Have you ever been forced to create many tables to handle a single functionality? Or make a table that’s horribly vague because there were so many different ways one row could come in? Let me give you an example. Let’s say you had to create a table that could support
The “Are We There Yet” Equation
A math professor has reportedly discovered an equation that will tell parents how long it will take for the kids to say “are we there yet?” The equation created by Dr. Dwight Barkley of the University of Warwick uses a multitude of factors to mathematically predict the exact moment. T
No SuperSonics 10g for Larry Ellison
Looks like buying a sports team isn’t as easy as buying a yacht. According to this article, Larry put down a $425 million bid for the Seattle SuperSonics with the hopes of bringing the team to San Jose. Unfortunately for him, the owners chose a group of Oklahoma investors at
Mac vs. PC Wars – PCs Strike Back
I’m a Mac user, and I have to say I love my Mac. Not because I think it’s horribly superior to a PC or any of that; I just got tired of the Windows interface, and I love the slickness of OSX. It’s nice having a BSD backend to my
Microsoft develops new philosophies
PCMag has an article today on Microsoft’s new philosophies that take effect from Windows Vista and beyond. Please note, these philosophies are NOT retroactive! Primarily, it appears Microsoft has finally learned what Apple and Linux have been showing for years: people want flexibility and don’t want to be bullied. The
A YouTube Lawsuit! Gee, didn’t see that one coming.
YouTube.com, a magical place where anyone can upload and tag any movie they want with no screening process. Read that sentence again if you don’t see where some people in the public may have a problem with this. According to an article on ZDNet, a journalist and helicopter pilot are
The Sea of Names
This is a pretty neat Java based tool. NameVoyager by iVillage allows you to see name rankings based on year and names per million babies and has a type-ahead tool that lets you type letters in to narrow down results. Looks like Steve is losing popularity but did very well
Free AJAX Course
I absolutely love AJAX. In fact, I’m going to be speaking at Oracle OpenWorld, a presentation entitled “Putting the Express back into Oracle Application Express with AJAX.” I also like free. This article caught my eye today, as it’s talking about several free online courses over the period of three
Good News for Psychics
Have you been trying to convince friends, family, co-workers, and asylum caretakers that you’re psychic with no luck? Maybe this is the program for you! According to an article on Silicon.com, new studies are using three dimensional virtual worlds to gauge telepathic ability in humans by playing virtual ‘guessing games.’
Oracle’s Plan For Growth
According to a ComputerWorld article, Oracle has outlined it’s five growth plans as: Security Content Management Business Intelligence Grid Computing Enterprise Search These are some great areas for Oracle to grow into, honestly. Now, you may think from my last article that security would be one Oracle would have some