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First, someone else’s pictures. Much better than mine, obviously, but their camera seems to be a little suspect because all the pictures of me look grey, drunken and not a little scary. Second, I wanted to apologise for the fact that, not only were my pictures pants, but that quite a few of those blogs… Continue reading Some more DBF stuff

Why you should never let your host handle your registration (and no, the company name is not real) Still, at least deciding I was American got me into the best house and far enough from the Party House to get some sleep occassionally 😉 Julian Dyke and I are waiting for our taxi to the… Continue reading Miracle DBF – Wrap-up

What a marvellous night. As usual I was rushing around a little but made it back to the centre just in time for the Margaritas. Then we had dinner which was very much to my taste (meat and potatoes, basically) but the lobster for starter wasn’t my kind of thing. But my dinner partners appreciated… Continue reading Miracle DBF – Day 2.79

This Miracle DBF is a tricky affair. A combination of beer, lack of sleep, too much detailed Oracle information, swimming pools and scary, scary slides can lead to this type of result … And this … In fact, it’s a very good job that I have been entirely sober for the entire conference 😉

We all went back to one of the houses (a couple of doors down from the one I’m in) for lots of drink and chat. I carefully stuck to the beer and talk of presentations, written and unwritten. I’m really going to have to stop confessing to my complete inactivity on this blog. The first… Continue reading Miracle DBF – Day 1.875

I thought I was going to get my own back on Tom Kyte for Hotsos by blogging at the back of his presentation, but I kept losing my connection and was getting to the stage where I was worried about p*ss*ng off Toon Koppelaars (sp?) who was sitting beside me, so I had to give… Continue reading Miracle DBF – Day 2.0

These Miracle guys (and girls) certainly know how to stage an event. My highlights of the last 24 hours include Sitting in the baby seats at the back of Mogens 7-seater, surrounded by everyone’s luggage and some goat food, with Jonathan Lewis lording it at the front. Mogens has a really nice place – fantastic… Continue reading Miracle DBF – Day 1

Thanks to a mix-up with the flights (which was all my own fault) I won’t be travelling over to Denmark for the Miracle DBF until early tomorrow morning. Which is a shame, because I think some photos of more than a dozen Oracle geeks on Mogens and Anette’s floor would have been interesting 😉 I… Continue reading Letting the side down

As a few people will be aware with how long it’s taking me to reply to their emails at the moment, I’m chasing my tail trying to keep up with things. Miracle DBFI’m usually quite anal about deadlines so it’s very rare indeed for me to miss one. Well, I have now. I was supposed… Continue reading Busy, Busy, Busy …

I think someone might be going to a wedding this weekend! (We haven’t the heart to tell him I might need that bow tie back.)