I finally got around to collecting and doing limited correction (what can be done inside iPhoto) and now they're uploaded. Enjoy the photos.
I mentioned getting pictures up, I never said all at once. First set of pictures, these from my sister's graduation.
For those who don't read wootblog (and I guess for those who do, as this is somewhat funnier out of its context).
DANGER :)
I needed to do some mass updates to Active Directory today, and decided it would be pointless to write a script if it can just be done quickly with the command line tools. With Server 2003, Microsoft added the ds* programs, which make certain things handy. Such as if you want to list all users whose usernames start with a, you can run dsquery user domainroot -samid a* -limit 0. If I wanted to set a roaming profile path for all those users, I can pipe it to dsmod like this: dsquery user domainroot -samid a* -limit 0|dsmod user -profile "profilepath".
So what do you think happens if you want to remove the profile setting? Apparently either the command parser or the tool treats "" like it doesn't exist rather than a blank field. When piping the list of DNs from the query, this results in the tool crashing and asking to submit an error report (it appears it doesn't handle additional input after that error condition well, not that it sees the first DN as a path and doesn't like it, as attempting to add other options didn't help).
In the end I found it easier to just modify my script that keeps AD in sync with the ERP data (using Net::LDAP) to also remove profile attributes from the subset I want. I guess at least there are tools that often work. Maybe the next version of Windows Server will improve this.
I received a notice yesterday from a bank with updates to the account agreement. Normally these are small annoying changes in favor of the bank, but nothing to really worry about. This isn't either, but made me laugh.
When we calculate your [account-crediting payment], we will round down to the nearest cent, rather than rounding to the nearest cent.
I guess this finally answers Joanna's How is that not stealing?
It's OK when the bank adds it into the account agreement.
I think the best part about vacation isn't the getting away from work, which isn't such a great thing on its own when you like your job. It's the getting away from everything, and having nothing to do but sleep until noon and then sit around and relax. Just listening to music and looking out at the lake (and watching the nearly-constant fireworks). The picture is from a bit before sunset on July 4th.
It is nice to be home and get to sleep in my own bed again though. If I feel motivated over the next few days, maybe I'll get around to posting pictures from the past couple months. No promises on that though.
And if they start to maybe help stop them... Yes, I screwed up a bit. Yes I'm slightly hurt, but I'll be fine. It's more annoying than anything. I'll leave it at that for now - stop worrying about it.
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