Year: 2009
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Pumpkins!
Photos of our pumpkins from Halloween of this year: [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
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Terrible Code
[java] request.setParameter("qualifySkus", getSkusRepository(d, cItem)); [/java] “qualifySkus” is confusing. Is it an array/list/collection of “qualifiedSKUs” or a flag that’s a result of “qualifyingSkus” or…. “qualifySKus” should be a constant with a nice comment, not an in-line String. The method getSkusRespository seems like it would return a catalog repository, doesn’t it? Instead it takes in a List…
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Plumbing
A chronically annoying hot water tap in the downstairs bathroom finally gave up any pretense of actually shutting off the water. Unfortunately the under-sink shut off valve was also corroded to the point where it wouldn’t shut off the water either. So we had a steady stream of hot water coming out of the sink.…
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Flush the Cache Droplet Upon CA Deployments
Hopefully you’re already using the ATG Cache Droplet extensively in your ATG eCommerce application, as I recommended in my ATG Performance Tuning post on Improving JSP Serving Time for an ATG Application. If you are, you’re probably using a smaller value for the cacheCheckSeconds parameter than you’d like, in order to prevent stale data after…
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East Coast Starbucks
I think I’ve figured one reason that Starbucks has not caught out here in the Boston area like it has on the West Coast. The Starbucks out here don’t run smoothly. People pay cash, the employees don’t really have a good working system, there’s a lot of confusion. If you want to see Starbucks as…
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Selling Through Context
Here is a great idea on how to market to me: Sell me an image or a story, and then sell me a series of products. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I don’t mean sell me…