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  • A couple of breaks.

    A quick Tae Kwon Do update for the family. Gabi recently received her red belt by finishing her testing with a palm strike. Max recently completed his blue belt test with a spinning side-kick.
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 04-20-2008
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  • SOA Magazine Article

    I finally got around to publishing another article for Thomas Erl's online SOA Magazine . The piece is titled "Relating Master Data Management to SOA" . Abstract: Distributed application development has proliferated business data throughout...
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 04-19-2008
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  • No More Mondays

    So I have had a pretty rough last 10 days. Gabi came in today and I asked her how her day went. She replied, not very good, I hate Mondays. So I suggested that we abolish Mondays and we decided that there would be no more Mondays in the week. We would...
    Posted to Lori by Lori on 03-31-2008

  • Installing Windows PowerShell v2 CTP

    If you already installed Windows PowerShell v1 and you try to install Windows PowerShell v2, the installer will tell you that the previous version has to be removed first. Your first thought would be to go to "Programs and Features" to remove...
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 03-18-2008

  • Benchmark Blog 8: FCAT

    So it has been quite a while since I last posted, but I have been entirely too busy to do anything worth blogging or to blog. I attended a meeting with the school superintendent today to talk about Florida's potential school budget cuts and what ideas...
    Posted to Lori by Lori on 03-17-2008
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  • Enterprise Architecture Landscape

    I've wanted to put something like this together for awhile. It was important to show that these ideas are not mutually exclusive, and are in fact very complimentary. I think there is a little more work to do, but I generally feel good about it. If...
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 02-27-2008
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  • Complex Event Processing

    Don't be fooled. The concept of complex event processing (CEP) has been around for at least a decade. However, it is quickly being attached to terms like BPM, BAM, SOA, EDA, EAI, and BI. IT has become desensitized due to the continued onslaught from...
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 02-25-2008
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  • Intermediary Pattern

    In the intermediary pattern, the direct communication between a consumer and its provider is broken. Messages are exchanged through logic that may be: Active or Passive - Active intermediaries may change the message’s content or reroute to another destination...
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 02-19-2008
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  • DTW

    I associate with a lot of folks that travel. One thing we all have in common was labeling the Detroit airport as the worst airport people have ever flown through. Today, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they have completely renovated and it is in...
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 02-06-2008

  • Marriott

    Everyone that knows me, knows that I'm a loyal Marriott customer. They have always treated me well at every property. In 2007, I burned a lot of points traveling for Bri's gymnastics. Close to the end of the season, we ended up falling short on...
    Posted to Comfortably Dumb by Chris on 02-06-2008
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