Keetonville, Oklahoma is near my hometown of Catoosa, Oklahoma and I have had an interest–perhaps an obsession–with the beautiful yet mysterious Keetonville Hill ever since I heard about the legend of the Cry Baby Bridge when I was a teenager.
Author Archives: Lawrence Roth
Developing characters
January 9, 2010 – 09:34
To develop a character I usually visualize that character in my mind and then I create a name. After a few days or so when I have a idea of what the character will look like I will surf the internet for images.
The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
January 7, 2010 – 20:33
Babauta summarizes the essence of his book in the introduction by stating, “Identify the essential and eliminate the rest.” That is great advice. There is only so much that we can do each day. Do the important stuff and forget about the rest.
Star Trek is Alive
December 31, 2009 – 18:13
And finally Star Trek is getting the big budget and guidance needed to make some damn good movies. Perhaps if Paramount had tried this years ago some of the Trek movies from the past would not have been so freaking bad.
Where’s Waldo? I Mean Where’s Lawrence? There He Is
September 3, 2009 – 05:38
This is just too funny to pass up. I watched the Channel Six News last night. I was on the News.
Democracy in Action at Tulsa, Oklahoma
September 2, 2009 – 19:46
Books, computers, and movies have been and are my passion and while I do have political view I steer clear of posting my ideologies on this blog site. I intend to stick with that policy, although I will bend it slightly just this once.
On Septemeber 2, 2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma near 21st and Lewis two [...]
The Code Wars
August 31, 2009 – 14:50
“How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?”
“Well that all depends on the testing, which will determine if there is some legitimate reason to change the light bulb in the first place.”
Login.aspx.cs Connecting to SQL Server with ASP.NET
July 13, 2009 – 10:35
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
public partial class Login : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void LoginButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
String cs = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["csString"].ConnectionString;
[...]
ADO.NET 3.5 Web.Config Connection String to SQL Server
July 13, 2009 – 10:14
providerName=”System.Data.SqlClient”
connectionString=”Data Source=XX\WS5; Initial Catalog=XX_Catalog;Integrated Security=True” />
