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I was trying to calculate average time in MySQL. I had a “time” field. After fooling around I came up with:

 SELECT SEC_TO_TIME( SUM(TIME_TO_SEC(actual_arrival))/COUNT(actual_arrival)) FROM arrival_times;

It actually is pretty fast too.

What a shame… paying someone $75k to convert Perl web apps to asp.net.

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I think I’m gonna be sick!

My parents got me a pair of Sony MDR7506 headphones for my birthday.

Previously I was using Bose® QuietComfort® 3 headphones. They were great for noise cancellation, but the bass was a bit overpowering. I sold them when I was saving for a new camera.
These new Sony headphones rock! I’m going back and listening to music I haven’t listened to in a while, it’s amazing the tonal range these produce. For $90 you can’t go wrong with these headphones.

So I picked up some Campari tonight, as I wanted to try a Negroni. It was a lot more potent than I thought it would be.

Negroni as listed in Playboy bartender’s guide:

• 3/4oz. Campari
• 3/4oz. Sweet Vermouth
• 3/4oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin
• Shake over ice and strain into pre chilled cocktail glass.

The drink was pretty herby and somewhat bitter. It was very interesting, sweet as you take a sip, but after the swallow the bitterness hits. I might make it again if I’m feeling like something potent, however if I’m going to drink Gin, I prefer Gin and Grapefruit juice. I won’t quit on Campari yet, I’ve only tried one cocktail! Will be searching for more Campari recipes.

EEP! I’m almost out of Gin!

I noticed I was getting hits for my old Movable Type feeds, yet WordPress doesn’t implement the same links by default.

Some mod_rewrite magic did the trick. I wasn’t able to find a clear simple answer anywhere so came up with this pattern. Seems to work great.

RewriteRule ^(rss|rss2|atom).xml  /wordpress/?feed=$1 [QSA]

Moved the blog from Movable Type 4 beta to WordPress. So far so good. WordPress is easily 3x faster than Movable Type was.

Got everything migrated and setup. Seems just as easy to use.

Back to work today from vacation. It was relaxing. I ate too much though.

A short breakdown of the cruise:

At Sea:

The days at sea were very relaxing, mostly I ate too much, laid around, went to shows, and swam.

Montego Bay, Jamaica:

Jamaica was my least favorite stop on the cruise. Mostly because the people hassled us a lot. It wasn’t the normal hassle where they are trying to sell you something, instead the would grab your hand, pull you into their shop and show you things they were peddling. When I would decline to purchase, they were always upset, I had one guy tell me “I’m sick of this no thank you bullshit!”. We did get to see “Dunn River Falls”, which was pretty but we were rushed through along with a few hundred other people.

Grand Cayman:

Grand Cayman was really cool. The whole island was clean and beautiful. We went snorkeling and got to swim with stingrays. The water was beautiful there. We had huge margaritas and nachos at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville, which were VERY expensive! It was a fun place to eat at though.

Cozumel, Mexico:

Cozumel was fun. I mostly drank cheap beer and walked around most of the day. Got a fake tattoo on my bicep. It’s fading slowly. I picked up some Cuban cigars in Cozumel, however I discovered the Dominican Republic made cigars were less harsh and had a more mellow flavor. Maybe the Cubans I got were old?

Cigars smoked on the trip:

• Montecristo – Cuba
• Cohiba – Cuban
• Romeo Y Julieta – Cuban
• Courvoisier – Dominican (This had a nice sweet flavor)
• Arturo Fuente Don Carlos – Dominican