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Getting weary, so weary: Big Oil’s biggest quarter ever: $51.5B in all

Big Oil sucks us dry once again. By JOHN PORRETTO, AP Business Writer Fri Aug 1, 5:11 PM ETHOUSTON -…

Posted 03 August 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

My Oracle Open World Schedule

Hey folks, For anyone attending Oracle Open World this year, here is my schedule of presentations: Session ID: S300184 Session Title: Weird PL/SQL Track: Oracle Develop: Database Room: Golden Gate C3 Date: 2008-09-21 Start Time: 15:45 Session…

Posted 21 July 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

How we fill the shopping malls

I don’t go shopping very often. I like to buy things, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t like to shop, don’t like the marketing, the noise, the lines.But when I do go shopping, I am startled by how full the parking lots are and how busy the shops are.Afte…

Posted 09 July 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

A confession regarding the Second Amendment

When I first read of the 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court to explicitly recognize the right of an individual, not a militia, to bear arms, I was dismayed.I still am, but not because I disagreed with them. My dismay is that this decision (really, more …

Posted 27 June 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Without logic we are truly lost…

When I train developers, I like to point out that they (we) are very special people: we use symbolic logic day in and day out to do our jobs. Why does that make us special? Logic forms the foundation not only of software programming, but more generally…

Posted 07 June 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

My presentations at Oracle Open World 2008

In case you are interested, I will be presenting three times at OOW in San Fran this September. The dates/times have not yet been set, but here are the IDs and titles:Session ID: S300183Session Title: Break Your Addiction to SQL!Session ID: S300184Sess…

Posted 06 June 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

“Clinton exposes Obama’s vulnerability: white voters” DUH!

Ran across the following article in USA Today, May 13, 2008 - which means of course that I was staying in a hotel. The Forum: Clinton exposes Obama’s vulnerability: white votersAnd my reaction? Well, duh….I have to admit that I am surprised and inspi…

Posted 14 May 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Lost (or perhaps gained) in translation

I ran across a set of dish drain covers in a Puerto Rico supermarket, and found the following text on the back of the package:Chenyang Commodity World UsingWELCOME SHOPPING CHENYANG SE-RIES HARDWARE TOOL ASSEMBLED.THIS SERIES PRODUCT ADOPT ADVA-NCED JO…

Posted 09 April 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Favorite photos….

I have created a Flickr Set containing some of my favorite photos. I hope you enjoy them!http://www.flickr.com/photos/60694364@N00/sets/72157603882863063/

Posted 07 April 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Battery Water

We recently installed a solar power system on a house we own in a very sunny clime. Along with the 12 180W solar panels, we have 16 batteries to store all that electricity from the sun. And those batteries need to be topped off with water - water for b…

Posted 04 April 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °