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[Absolutely nothing to do with Oracle, but maybe a lot to do with why we do what we do ….] Well, maybe what 2 weeks away from the interweb gives you is a little perspective. Whilst catching up on blog postings, I noticed this one from Peter K. (Oh, and let me plug Peter’s blog… Continue reading Randy Pausch Last Lecture

Well, I’m back from two weeks holiday away from the net and a pile of blog comments and emails to catch up on. I’ll leave those for tomorrow. A quickie for now, though. I see that Kurt van Meerbeeck (yeah, OK, Kurt the DUDE guy) has finally started a blog. Truth be told, I don’t… Continue reading dude – it’s a blog

[The following is a guest blog post courtesy of Peter Robson, prompted by this event that we both attended. Peter’s a good friend, I love his writing style and he’s expressed similar opinions in the past to me, so I asked if he would write them down for a wider audience. See what you think.… Continue reading Server Technology Conundrums

Last Thursday’s Northern Server Technology Day organised by the UKOUG was one of the more enjoyable events I’ve attended. It helped that there were no hotels, driving or airports involved, just a simple walk to the train station, a 90 minute train journey (free wireless on hand) and a 10 minute walk at the other… Continue reading Northern Server Technology Day

It’s good to see some more people joining in, particularly those I already know and admire. First up is Mark Bobak, who I’ve met at several conferences and, as you can tell from his first few posts, is likely to have some interesting technical tales to tell. Via Mark’s blog-roll, I noticed Robyn Sands has… Continue reading More Blogs

I’d been thinking of blogging about the appearance of Real Application Testing in 10.2.0.4 since I noticed it post-upgrade, just before the course in Prague. Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 – Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options It looked like a nice addition because, as… Continue reading Real Application Testing and more Relinking

After over a year at my current site, I’ve decided that it’s time for something new. I’m currently involved in a Grid Control and Audit Vault implementation project but I’ll only be spending another 6 weeks on that. My current client have one of their best permies working on it, too, and 7 weeks gives… Continue reading Advert – Future Plans

Thanks to Jared Still for pointing this out. It’s not often I read articles about gardening!

Damn. I wish Alex had written this blog posting a few days earlier. During the 10g performance screens presentation, I pointed people to Kyle Haileys website as usual, because there’s some excellent related material on there, including ASHMON and Simulated ASH. I always mention the latter for those who aren’t on 10g or aren’t lucky… Continue reading Good News for ASH Fans

So, where was I? Oh, yes, I was starting to worry about my second presentation – Have we forgotten OFA? Although there was a bit of a mix-up with a room change, which meant a bunch of people arrived just before the start, I think it went well. I originally thought that it might be… Continue reading Orca/OUGF Summary