Dr Fragen in the operating room

Andy Fragen

  • The Accidental Tourist??

    If things come in three I’m waiting for the next incident. I say this because I just received a call from my parents, who are currently in Utah skiing. It seems that my mother fell while skiing and broke her arm. For the technically inclined, I’ve been told that she has fractured the [humerus through…

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  • And then there was one.

    My grandmother, Ruth Fragen, was 102. Grandma died this evening. It is both a sad event and blessing. She hasn’t really been conscious for the past 6 or 7 years since suffering a stroke. Grandma was a lovely person. A lawyer who never practiced and an accomplished violinist. I only wish that my children had…

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  • Weblog Stamping

    Its not quite like the Photoshop stamp tool but, I’ve been busy making this [new blog][1] have a similar look and feel as the [old one][2]. Bear in mind that eventually this links will cease to work because I will upload the new blog to the old blog’s URL. It’s been pretty painless so far.…

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  • SQLite Doesn't Do Dates

    Apparently SQLite doesn’t have *very* good date handling. It seems that there are no functions that will extract parts of a standard date format. What I mean is that there is no ability to extract `YYYY` from `MM-DD-YYYY`. That bites. It means Matt’s going to have to *de-normalize* the dates used in [Squib][1]. My understanding…

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