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I work with Oracle databases doing DBA, Design and Development. I publish articles on my website and recently started writing books. My hobbies include Yoga, Karate and swimming.

NZOUG 2010 Day 2…

Day 2 started with an ACE panel session. There were more ACEs than attendees, but we all had fun chatting to each other. I guess one of the difficulties with this was it ran along side regular presentations, but such is life.
Straight after that it was the second part of my PL/SQL Presentation Layers session. [...]

Storm Front (The Dresden Files)…

One of the few advantages of such long flights as UK to New Zealand is you get plenty of time to read.
I’ve mentioned several times that I’ve struggled to find something to follow the Discworld series. Several people recommended The Dresden Files series so I went out and bought the first few books. I tried [...]

NZOUG 2010 Day 1…

The day started in the normal way. First, an introduction by Francisco, the new president of NZOUG, then some keynotes, then on to the presentations…
One of the difficult things about being a speaker at so many conferences is you often struggle to see something on the agenda you have not already seen several times around the [...]

Arriving at NZOUG…

I walked off the 7 hour flight to Dubai, straight on to the 13+ hour flight to Melbourne. I got a 1 hour rest at Melbourne while they cleaned the plane, before I started the 3+ hour flight to Auckland. I got to Auckland at about 14:00 where I was met by one of my [...]

On my way to NZOUG…

Today is the day I fly to New Zealand to present at the NZOUG conference.
I got to the airport 2 hours before the flight as usual, but I’ve been here 3 hours already and I’ve still not boarded the plane. I have a long wait at Dubai, so this delay shouldn’t affect my connection. It’s 7 [...]

phpBB 3.0.7-PL1 Released…

Hot on the heels of version 3.0.7 comes an additional security fix (3.0.7-PL1).
Cheers
Tim…

Thank heavens for backups… (phpBB 3.0.7)

This evening I noticed (a few days late) that phpBB 3.0.7 has been released.
I did my normal thing of upgrading, only to find my forum was trashed. Luckily for me I had a backup (file system and database) of the forum and with a little tweaking it was all restored, then upgraded again.
Bye the way, [...]

Computers are still complicated…

A couple of days ago I was sorting a printer out for my mom. It was a 5 minute job, but it was preceded by over 2 hours of getting the laptop up to date…
She only turns it on to do a specific task, like send an email, then it is switched straight off, so [...]

WordPress 2.9.2…

Not sure how this one sneaked past me, but WordPress 2.9.2 has been out for a few days…
Cheers
Tim…

Visiting the Doctor…

Warning: If you are offended by bad language, please don’t read this post. You’ve been warned!
I’ve had a problem with my heel for a few weeks and what I suspected was an ear infection for a couple of weeks, but I’ve avoided going to the doctors because I hate it. I never used to be [...]