Author: Haidong Ji

  • Utility script for instance level objects comparison between 2 SQL Server instances

    Useful for SQL Server upgrade and migration, instance consistency check in the enterprise, et cetera. Known assumptions: 1. pyodbc and proper SQL Server database driver setup and tested; 2. Windows Active Directory trusted connection to both instances. Login/password can also be used with very simple modification of the code; 3. Proper permission is set on…

  • Moving a LAMP site

    I’ve done this in the past, but thought this time I’ve got to take notes. It can be used as a crude check list in the future. Don’t underestimate the power of a practical, down-to-earth check list! Perhaps documents like this should be kept in a wiki page, for easy updating to avoid being stale,…

  • Persuasive Composition

    By my sonson Legislators, you have come here to hear the cons of Saturday school. I come before you today with compelling evidence that Saturday school is a bad thing from the start. First, finance will decrease all over America. Second, companies will fail. And third, the average kid will get over stressed. Eventually, with…

  • 给我州参议员Dick Durbin的一封信

    胡哥访美结束,我对双方做出的关于加强两国人民的交流的共识很有兴趣。要消除隔阂和偏见,没有别的好办法,只能通过人们之间的交流和互动。政客和记者们想放大人民之间的不同,吸引眼球,构建“外人”的怪异、卑鄙、和有威胁感的可怕形象。但从我自身的体会,只要人们的交流和互动增多,会发现虽然我们有种族、文化、语言、外表、风俗和其他方面的等等不同,但我们的相同远远大于不同:我们都是人,我们都追求尊重、理解、和宽容,还有那个叫幸福的东西。有了这个切身体会,这种同理心,或者说empathy,人与人之间的交流就会更顺畅,就会有眼界和心胸来打开局面,解决我们之间的问题。 我希望两国政府都能把这个共识落到实处,给两国人民的签证带来方便。我本人以前就深受签证难之苦。去年我给我州的参议员迪克-得斌(Dick Durbin)写过信,希望他能问询和促进这个问题的解决。他的工作人员后给我回信,很多套话,我非常不满意。晒出来给大家看看。 我同时也希望中国政府给美国人(实际上任何一个国家的人士)签证提供方便。我去过中国驻芝加哥领馆多次,感到那里的工作人员的效率和态度很不错。但我也听到了一些美国朋友在获取工作签证的难处。希望政府能研究和改善这个流程,能欢迎各国的人士来到中国。 电邮,2010年7月28日 Dear Senator Durbin, My name is Haidong Ji. I am a naturalized US citizen, residing in (township omitted here), Illinois. I became a US citizen on July 5th, 2008, in time for the 2008 general election, where I cast my ballots for Democratic, Republican, and Green Party candidates, which was…

  • MSNBC’s disingenuous and misleading video editing

    One item discussed during President Hu’s state visit to the US is the HR situation in China. I first watched the video clip on msnbc.com. And then watched the whole news conference in its entirety on Youtube, which, by the way, is blocked in China by the firewall, a glaring censorship issue the Chinese government…