant that had fallen into a pit:Elephant rescue: "Yesterday afternoon at 2.30 we received an urgent call from a nearby farm, Embori that borders the Mt. Kenya Forest Reserve, reporting an elephant that had fallen into a pit latrine and was totally stuck. The exhausted elephant was surrounded by local community farmers, who were threatening to kill the animal for meat (more...)

by Matthew O. Smith on August 25, 2009 07:25 AM

July 22, 2009

Signs of the Times

Massive quake moves NZealand closer to Australia - Yahoo! News

Massive quake moves NZealand closer to Australia - Yahoo! News: "A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday."

by Matthew O. Smith on July 22, 2009 06:25 AM

July 14, 2009

Software Ninja

3 Code Review Items

It is true, things do come in threes. Yesterday I had three code review related experiences.

1 - What was I thinking

I created a code review in Crucible to share with my team. when it came time to do the code review, Crucible hung. Strange. It has always been a good product, why should it have problems now? Answer: 768 files is probably not a reasonable code review. At just 10 minutes per file that would be 128 hours for the entire review.

Lesson learned: Keep the code review to a reasonable size both for the software and the people.

2 - Free book in the mail

I got a free book on code reviews in the mail. Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review is a compilation of 10 practical essays from industry experts giving specific techniques for effective peer code review. It is short but looks like a good read.

3 - 5.0 for 5 users for $5 for 5 days deal


While I am a big fan of Crucible, it is not free software, unless you work for a non-profit, like I do. It which case you can use it for free. A competitor of Crucible, CodeReviewer by Smart Bear Software is running a deal where you can get a 5 user license for $5.00. It has some interesting features. This comes from a conversation with a person at Smart Bear:

From a big-picture perspective, the two tools are similar: they automate the peer code review process. The biggest difference is the level of support for what we refer to here at Smart Bear as "pre-commit review." Both tools have good support for doing "post-commit" code review; in other words, creating a code review based on file revisions that have already been checked in to version control. From what we've seen in our customer base (over 20,000 licensed seats across Code Collaborator and Code Reviewer combined), about half of developers prefer to do pre-commit review and the other half do post-commit review.

Crucible supports pre-commit review, but not nearly as thoroughly as Code Reviewer. A key reason for that is that Crucible does *not* include a client-side application, with the exception of plugins that they do provide for the Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA integrated development environments. Please note, however, that the current version of their Eclipse plugin does not provide any support for creating pre-commit reviews (and further, it only supports Subversion).

In contrast, Code Reviewer's client side tools consist of: a cross-platform GUI, a cross-platform command-line utility, an Eclipse plugin, and a p4v plugin (for Perforce users). These tools automate the creation of pre-commit reviews by using the developer's version control tools to figure out what files have changed in the developer's local working copy and then Code Reviewer packages up the necessary local changes and creates the review accordingly. For a pre-commit review, Crucible makes you do all of that manually (with the exception of when you are using their IntelliJ IDEA plugin): you have to create your own diffs, etc.

So that's the biggest single difference between the two tools. Some additional points to note:

1. The list of supported version control systems is similar, but not identical. Both tools can, in theory, work with *any* version control system that can produce diffs. Crucible provides specific support for post-commit review creation with CVS, Perforce, Subversion, Git, and ClearCase. Code Reviewer provides specific support for pre-commit and post-commit review creation with CVS, Perforce, Subversion, Git, Vault, and Mercurial (as a side note, Code Collaborator provides specific support for 14 different version control systems).

2. Support for iterative review. Code Reviewer has always supported iterative review: the ability to upload multiple revisions of a file(s) and make it easy for users to see the most recent changes only (or all changes) and to keep it straight which comments/defects were entered on which lines of code, even as those lines of code move around because of insertions/deletions across the different revisions. Historically, this is not something that Crucible supported, but they are claiming support for this in their just released v2.0. Note, however, that it appears to only work with post-commit reviews, unlike in Code Reviewer where it works with both pre-commit and post-commit reviews. I haven't tested it enough to figure out if their 2.0 release can accurately move comments/defects with lines of code through multiple revisions of a file.

3. Real time chat. The Crucible user interface for entering comments/defects works well, but it is not real-time. If someone else enters a comment/defect in the same file that you are working in, you won't see that comment/defect until you refresh your browser page. In Code Reviewer, this works automatically. I realize this might not be useful in a "code buddy" environment, but we do have many customers who use this facility as essentially an IM-client in order to chat about the code in real time.
Can't hardly go wrong for 5 bucks.

