A Day Late

This is hillarious. A definite MUST read from Jeremy Zawodny’s Blog.

I spent a good portion of the afternoon trying to get the perl module, DBD::mysql installed on one of our HPUX servers. I think I’ve decided it just wasn’t meant to be. The problem seems to be caused by the compilers. I downloaded the latest perl binary distribution (5.8.3) for HPUX 11.00 and then downloaded the DBI and DBD::mysql modules. I first tried compiling DBI but the compile failed. It seems the perl binary distribution I downloaded was compiled with gcc using the GNU assembler. However, my system was setup to use the HPUX assembler with gcc. I spent a while trying to figure out how to change assemblers with no luck.

Eventually I decided to try a different binary distribution (5.8.2) which had been compiled with the HPUX compiler (cc). This time the DBI module compiled and installed with no problem but the DBD::mysql failed. The cause was basically the same. Incompatibility between compilers. I tried another binary and this time DBD::mysql indicated that the mysql client was compiled without a required option. I tried to compile a new mysql client binary but that also failed (once again, due to compiler/version issues).

I was ready to try and compile perl on my own instead of using the binary but from all the information I read, it can be an even bigger hassle. I’ve yet to find a post where someone indicated they were able to get DBD::mysql running on HPUX 11.00.

Anyway at the end of the day I was no closer to getting DBD::mysql up and running and I couldn’t help but ask myself if there shouldn’t be an easier way.

UPDATE: I finally got it working. See this post.

Tonight was the first time my fly fishing class went out on the river. We stopped at the park by the mouth of Provo canyon and Eddie Robinson from Eddie Robinson’s Fly Fishing taught us some casting techniques for about an hour. I learned some very good stuff and I’m definitely going to stop by his fly shop. The group I was with fished the lower Provo river by the tunnels, near the Sundance turnoff.

We started at about 6:30 and were planning to fish for about 2 hours. 2 hours came and went and no one had caught anything. I was a little frustrated, esspecially since I felt I was fishing a promising hole. I was fishing along when I happened to look down river and I noticed a shadow moving in the river about 7 feet down river from me. At first I thought it was weeds moving in the current but I kept my eye on it. Then it moved up stream towards me and stopped about 5 feet from me. That’s when I realized I was looking at a good size fish just 5 feet away. I wasn’t sure what to do since I was so close I figured any movement at all would spook him. I finally decided to try casting my line up stream and try to get it to pass in front of him. I was having trouble getting the fly to float in front of him, since I was directly in the current ahead of him. On one cast the fly floated by him and as I was getting ready to cast again when I felt the line go tight. I realized I had another fish on the line. I set the hook and reeled him in. He was only a teeny brown trout, about 6″ long. He didn’t fight at all, but catching a small fish is better than catching nothing at all.

I looked around for the big fish I’d been watching but guessed he must have taken off when I reeled the other fish right by him. I thought he might come back so I maneuvered to get a better angle and practiced casting my line so it would drift down where he was. After about 15 minutes I looked towards the shore and saw him between me and the shore, once again about 5 feet away from me. I reeled in my line until there was only about 2 or 3 feet of line out, plus the leader. I cautiously held it in front of him letting the fly drift down. After about 10 minutes I figured he wasn’t interested in what I had…that’s when he took it. Before i knew it my line was being stripped out. I grabbed my reel and started bringing him in. He was fighting pretty hard so it took a minute to get my line reeled in. Even then, I had 10 feet of leader hanging out so getting him in the net was no easy job. I tried to lead him up stream with my pole but as soon as I’d get the net near him he’d take off running again. However, after a few minutes, with the help of a friend I was finally able to bring him in. I’m a little disappointed with the picture we took of him. You can’t tell how big he was from the angle. Next time I’ll remember to take multiple pictures. We estimated he was probably about 14 or 15 inches. Not a bad way to end my first fishing class on the river. For those who are curious I was using a size 18 olive scud.

I’m planning to take another trip tomorrow morning up to fish creek near Schofield reservoir. My instructor said the fishing is great and I’ve heard the same from a few other people. We’ll see how things go.

I was scanning the search strings that led people to my site and I noticed a few had located it by searching for “Jeff Holmes.” I was curious just how high up I was on the google search for Jeff Holmes. Wouldn’t you know it, I’m right at the top.

It makes me wonder how that happened. I’ve hardly mentioned my full name on the site. It might show up in one or two places but that’s about it. So what made it climb the search ladder to the top?

I thought I’d take a minute to write a quick update. I moved into the new place a little over a week ago. Since then I’ve spent most of my time hanging blinds, adjusting blinds, unpacking boxes, installing a garage door opener and all the other fun things that come with moving in to a new house.

I also started a fly fishing class at BYU a week or so ago. We spent last Friday afternoon learning how to tie flies. I’ve gained a greater appreciation for those who can do it well. With a little more practice I think I might be able to create something a fish would consider biting. I decided to splurge and by a new fishing rod. I’ve been using a cheap fiber glass rod for the last few years and its suited me ok, but I tried an Elkhorn Rod in class a week or two ago and I was sold. The school gets an excellent price on them so I decided to take advantage of it. It should be here sometime this week. I decided to go with a 4-piece 5 weight, 9 foot rod. We’re planning our first fishing trip this Friday afternoon, probably to the Provo river. Our instructor said we’d fish the Provo a few times but one of his goals is to introduce us to some other good waters around Utah (excellent!).

Between the moving in, fishing class, oh and golfing (forgot about that) I haven’t been doing much else. Well…work as usual but that goes without saying. Summer time is great. Too bad it can’t last all year long.