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Posts on ‘June 13th, 2003’

Calling all Cars… err.. database gurus

If you know anything about database design, I'd appreciate your help for a minute.
Imagine I have a table with these fields: id, parent_id, data. It holds data arranged in a tree. The tree can have an unlimited number of branches but only one trunk. I would like to add a permissions mechanism to this data. [...]

Learning to Fly

I'm not perfect. I never have been. I probably never will be. Yet I continue to require perfection of myself. I set my goals too high. I demand nothing but the best and I won't settle for anything in between. I become frustrated when I desire something that my mind cannot comprehend, or create. Instead [...]

Perfectionism

Perfectionism is a disease. It is a plague consuming all of my thoughts. It is a barracade that leads to procrastination, fatigue, and mediocrity. If only I could settle for "who cares".