Daily Archives Saturday, July 2008

Randy Pausch’s passing

I read in my newspaper that Randy Pausch has passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer which he has been battling for many months. He was a Computer Science professor at Carnegie Mellon University and in Sept 2007, he gave a “final lecture” to over 400 students at the University.

A “Final Lecture” is an academic traditional which say that if you know that you have a few months to live (

Cloud Computing in the Past

LewisC’s An Expert’s Guide To Oracle Technology

I wrote a few days ago, Thank You Larry Ellison, that Larry is a visionary because he foresaw the cloud computing stuff that is getting big right now. I wrote that after reading an article from 12 years ago:

New York — Oracle Corp. CEO and Chairma

Cloud Computing in the Past

LewisC’s An Expert’s Guide To Oracle Technology

I wrote a few days ago, Thank You Larry Ellison, that Larry is a visionary because he foresaw the cloud computing stuff that is getting big right now. I wrote that after reading an article from 12 years ago:

New York — Oracle Corp. CEO and Chair

The Adventures of Ace, DBA

So I was reading through some of my favorite xkcd comics, and I decided it might be fun to make my own comics about Oracle.
And so I’d like to introduce The Adventures of Ace, DBA. Ace is a Jr. DBA trying to make it in a tough corporate world. The comic is about [...]

Installing a Java app is so easy

I’m currently trying to install a java program and it’s a nightmare.The steps you need to make to just be able to install it, is unbelievable.I’m running Oracle Linux and the program I’m trying to install needs jdk 1.5, which I don’t have. No worries, …