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Eight days water fasting in Rawdon, Canada

2026-02-13 Udar Gromov 0

When – from Wednesday, January 29 till February 6, 2020. Eight nights of water fasting followed by 3 nights of juice fasting. Where – Centre Val-Santé, Rawdon, Canada (about an hour north of Montreal) What – only distilled water and fresh air. What to do – sleep (up to 8-10H […]

Aug 28 TUE – From focused Napoli to heavenly Sorrento

2026-02-12 Udar Gromov 0

In the morning of 28-th we were anxious to get out. On the one hand, our car was blocked on the hotel protected parking lot by two other cars, and on the other, we did not want to fight unfair Wi-Fi charges at the front desk with two load and obnoxious […]

How NOT to use your TODO

2026-02-11 Udar Gromov 0

This post is a reaction to another post that complains that TODO list jails you in an endless loop of struggle with your own TODO list. Here are simple rules to follow to free yourself from the jail of your TODO: -1- Set the expectations right Till your last hour, […]

SQL DB2: Concatenate TEXT from multiple records

2026-02-10 Udar Gromov 0

Scenario Here is a recipe on how to concatenate a field from multiple records into one field. There are two pre-conditions for this method to work: First. Your source file needs to have an equivalent of a line number field. This should be a numeric field indicating the sequence in […]

Cannot open database … requested by the login. The login failed.

2026-02-09 Udar Gromov 2

Cannot open database “Your_DB” requested by the login. The login failed.
Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE’.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database “Your_DB” requested by the login. The login failed.
Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE’.

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Aug 27 MON – Napoli – Day 2 [… in progress …]

2026-02-08 Udar Gromov 0

[…in progress…] We left our hotel after 11AM. We walk down using narrow stairway, and later – a narrow street. People’s living rooms and windows are opening directly into the street. While walking you are a witness to people’s lives, and they do not mind it. We ate our breakfast […]

How Robots Bypass User Registration and How to Stop Them

2026-02-07 Udar Gromov 0

This article addresses the problem of robot user registrations on all WordPress versions including WP 3.3.1. I would be very interested to hear, what is the purpose of registering all these users, what is the goal? Did you notice that despite your best efforts to allow only human registrations, the […]

05 Third day – 2014-05-25 SUN – Back to the car and comfort (II)

2026-02-06 Udar Gromov 0

The walking stage of the hike was closing to an end, and bike portion was fast approaching. Crossing Saco river took about 15 minutes. First, a test cross with only valuables, and then second crossing with 2 sticks in both hands and a backpack. Rain started again, I did not know what […]

Dedication to America the Beautiful after a 30 years journey

2026-02-06 Udar Gromov 0

This dedication is to America the beautiful after 30-year trip into American Dream. Yes! Back in 1991-92 a Russian immigrant couple from Moscow watched pivotal events unfold in Russia from Adams, MA and listened to a short-wave radio to get the news from across the pond. Then, they took […]

04 Third day – 2014-05-25 SUN – Back to the car and comfort (I)

2026-02-05 Udar Gromov 0

Rephrasing the famous song, in the wild you acutely responsible for . . . Every move you make, Every step you take. If you slip and fell – it is your responsibility. If you forget to pack something – it is your responsibility. There is no way of escaping this […]

Aug 26 SUN – Road to Napoli [… in progress …]

2026-02-04 Udar Gromov 0

[…in progress…] Today we spent almost entire day driving from Pitigliano to Napoli. We paid €65 cash and left the place around 10:30. We set GPS to one of the hotels in Napoli from my list, and it showed that we need to drive over 350 km, and if driving […]

Year: 2026