Writing a valid, functional, and strict MySQL regular expression for latitudes and longitudes is much harder than I thought it would be. Note that I said “MySQL” because they have their own regex engine apparently.

#devhell #mysql

I was never a big fan of change. I hated it.

But once I got comfortable with the idea, and then started fully expecting it, when change did come along it wasn’t that bad. And in the here and now, most days I look forward to it.

Stagnation leads to a stale life.

#photos #flowers #advancedsoul

2018 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet First Look: One Fast Pony

The 2018 Mustang Cobra Jet is a turnkey race car—it’s not street legal—and Ford will only make 68 of them to mark the year the original debuted. You have a choice of two colors: Race Red or Oxford White. Price tag: $130,000, not including available anniversary badging and graphics. You can place your order now at a Ford dealership.

Under the hood is a 5.2-liter version of Ford’s 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 with a 3.0-liter fifth-generation Whipple supercharger. It has a three-speed racing transmission.

Ford says the car can exceed 150 mph, which necessitates a parachute on the back. And it claims the car will do the quarter-mile run in just over 8 seconds, which means it has at least 700 horsepower and likely exceeds 1,000 (more specs including horsepower will be revealed later this summer). For perspective: Motor Trend clocked the Tesla Model S P100D’s quarter-mile at 10.5 seconds.

I wasn’t a fan of the white and gold look but’s growing on me. The headlights and grill remind me a little bit of a Cobra, too. Much more than a pony.

#autonews #mustangs

Flashback to that time I took a social media poll to see who you guys liked between Huey Lewis and Ron Jeremy.

Looks like no mayo for Huey.

#photos #socialmedia

I got the keys but not the mask because it’s NOT A TOY. And it was $55.

#photos #keys #fridaythe13th #fleamarket

Police are directing traffic with all the cars pouring in 😳

#photos #fleamarket

Spotted at My Half of the Sky in Wheaton. They’ve must’ve had a problem with this. Because you don’t make a sign unless there’s a problem.

#photos #meanwhile

Sometimes when I’m at the post office mailing out the diaries magazine, I leave stickers next to the other forms.

Pay it forward and all that.

#photos #usps

Audio (MP3): 20180817 - Pull the pin on their grenade

Four days after the car wreck of Nov 1989

And then there was that one time when I was in high school and in a car wreck. Of course I was drinking so the details are all a blur. I had huge gash on the top of my head after hitting the windshield. I would tend to believe there was enough blood to make people worry.

My friends and I are outside the car and the police are there and it’s all a big commotion. The car’s smashed, there’s broken glass, flashing lights blue and red.

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#allislost