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NY Tech 1995-2008. Opening Web 2.0 Expo NY Keynote
Web 2.0 Expo NY keynotes are happening today. Technology in use included CrowdVine which I’d not heard of, and plenty of Twitter feeds such as w2e_NY08 . The opening keynote was Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures with his presentation New York’s Web Industry From 1995 to 2008: From Nascent to Ascendent .
Read moreWeb 2.0 in NY
I will be attending next week’s Web 2.0 Expo 2008 in New York. Garys Guide has a schedule of the key events and off site associated event parties. It will be a bit of a change from the typical MySQL Conferences and recent OSCON Conference I have attended this year.
Read moreA neat trick for a row number in a MySQL recordset
While working for a client, I had need to produce canned results of certain different criteria, recording the result in a table for later usage, and keep the position within each result.
Read moreSecuring your OS for MySQL with JeOS
Do you have a full time System Administrator? Do you have only a part-time SA, or none at all? Packet General’s Data Security and PCI Compliance solutions run on a dedicated appliance, based on a “Just Enough Operating System” (JeOS) to minimize exposure.
Read moreDomain name trends
It started with del.icio.us/ (which now ironically redirects to http://delicious.com ), and now it’s becoming more the trend to create a domain name with the extension included for effect. With unique .
Read moreHow to secure MySQL data and achieve PCI compliance
This week I will be the moderator for a MySQL Webinar How to secure MySQL data and achieve PCI compliance being held Thursday, September 11, 2008, 10:00 am PST, 1:00 pm EST, 18:00 GMT.
Read moreWhat is Google’s direction?
Tonight over discussion was Android and what is Google’s ultimate direction. Have they lost their way, or are they just planning to explode with so many new things that will revolutionize what and how we do things.
Read moreNaming standards? Singular or Plural
It’s important that for any software application good standards exist. Standards ensure a number of key considerations. Standards are necessary to enforce and provide reproducible software and to provide a level of quality in a team environment, ease of readability and consistency.
Read moreWebsites in review – Week 1
I often come across new websites, quite often by accident, or by indirection in links from looking at other details. The Internet is an amazing place, and one could spend all day reading such a variety information and only touch on just a few specific topics.
Read moreMonetization through Online Advertising
Next week I will be the panel moderator for September 2008 Entrepreneurs Forum on “Monetization through Online Advertising” organized by Ultra Light Startups™ . A slightly different approach to my regular speaking schedule, it will be good to observe and interact with our speakers.
Read moreA 5.1 QEP nicety – Using join buffer
I was surprised to find yesterday when using MySQL 5.1.26-rc with a client I’m recommending 5.1 to, some information not seen in the EXPLAIN plan before while reviewing SQL Statements.
Read moreAn intestesting approach to free hosting
I came across the OStatic Free hosting service that provide Solaris + Glassfish (Java Container) + MySQL. They offer “Now you can get free Web hosting on Cloud Computing environment free of charge for up to 12 months.
Read moreGet linked to Drizzle
We are always looking at different ways to help promote, inform and identify contributers, users and supports for Drizzle . One way is to join the Linked In Drizzle group (click here when logged in).
Read moreVirtualBox, compiling Part 2
So I managed to find all dependencies after some trial and error for compiling VirtualBox 1.6.4 under Ubuntu 8.0.4, then finding the Linux build instructions to confirm. It was not successful however in building, throwing the following error:
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