June 15, 2010: Busy but Plans are in Place

I was not happy when the alarm went off this morning.  I am exhausted.  Nicki and I had decided that today would be a good day to try out the free daily breakfast at La Cima.  We rolled out of the apartment complex at seven forty and were over to the Williams Tower a few …

June 13, 2010: Productive Sunday

I found one of the best YouTube videos ever, the Mippey5 answer to Katy Perry and Snoop Dog’s California Gurls: Minnesota Gurls.  You can get the lyrics here.  Midwest represent! Another day alone.  Actually, it turns out, that I was not too clear on my schedule and, in fact, this weekend is my only weekend …

Ruby Email to Database Log Script

This is a quick and dirty Ruby script that I threw together years ago to parse emails and jam their contents, line by line, into a MySQL database. It was originally written to handle NetGear firewall logs hence some of the nomenclature.  Very simple but it did the job quite well.  I’m posting it here …