Man. I'm having one of those days.

When I took my current job I knew that, aside from the normal system administrations tasks, I'd probably also have to be a DBA and a web developer, among other things. I never thought that those roles would take over, though. In the light of Oracle 9iAS things are going to get worse... much worse. I will wear all three hats, and, despite all efforts, probably badly. I find this depressing. Hey, it's just what pays the bills though. Maybe I SHOULD go back to school :P

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Hans Reiser, the dude behind ReiserFS, has some interesting ideas about things. He contends that everything you do or could be doing with a computer comes down to problems of namespace. ReiserFS, as it stands now, is an attempt to begin unifying some of those namespaces. Particularly, as far as I can tell, the database and filesystem namespaces. This makes a lot of sense to me.

I was thinking about LDAP. All LDAP is is a database query lanaguage, really. We already have bunches of those.

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I've been reading a TON of webcomics lately. Thought I'd throw up some micro-reviews of the latest ones. They begin at the most recent and move backwards through time. Sounds dramatic, don't it?

Errant Story -- This is Poe's (of Exploitation Now! fame) new comic. It's a manga-style (Poe-style) fantasy comic. It looks promising. The dude can draw. I think it will be worth keeping an eye on if you are into the more comic bookish strips. Oddly, it reminds me of Nausicaa.

Everything Jake -- This is a honest-to-god superhero comic. It's sneaky, though. You won't realize it until you're a fair way in. Mike Rosenzweig obviously has some talent. The art is solid and visibly improves over the course of the strip. The writing, while rough, is spot-on for what he's trying to do. I love the characters. It's a superhero comic, man! I'm excited. I'll probably donate to him next month.

Clan of the Cats -- A well-established and reasonably well-liked web comic. When it comes right down to it it's about people, spirituality, and self. The art took me some time to get used to. In fact, I didn't like it at first. In the end, though, I found myself really enjoying it. It's consistent and, like Everything Jake, you can really see it improve. I have no feeling about the writing one way or another. In sort of a backhanded way, that's a compliment.

Lowest Common Denominator -- I linked this the other day... and it's what lead me to all of these other strips. It's written by a guy from Oklahoma. It's coming along nicely. It has a sunday comics feel to it.

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