There's an interesting article up on Football Outsiders sketching out how to win long-term in the NFL. There are some good ideas---NFL scouts are woefully mis-used---but too many platitudes for my taste.
For A Few Years…
An interesting development in the Buffalo Bills case: apparently, the lease agreement with Erie County states that the Bills may not be moved until at least 2023. But at the same time, Toronto might not necessarily be considered a relocation, at least according to the NFL. But according to the contract agreement? That's a trickier…
Upcoming Events
First, a plug. The folks at Red Gate have re-published my Tribal SQL chapter as a standalone article. If you like it, go out and get a copy of the book, as there are a number of excellent authors there. On May 16-18, I will be attending CarolinaCon. It's hard to beat $20 for a weekend…
Latest Enemy: Donald Sterling
I have nothing to add that Deadspin hasn't already reported. I have not seen the video because I cannot, but I'm with Magic Johnson -- this guy does not deserve to have an NBA team. EDIT: Are you fucking kidding me? If your blood isn't boiling by the end of reading these quotes, I don't know…
Clone Wars: Upgraded to required viewing for all Star Wars fans
So, Lucasfilm and Disney have ruled on the Expanded Star Wars Universe and... it's all out. The six films and Clone Wars (which I guess George Lucas had some role in?) are canon, everything else is not. I'm surprisingly okay with this. I like Mara Jade and Kyle Katarn as much as the next gamer who…
Keeping The Bills In Buffalo
Andre Reed has joined a group dedicated to keeping the Buffalo Bills around. Jim Kelly is part of an ownership group committed to keeping the Bills in town as well. I like the idea of a community group trying to keep Buffalo in place. Even more than that, I would have liked to see the…
Theory of gaming: Twilight Struggle
When I originally set this up, I had this vision of taking you (virtually) through my games closet, introducing you to the various and sundry games within. It would culminate with Twilight Struggle. Then, I realized a virtual tour of a games closet is very difficult when you don't have the actual games closet. I…
Accessing The INSERTED And DELETED Pseudo-Tables In A Trigger’s CATCH Block
At work recently, we had a scenario come up in which we wanted to figure out which specific values are causing a trigger to roll back execution of a stored procedure. I decided to put together a test case to see if I could still access the DELETED pseudo-table from within a trigger's CATCH block. It…
Harang And Santana
Alex Remington discusses Aaron Harang and Ervin Santana's resurgences with Atlanta. For Harang, it's all about getting rid of a changeup and curveball, focusing on his three best pitches. For Santana, it's about using the changeup more. Both of them have been lucky so far, and clearly neither will carry a sub-1 ERA through the rest…
Best Easter Photos Ever
Proof that the Easter Bunny is scary.
36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max! 