{"id":963,"date":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=963"},"modified":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","slug":"enjoying-it-while-it-lasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/12\/enjoying-it-while-it-lasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying it while it lasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m not on-call any more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The blog situation is improving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Now, if only the Czechs hadn&#8217;t scored that third goal against the USA and Australia had stopped when they equalised, my life would be excellent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Hi Doug,<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re current rank in the World Cup 2006 APEX application is 10 out of 367.<\/p>\n<p>Some more info: <\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Played Games: 11<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Correct prediction of games: 8<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Wrong prediction of games: 3<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Correct prediction of score: 2<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Wrong prediction of score: 9<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; Your points: 12<\/p>\n<p>Have a nice day, &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Dimitri Gielis<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not on-call any more. The blog situation is improving. Now, if only the Czechs hadn&#8217;t scored that third goal against the USA and Australia had stopped when they equalised, my life would be excellent. &#8220;Hi Doug, You&#8217;re current rank in the World Cup 2006 APEX application is 10 out of 367. Some more info:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/12\/enjoying-it-while-it-lasts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Enjoying it while it lasts<\/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-963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1015,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/10\/world-cup-apex\/","url_meta":{"origin":963,"position":0},"title":"World cup Apex","date":"July 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks for playing with us!You're final rank in the World Cup 2006 APEX application is 92 out of 425.Some more info: - Played Games: 64 - Correct prediction of games: 41 - Wrong prediction of games: 23 - Correct prediction of score: 3 - Wrong prediction of score: 61 -\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":961,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/11\/dimitri-keeps-me-going\/","url_meta":{"origin":963,"position":1},"title":"Dimitri Keeps Me Going &#8230;","date":"June 11, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"... through the Blogger darkness \ud83d\ude09\"Hi Doug,You're current rank in the World Cup 2006 APEX application is 32 out of 347.Some more info: - Played Games: 8- Correct prediction of games: 6- Wrong prediction of games: 2- Correct prediction of score: 1- Wrong prediction of score: 7- Your points: 8Have\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1632,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/12\/symposium-2011-my-presentation\/","url_meta":{"origin":963,"position":2},"title":"Symposium 2011 &#8211; My Presentation","date":"March 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I think the best approach here is to focus on the technical details of the mistake first and then follow with any whining, self-justification or philosophy. 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