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The response to a good book review.
I read many years ago now Maverick written by Ricardo Semler. It was a brillant book,that I greatly enjoyed. This book is based on what Ricardo did when he took over his father’s company in Brazil called Semco.
Read moreChoosing a new business IT system
I know of this not-for-profit organisation that is seeking to find the ideal solution for all of their IT needs. As with most organisations, wish lists are long, and in this case, the pockets are very shallow.
Read moreBlog/Wiki Spamming – What makes your blood boil
Well this is low. I’ve just been spammed on my Wiki . And it was cunning, I just found it by accident. An enterprising hacker embedded into my Home Page hidden links that were not visible via normal page view, but ultimately would be via a search bot or some other means.
Read moreMySQL Sakila Sample Application
I’m sure you are all aware by now of Mike Hillyer’s MySQL Sakila Sample Database that will be launched at the MySQL Conference. We now have an official MySQL Forum for this as well.
Read moreMySQL Workbench 1.0.1 for Linux
Just released at the MySQL Forums yesterday an updated source version of MySQL Workbench for Linux available at ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/mysql-workbench-1.0.1.tar.gz . So can Version 1.0.1 compile when I had no success with compiling 1.
Read moreDowngrading a MySQL schema from 5 to 4 (Part 2)
As requested by <a href=“http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com/2006/01/downgrading-mysql-5-to-mysql-4.html" target=_blank”>Frank, here are the working parts of my earlier Downgrading a MySQL schema from 5 to 4 article. The Problem To recap, I received a MySQL Version 5.
Read moreWhat makes your blood boil?
It’s appalling that in this day of technological advancements and communication, the excuse for publishing dated information just doesn’t fly. 50 or 100 years ago you could be excused for writing something that was 6 months out of date, yet this article “Which Database Is Right For You?
Read moreSequences in MySQL
One piece of SQL functionality that doesn’t appear to have any consistency or an ANSI SQL Standard is the management of system generated sequential numbers, used for example in suggorate keys.
Read moreWin4LinPro Trial
In my continuing effort of finding a suitable complete Windows environment under Linux for those small occasions when you just can’t ditch it, I’ve tried Win4Lin. You can download 2 week evaluation copy from the website.
Read moreXP January Meeting
The Brisbane XP Group met yesterday for a presentation by Dr Paul King of Asert on the book Sustainable Software Development : An Agile Perspective. <p> I found it a good time to get a collective opinion and review of the techniques and methods we are moving towards in Software Development.
Read moreDisplaying Images as Text
Well, sometimes you just have to have some fun. Not sure of a pratical use yet. Check out these links. http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=Linux+penguin http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=marvin http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=sunset http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=daffy+duck http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=polar+bear http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=flower http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=tulip http://c6.org/toogle/index.php?phrase=arabx.com.au
Read more404 File Not Found
Shamelessly stolen from REALITY 2.0 by Doc Searls. (You know the web, page here today, gone tomorrow. If I just have the link, you may not be able to appreciate the image in the future)
Read moreAdding to the Library Collection
In the past week I’ve added some more reading to my list, extended the library and hammered the credit card. Some of this has been in part to keep abreast of things as a result of being quizzed in job interviews.
Read morePAE Support
Well, learnt a new one today. After a recommendation from a collegue about trying Parellels as a VM tool to run on Linux enabling some more virtual OS’s. (a.k.a. Like VMWare), I eagerly downloaded the rpm and installed.
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