Editors and word processors are personal things. Some people like command line editors like vi and others hate them. Some people want a GUI but want it to just sort of sit there, others want bells and whistles. I like online editors because I use a lot of different computers. I tend to store text documents and source code on-line. That way it doesn't matter where I am, I always have my documents and source code available to me (as long as I have an internet connection). Here are a few... Read Full Story
LewisC's An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology
With all the news about lost jobs and the bad economy, I think it's important to remember that jobs do still exist out there. For those of you looking for a new job (and those of you hiring), I have de... Read Full Story
2007 was a busy year for the database market, which to some people may sound surprising. After all, the database market is supposedly the most mature and stagnant market. Even Gartner stopped doing a Magic Quadrant for the database market years ago because there is nothing new... hmmm.. So, what interesting things happened this year? Here are a few, in no particular order, along with my commentary Oracle quietly changed their per-core licensing for Standard Edition and Standard Edition... Read Full Story
LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology
I'm starting to gather the data from my survey. When I get all the data gathered, I will post it as a downloadable file. Until then, I will post some summary data. This data shows the current PRIMARY d... Read Full Story
I'm just back from a brisk walk around the Marriott World Center Resort in Orlando, FL . What an amazing place! It is incredibly huge. I asked "How big?" when I was checking in and it has 2004 rooms, 265,000 square feet of meeting space, multiple pools (including some with waterfalls), at least one hot tub and a golf course. Oh yeah, and an alarm clock that doesn't work. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I'm here manning the EnterpriseDB booth with Derek Rodner and, my boss, Jim... Read Full Story
I can't believe I haven't blogged about this as yet. It's been around for a long time. Baen books has the Baen Free Library . Now, I wouldn't call this their A+ catalog. Most of these are more frequently seen in the bargain section at Barnes and Nobles rather than a best seller list but some of these are hidden gems. There are also some books from the masters: Norton, Bujold, Hogan, Lackey, Laumer, Niven, Pournelle, Saberhagen and Turtledove. This site is well worth a look and a bookmark... Read Full Story
Rebooted my desktop for the first time in a while (needed to change a light fitting so had to turn off the electric). When it came back up, GDM had reverted to the Circles GNOME theme as opposed to the usual Ubuntu Human. I’ve noticed before that, whilst shutting down, GDM flicks briefly to the Circles theme before shutting down but I’ve never got round to investigating further.
Previously I’d thought that I perhaps had 2 instances of GDM running. That doesn’t look like it is the case... Read Full Story
This is the last week to participate in a database usage survey . The survey will be closed on Aug 24. I'll download the responses, clean the data and then upload the raw results. Over the next couple of weeks, I will publish some personal analysis and thoughts of the data.
If you haven't already done so, please take a few minutes to answer 25 questions.
I may reopen the survey afterward an Read Full Story
Stardock WindowBlinds 6.3 Build 67
WindowBlinds is a one-of-a-kind utility that allows Windows users to completely change the look and feel of the Windows interface by applying a new skin. There are thousands of different skins to choose from that are freely downloadable from the WindowBlinds website. A WindowBlinds skin can change Windows to look like an alternative operating system, favorite sports car brands, favorite sports team, or...
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