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by Matthew O. Smith on July 14, 2009 05:06 AM

July 22, 2008

Zarahemla On-Line

Wisdom from the 42nd Page: Holes

Three times a day, Cleverly puts the 42nd page of a book up. There is a wide variety of subjects and a single page can be enough to completely catch you attention. Check out a sample: Wisdom from the 42nd Page: Holes

by Matthew O. Smith on July 22, 2008 08:01 AM

May 15, 2008

Project portletUnit

PortletWork: Testing Portlets with Jetty, Pluto and JWebUnit

PortletWork: Testing Portlets with Jetty, Pluto and JWebUnit: "After my last two entries, I've gotten some questions about using pluto embedded in jetty to create automated integration tests for JSR 168 portlets. Using the maven-jetty-plugin for running the portlets is great for fast, iterative development. But it can't be used to run automated integration tests. Remembering an excellent article from Johannes Brodwall's blog about integration testing with Jetty and JWebUnit, I wanted to extend his approach to use the embedded jetty-pluto setup I have created. This turned out to be to be quite easy."

by Matthew O. Smith on May 15, 2008 10:36 AM

December 11, 2007

Utah Obituaries

Davis County Clipper: Q3 2007

27.SEP.07Bryan Alan Baird 27.SEP.07Claudia A. Pope 27.SEP.07Duane Hymas Hansen 27.SEP.07Glen Johnson Behling 27.SEP.07Marie Moss Peacock 27.SEP.07Tina Sherlin Fuller Webb 25.SEP.07Glenn Eugene Ray 25.SEP.07Mary Hogge Blackhurst 25.SEP.07Mary Rae Kelvington Selin 25.SEP.07Melvin Hess Pederson 25.SEP.07Ronald K. Devereaux 25.SEP.07Scott Reid 20.SEP.07Paul D. Seiger 20.SEP.07Kay Rich Butters 18. (more...)

by Matt on December 11, 2007 04:56 AM

April 10, 2007

Grandma Jackman's Pictures

Mary Cook


2 pictures for you, originally uploaded by m0smith.

My Father's Mother. Ethel Brown's Father's Mother when she was 65 years old, she died at the age of 83. Her name is Grandmother Mary Cook Brown Gillespie. She was born in 1823 so the picture was taken about 1888.


by Matt on April 10, 2007 07:56 PM

March 16, 2007

m0 Chess

White to move and mate in 2


From a recent game I had against Tim, comes this board position. I was white and not in a very enviable position with Queen, Bishop and Knight all being under attack. Turns out to be a nice White to move and mate in two puzzle.

Post in the comments your answer. Remember, no cheating.

by Matt on March 16, 2007 07:19 AM

February 6, 2007

Sticks

1 Nephi 4:2


camel journey
Originally uploaded by nature adrift.
2 Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto Moses; for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they divided hither and thither, and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground, and the armies of Pharaoh did follow and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.


Nephi continues to encourage his brothers by reminding of the story of Moses and the parting of the Red Sea. The story illustrates several points that directly relate to Nephi and his brothers returning to Jerusalem to get the brass plates from Laban.

First, that God was able to defeat the army of Pharaoh. Laman and Lemuel were justifiably frightened of Laban's guards. They were just 4 young men against trained soldiers. They really would not stand a chance of overcoming by force. Laban had also proved that he was greedy and bloodthirsty and had no problem ordering their death.

In many ways Laban's actions paralleled those of Pharaoh. Both were greedy, bloodthirsty and had little regard for human life. Both commanded an overwhelming army. Both were acting against the will of the Lord. Both armies were defeated without a sword needing to be raised. God did the fighting.

The story reminded the brothers that God will fight the battles of his servants.

Second, God commands the elements. Laban was able to command many men, but he had no control over the elements. Laban might command an army, yet god could destroy that army. The arm of God is mightier than the arm of man. We should put out trust in the arm of God.

Lastly, that they should have faith.

by Matt on February 6, 2007 09:00 AM

November 6, 2006

Project Topoged

GenealogyJ Integration

Since we are using the GenealogyJ GEDCOM importer, might as well integrate the rest of the project so we can have all the cool views. This will require examining the source code of the GenealogyJ project and determine how to map the Topoged Database to the data format expected by GenealogyJ

by Matt on November 6, 2006 06:38 AM

October 26, 2006

Building a second income stream

3 Amazing but little known Secrets to make your Website Blast to the top of Search Engines!


by Matt on October 26, 2006 12:17 AM

January 16, 2006

Best o' the web

Second Thoughts

What better than a site where you can get ll this stuf free! Second Thoughts: "# FREE PRE-SHAVE # FREE ANT DEATH # FREE CALENDAR # FREE SHOELACES # FREE MAGAZINE # ONE YEAR OF SECOND THOUGHTS # BUY 1 GET 1 LUNCH # FREE HEALTH BAR # FREE POSTER # FREE MAGAZINE" (more...)

by Matt on January 16, 2006 11:39 AM

November 10, 2005

Project Sewer

Tcl Chatroom

As sewer is starting out in Tcl, I've included a link to the Tcl Chatroom for getting help in developing sewer.

Also on Usenet, the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup. One of the most exceedingly helpful & friendly newsgroups on all of Usenet.

by Matt on November 10, 2005 08:34 AM