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My Father and Yao Ming
My second grader participated in the Japanese speech contest organized by Chicago Japan cultural center. He won the 3rd place in his group! He went to a Japanese immersion Montessori school for preschool and kindergarten, that’s where he learned Japanese. Yoko sensei is fantastic. A good teacher makes all the difference. His Chinese is lagging…
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Vimperator: make your Firefox behaves like VI/VIM
I stumbled into this Firefox gem today: Vimperator. It makes your Firefox behaves like the venerable VI/VIM editor. Warning: if you are not a VI/VIM guy, don’t even try this. It will cause you grief. For VI/VIM aficionados like me, this is almost like the best thing since sliced bread, or, VI. A couple of…
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Interesting findings on schema owner permissions
I found out recently that a schema owner does not necessarily have right to create objects for its own schema, but can drop and grant permissions for its objects, which is kind of strange. Try this: 1. Create 2 logins: USE [master] GO CREATE LOGIN [Login1] WITH PASSWORD=N’xxx’, DEFAULT_DATABASE=[AdventureWorks], CHECK_EXPIRATION=ON, CHECK_POLICY=ON CREATE LOGIN [Login2] WITH…
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C2 and Common Criteria Compliance
In Sql Server 2000, C2 auditing is a US government standard that monitors database security. When it is enabled, a trace will be created to collect all Security Audit related events, 21 or so of them. You can find what those events are by browsing through them in Profiler. By default, the trace file will…
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Frankie’s Deli
Frankie’s Deli is a quick deli store in Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois. It is close to my current work location. In my opinion, this deli store makes the best sandwiches at unbeatable prices. All ingredients are top quality. My favorites are: 1. Frankie’s special, with imported capicola, marinated eggplant, and optional provolone cheese. You get…