August 2008
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Ford Ironman 2008
We were in LaGrange, Kentucky at mile 38 in the 112-mile bike portion of the Ford Ironman Louisville 2008. The racers had just completed a 2.4-mile swim in the Ohio River, and they will make a 26.2-mile run after the bike section. Ford Ironman made its first debut last year, in 2007, and it’s already [...]
An Anniversary and a Gift
Today is Fanatic Attack’s one-year anniversary. Russell and I posted our first entry one year ago today. And, just a few hours after watching Obama’s presidential acceptance speech, I feel as though FA was given a gift. I told Russell that Obama’s speech provided me with the best, most inspirational and moving moments since I [...]
Hill Finally Brings It
Yes, she did. This is the Hillary that could have carried the party. This is the Hillary who is what she is – the best motivator in the world. Finally. Although I never backed this woman during her campaign, I had to donate to her debt this evening. She brought it. I bought it. Watch [...]
Creating Nifty Reports Using OpenOffice.org Built-in Tools
Using the Sun Report Builder extension (http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/reportdesign), you can create rather sophisticated reports. For example, the miniInvoices solution (http://code.google.com/p/writertools/downloads/list)) relies on this extension for printing single invoices and generating all sorts of reports. The problem with using a separate extension for adding functionality is that it makes the entire database solution less portable. Move the [...]
