Author Archives: Garrett

Future of King County Metro – get free bus fare!

The new $20 car licensing fee will allegedly save massive cuts in bus service.  The free-ride zone is also being axed, but a new perk also popped up as I was reading this article: http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/2011/08/23/is-killing-the-ride-free-area-an-attack-on-the-poor/ Metro plans to hand out eight … Continue reading

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Human Cookie?: The Blockshopper Scam

This is something that came up not too long after I may or may not have bought a house a while ago.  Thought it was worth posting as there are still a large number of frustrated people on the internet. … Continue reading

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ADD NEW COLUMN TO GOOGLE SPREADSHEET

Yes, ALL CAPS, here is EXACTLY what I want to do: Add new column to google spreadsheet using java api Maybe now that term will be google-able? As with everything handy, it’s impossible to find what you need in the … Continue reading

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OLAP: Make XML your bitch.

The bread and butter at work is all the magic that happens in OLAP, Microsoft Analysis Services in particular. Alot of people assume OLAP is going the way of the Buffalo, they probably also like buzzwords such as “nosql”, “bigdata”. … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Blogs: helicopter sightings

Have you found your local neighborhood blog yet?  They’re all the rage, informative, community-oriented, and often quite amusing.  One of the frequent “hot topics” is: WTF Just flew over my house!? Pretty much any low-flying object (including exotic birds) will … Continue reading

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Cross Domain Ajax – loading data outside your domain via Javascript “AJAX Monster”

I always figured I invented this technique way back in 2005, oh I was so clever…  So when  I saw how people were making real-time Twitter widgets in 2009 I was rightfully very angry that they stole my idea. Today, … Continue reading

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Internet house in order… slowly

Public facing, possibly updated, site for me is back. Got tired of: Running my own development server Janky wordpress installs on Windows Shared Hosting The thought of having to create mutliple WordPress installs for each of my possible internet properties… … Continue reading

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