Schoolin'

There's only so much detail I can stuff into my head, so the upcoming midterm for my summer class had me stressed out.  I reviewed til my eyes glazed over and wasn't nearly done when it was time to take the test.  The test was open book and open php.net webpage, but there's open book and there's open book.  This was of the former kind, thankfully.  There were no gotcha questions, except for this one:

What does the keyword 'final' mean? 

I know Java has a 'final' keyword, but I don't remember talking about it for PHP.  I looked it up in the index of the text - not there.  So I chose the answer that involved error message.  But it seemed like a logical thing to have for this rapidly evolving object-oriented language, so I checked php.net.  Yup, as of php 5.0 there is a 'final' keyword that means essentially the same thing as in Java.  Moral:  check your php.net.

July Rain Garden

Native perennials are beautiful without watering, even during a drought. I took this picture last night outside my back door.

The pink bloom at lower center is Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra). The spiky white blooms are Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum).








Source:  iPad 3, iOS 5.1, Cortex Camera app

Why We Get Fat

I followed a link to Gary Taubes' website a few months ago, which led to me buying and reading his book, "Why We Get Fat". What he said makes more sense than anything I've heard in the last 10 years. Today he had an opinion piece in the New York Times. I hope the followup studies to which he refers are done. More so, I wish the medical establishment would give these findings the serious consideration they deserve. A lot of people would be helped.

Introduction

This blog will start off tracking the work being done to create an off-leash dog park on the southwest side of Madison where, as of this date, almost none exist.