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Thanks to Frits Hoogland, here are some better pictures of the appreciation event. See, it was me who did all the hard work really! Not really, you can see Marco is standing in another queue, waiting to help. You can almost imagine this bear’s thoughts. ‘Mmmm, so this is where my future lies, with a… Continue reading Rodney Update

I was talking to Cary Millsap last week about the beneficial effect the Symposium has had on the wider community over the past several years. I had a chance to take a look at a paper recently that someone had almost completed for presentation at last year’s Symposium and it reminded me how inspirational it… Continue reading Hotsos Symposium Call for Papers

Well, I was starting to worry that I was completely out of step with the blogosphere, because finally a keynote presentation worth writing about and no-one seems keen, but I’ve only just noticed this quote in Pete Scott’s blog posting. “For strange people like me, people that see the world as moving large amounts of… Continue reading Day 4 – Grumpy Old Man

If Mogens, Anjo and Cary are in the OTN lounge, meeting their (cough) fans, who the hell is looking after The Cave?!

…. in promotion. Not for Miracle the bland pen, or notebook or bouncy ball. Oh, no, tattoos are the future! (Thanks to Tim Hall for modelling it)

Well, 2.5 too, I suppose. I spent most of Monday afternoon ‘networking’. i.e. Sitting around the OTN lounge chatting away to several people I know, most of them the strange old gents who like to complain about things a lot 😉 I did, however, attend Andy Mendelsohn’s General Session, or keynote really. It was the… Continue reading OOW Day 3

Wow, it’s hot and sunny here! I keep forgetting, so I’m still wondering around with a jacket in tow. That’ll be getting dumped at the hotel later. Today’s been a quieter day so far, but no less enjoyable for that. After making a lazy start, I thought I’d check out the initial keynote but was… Continue reading OOW Day 2

I’ll start with a plea to the IOUG (not that they’re likely to listen to anything I have to say). No more 90 minute presentations! Yes, I know that some subjects need longer than others. I know we’re going to a conference to learn and have fun. I know that training courses go on for… Continue reading OOW Day 1.5

… and the first shockingly bad photo on the blog for this conference, too. With some gentle encouragement from Mads, we decided to set up and try Skype video. As well as making it easier and cheaper for us to stay in touch, we’re both finding it weird, fun and reassuring – a completely different… Continue reading Another 2008 Innovation …

Well, I’ve attended my first couple of presentations – Dan Norris’ “Building an Oracle Real Application Clusters Environment on VMWare for Free”. I suppose this is one of those subjects I knew a little about, but I haven’t played with VMWare really enough and I was quite keen to hear Dan speak again. He’s a… Continue reading OOW Day 1