http://chrisbenard.net Don't tase me, bro! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:17:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday, it got up to 93 degrees (Fahrenheit) in our office and I actually started sweating. Now I know how Joan of Arc felt when she was being burned alive at the stake. The air conditioner went out Tuesday (6/30/2009) and they just got the part(s) in today (7/2/2009) to ... http://chrisbenard.net/2009/07/02/its-really-hot-inside/ Update: We figured out how to make it work with the help of our DBA and Jonathan Kehayias (see comments). We increased SQL Server’s MEM_TO_LEAVE property, by adjusting the –g command line switch for the service, to 448MB. This increase of the shared memory pool gave SQL Server enough breathing ... http://chrisbenard.net/2009/07/01/out-of-memory-exception-while-attempting-to-do-sql-clr/ Circle K always has way more employees working at any given time than the number of registers open. I believe they pride themselves on how long they can back the line up at the register. There were four employees there today, including the manager. I took the picture at the ... http://chrisbenard.net/2008/10/14/the-law-of-circle-k-registers/ There was a crane in my parking lot at work when I went downstairs to grab something out of my car! I'm not sure that I've ever seen one in real life before. Look at the pictures! http://chrisbenard.net/2008/10/13/parking-lot-crane/ I got an email from Comcast titled "Improving Your Online Experience Through Congestion Management". After my previous experiences I've had with Comcast lately, I thought "great, now they're going to screw over my bandwidth too". Generally, I'm pretty satisfied with their Internet service, even though their TV service sucks. ... http://chrisbenard.net/2008/10/10/comcasts-new-network-management-technique-protocol-agnostic/ I really hate Comcast, a lot. I hated them before, and I hate them more now. Before anyone tells me to, I'm going to send this to Comcast Frank (comcastcares) when I'm finished. All I wanted to do was get the hours of the local office, but you ... http://chrisbenard.net/2008/10/08/comcast-sucks-and-is-the-worst-company-ever/ Update: It's back up, 24 hours later, but the auto payment still isn't posted. I use Wesla Federal Credit Union as my credit union. I don't actually use it as my primary checking anymore, although I used to. Today when I tried to login, I was greeted with ... http://chrisbenard.net/2008/10/07/weslas-bank-network-is-down/ Update 2: The local news covered it.  More gross! Update: Kevin Messenger, my coworker, commented and said that they are Mayflies!  Gross! What are all these ugly bugs in Shreveport? They were all over our stairs this morning, completely covering them at work.  Jenny’s girlfriend said ... http://chrisbenard.net/2008/06/23/what-are-these-ugly-bugs-in-shreveport/ Those radio commercials are pretty ubiquitous.  Every car dealership wants to know: Do you have a job??? Do you have $149??? Then you could be approved for a brand new Kia from Elkins Kia! What occurred to me the other day was that a person that doesn't have ... http://chrisbenard.net/2008/06/21/do-you-have-a-job/ It's been 161 days since my last blog post, far too long.  Lots of stuff has happened in my life since then.  The anniversary of my birth has passed once again, and I'm 25 now.  I've loved.  I've lost.  I've been things in between.  I've been sick.  I've had a ... http://chrisbenard.net/2008/06/20/161-days/