Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 8:34PM I'm not a big fan of running. The last few weeks I've been running with Zombies, Run!. This has made running much more enjoyable.
The story in the game is a great distraction on a short or long run. I run with the zombie chases enabled which adds an extra level of excitement that keeps you on your toes listening for the "Zombies Detected" warning.
For now it is iPhone only, but it is coming to Android soon.
Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 8:42AM 
This weekend my mom is in town. On Saturday we visited Ladew Gardens north of Baltimore. It was a great opportunity to try out a little macro photography. Here are some of the best shots.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 5:36PM 
On a camping trip this weekend to Shenandoah national park I got some much needed photography practice. It was hardly fair out there. The deer are very tame. I was able to get very close for these shots. There are a few more shots up on Flickr.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 1:32PM This came up on the Hive mailing list and I'm putting it here as a reminder to try it out.
Here's how to do complex count statements to simplify queries.
SELECT
type
, count(*)
, count(DISTINCT u)
, count(CASE WHEN plat=1 THEN u ELSE NULL)
, count(DISTINCT CASE WHEN plat=1 THEN u ELSE NULL)
, count(CASE WHEN (type=2 OR type=6) THEN u ELSE NULL)
, count(DISTINCT CASE WHEN (type=2 OR type=6) THEN u ELSE NULL)
FROM
t
WHERE
dt in ("2012-1-12-02", "2012-1-12-03")
GROUP BY
type
ORDER BY
type
;
The retina display got me. I could ignore the faster processor and the nifty cover in the iPad 2 and stick with my first generation one. I did the same with the iPhone 3 and 3GS. I wasn't sure how much of a difference the retina display would make, but the iPhone 4 got me hooked. I'm looking forward to not being able to see the pixels on the new iPad.
