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Thanks to Matt, and my persistence, [Squib][1] now works and plays well with a SQLite database. There were a few little tricks like SQLite is case-sensitive and search where `something = true` need to be written `something = 1`. Matt’s de-normalization for the dates made this all possible. [1]:http://squib.rubyforge.org/
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I’ve made some [Squib][1] modifications that allows for selection of different stylesheets from within a theme without having to make continual modifications to the theme. It works for both staging and live sites. The drop-down that contains the themes lists the contents of `themes/theme_name/resources/styles` for the selected theme. What’s confusing could be that the list…
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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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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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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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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…
