{"id":855,"date":"2006-02-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2006-02-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-25T12:00:00","slug":"but-the-punch-line-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/25\/but-the-punch-line-is\/","title":{"rendered":"But the punch-line is …"},"content":{"rendered":"

…. that deadline<\/a> I’d fretted over and rushed to meet<\/a> seems to have been extended by a week! It’s nice to be early and prepared, but I could have done with the time. Still, it gives me a little more time this weekend to play around with some of the other ideas I had or that others suggested, and they might make it into the presentation.<\/p>\n

One thing that might be of interest to some of you is that it looks like I’ll doing the same presentation at both the upcoming UKOUG Northern event and the next OUG Scotland meeting if you’re likely to attend either of those. You’ll probably have the benefit of some more research and improvements 😉<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…. that deadline I’d fretted over and rushed to meet seems to have been extended by a week! It’s nice to be early and prepared, but I could have done with the time. Still, it gives me a little more time this weekend to play around with some of the other ideas I had or… Continue reading But the punch-line is …<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1182,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/18\/werewolves-beware\/","url_meta":{"origin":855,"position":0},"title":"Werewolves, beware!","date":"January 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A friend pointed out a link to one of my blog postings over at Burleson Consulting's website that I wasn't aware of.Whilst I appreciate Don Burleson's fulsome praise of my communication skills, I think it's only fair to make a few points of clarification.1) I was concerned that readers might\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 13 comments","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1086,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/21\/wedding\/","url_meta":{"origin":855,"position":1},"title":"Wedding","date":"September 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I think someone might be going to a wedding this weekend! 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