This article describes how scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore were able to run a million linux kernels on a single system as virtual machines. That’s a whole mess of VMs. Given the enormous amount of growth the computing world has gone through in the last few decades, you
Category: Technology
For the most part every post on this site will be about technology, but this category is for the topics which are clearly frontrunners in the technology world, or not related to other technology categories on this site.
Amazing – Multitouch 3D Hologram
I just wanted to pop in and plug something that is absolutely incredible: a 3D holographic display with multitouch capabilities. Don’t you love it when sci-fi comes to life? Imagine setting up your system architecture using technology like this!
The Great Divide – DBAs and Developers
I was speaking at a small User Group meeting yesterday. A crowd of about 20 was sitting at tables in a “U” configuration. About 70% of the way through the presentation, I asked the fateful question. Me: “How many of you are DBAs?” To my surprise, the right side of
Log Buffer #26: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Welcome to the 26th edition of Log Buffer, a Carnival of the Vanities Blog for DBAs. In addition, welcome to a new year! 2007 is shaping up to be a very interesting year for the database world, and some of the recent posts in the blogosphere should help you see
GQLPlus – Command Line Goodness
I just found a link to a command line wrapper for SQL*Plus called GQLPlus. Supposedly this wrapper allows historical editing, table/column name completion, and more. Even better, it’s just a precompiled drop-in with SQL Plus. Download and run; nothing else is required. From the website: “gqlplus is a drop-in replacement
Rise and Do Honor! Oracle Awards
If you get the chance, check out the Oracle Award-Winners from the November/December edition of Oracle Magazine. You can find them at this link: http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/06-nov/o66eca.html I got the chance to meet a few of these fine people while at OpenWorld, and have spoken to others before and afterward as a
My APEX/AJAX Presentation at OpenWorld 2006
Now that Oracle has officially made the OpenWorld 2006 presentations public, I figured I’d make mine available from my site. You can click the link below to download it in PDF format: Putting the Express Back Into Oracle Application Express with AJAX Enjoy! I am also working on getting the
New Toy! The 80GB iPod
I had made a post about the 80GB iPod, how much I loved it, and how great it was, and now suddenly it’s deleted. Ah well, c’est la vie, no? Anyways, I don’t remember everything that was there, but suffice it to say that the iPod is amazing. You can
Tomorrow is SysAdmins Day (DBA Too)!
Yes, tomorrow is national SysAdmin day, which includes DBAs. SysAdmin day is the day for all end users to get together and thank their SysAdmins and DBAs for all their hard work, long hours, requests, emails, and God knows what else. For all you who fit into this category, congratulations
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