Archive for: May 2008

May 27, 2008

Memorial Day

Filed under: Heroes - 27 May 2008

I have a theory that if you look into the life of just about anyone born between 1910 and 1920, you’ll find a hero. I was reminded again the other day when I heard about the death of Dick …

May 17, 2008

It’s Funny The Things You Think Of

Filed under: Nothing In Particular - 17 May 2008

The writing group I’m a member of read a piece the other day, a deeply personal struggle for acceptance in the form of an internal monologue. One of the problems with the story was the lack of an inciting …

May 7, 2008

I Hope I Would Have The Guts

Filed under: Heroes - 07 May 2008

Joseph Richardson was walking down the street in Chicago with his four year old daughter when a car jumped the curb, headed right for them.

The choice wasn’t live or die, it was one coffin or two, and Richardson did the …

May 6, 2008

You Know You’re Old and Uncool…

Filed under: Music - 06 May 2008

..when an artist you’ve never even heard of has a greatest hits album featured on the iTunes store.

Actually, that’s not true. I first heard about Dierks Bentley - let’s see - yesterday. Does that mean I’m …

May 3, 2008

ASP.NET: Using Hierarchical Data with ObjectDataSource

Filed under: Programming, .NET, Visual Web Developer - 03 May 2008

When Microsoft introduced the SqlDataSource, they made it very easy to add database connectivity to your ASP.NET pages with a minimum of programming. The SqlDataSource (and the related AccessDataSource) allow you to define database connections declaratively - that is, …