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Pythian Group Blog - Sep 5, 2008
I confess — I have not always been an exclusive MySQL user. I have fooled around with other DBMSs. I was young, inexperienced, and I needed the money, I swear! This comes about because I was doing some electronic …
Also tagged: sql server, oracle, funny, db2, mysql, sybase, non tech articles
Pythian Group Blog - Jul 24, 2008
Exceptional Software Explained: Embrace Error, by Robert “r0ml” Lefkowitz of Asurion. One of the contenders for “best open source comedian”, r0ml delivers a humorous look at the past and future of software development …
Also tagged: video, software development, humor, presentation, group blog posts, non tech articles, oscon08
Pythian Group Blog - Jul 23, 2008
I found myself, as a fresh member of The Pythian Group, losing precious moments just to change a few standard administrative settings on my new laptop with Microsoft Windows Vista. Having found the answers, I’m sharing …
Also tagged: features, performance, tips, tricks, sysadmin, microsoft windows vista, confirmations, enable telnet, admin prompts
Pythian Group Blog - Jul 2, 2008
Seems I have turned into a bit of a news source. dbWatch Software sent me a news release on their dbWatch monitoring platform, which looks like it might be an interesting product for those who work in a heterogeneous …
Also tagged: sql server, oracle, mysql, non tech articles, dbwatch
Pythian Group Blog - Jun 23, 2008
I just wanted to thank everyone who participated in the survey that Mark Schoonover and I created. My endless thanks goes to Mark who did a lot of work on this. The results will be coming out in the Summer issue of …
Also tagged: mysql, non tech articles, mysql magazine
Pythian Group Blog - Jun 6, 2008
So, we have all heard that Billy Joel played a concert at Oracle’s OpenWorld in 2007. What follows is an actual IRC conversation among Don Seiler, Dave Edwards, and myself: (4:02:46 PM) don: ha @ Billy Joel at OOW …
Also tagged: oracle, mysql, billy joel, group blog posts, non tech articles, oow
Pythian Group Blog - Jun 3, 2008
Or, How to Be a Command-Line Commando Does it surprise you to learn that I’m a Linux guy? I’ve been using Linux, to the exclusion more-or-less of everything else, since about 1999. In the past, I’ve done a little …
Pythian Group Blog - Apr 24, 2008
I’ll preface this post with a note that the story itself is not really work- or DBA-related, but the lessons learned certainly are. I consider myself fairly conscientious when it comes to internet security and backing …
Also tagged: backups, non tech articles
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Is Summer Canceled in Ottawa This Year?Pythian Group Blog - Mar 24, 2008 If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I was at the Hotsos Symposium 2008 this year. You might not know that I also had a chance to take few days off and spend 1+ week vacation in Texas after the … Also tagged: winter, ottawa, group blog posts, non tech articles |
Pythian Group Blog - Mar 19, 2008
I would not wish this task on my worst enemy. My friend, good luck and best wishes but I’m afraid I just can’t help you, because that much suffering is way too much for me.
Also tagged: sql server