Photo by Arenamontanus on Flick used under Creative Commons You probably know we think a lot about games and game mechanics here. This is largely Paul’s doing, since he’s done a lot of thinking about what makes games fun and if/how the fun of games can be applied to other typically un-fun activities, namely work. [...]
April 12th, 2010 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
We have just released the first patch release for SQL Developer 2.1. SQL Developer patch releases are full downloads and installs – see the release notes – we call them “patch releases” because they exist only to provide fixes to issues. Most of these are found and reported in the early adopter releases and did [...]
March 4th, 2010 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
UNR FTW http://post.ly/FpMG #netbook #ubuntu #usb #winxp Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on my Flash Drive using these instructions http://ping.fm/WZTZv Switched to Google Chrome http://post.ly/FhW9 In case you want to calculate the phases of the moon in Oracle PL/SQL http://ping.fm/d3vGW Avatar 3D sold out (@ Regal Bridgeport Village Stadium 18) http://4sq.com/6OILg8 Ex-Microsoft employee remembers the last sound [...]
December 22nd, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on my Flash Drive using these instructions http://ping.fm/WZTZv Switched to Google Chrome http://post.ly/FhW9 In case you want to calculate the phases of the moon in Oracle PL/SQL http://ping.fm/d3vGW Avatar 3D sold out (@ Regal Bridgeport Village Stadium 18) http://4sq.com/6OILg8 Ex-Microsoft employee remembers the last sound he heard at Microsoft: (video) http://post.ly/Fazn #fun [...]
December 22nd, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
In case you want to calculate the phases of the moon in Oracle PL/SQL http://ping.fm/d3vGW Avatar 3D sold out (@ Regal Bridgeport Village Stadium 18) http://4sq.com/6OILg8 Ex-Microsoft employee remembers the last sound he heard at Microsoft: (video) http://post.ly/Fazn #fun #google #microsoft #video Testing http://ping.fm/T0siD – This message should be published to my Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed [...]
December 21st, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
I know very little, erm nothing really, about APEX, but I do know there’s a robust and tight-knit community of APEX developers out there, including (but not limited to) Chet (@oraclenerd) and Dimitri (@dgielis). I know this because friend of the ‘Lab Carl Backstrom talked about it a lot, like every chance he got. Little [...]
December 9th, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
Three men are discussing what they want others to say at their funerals. The first says, “I want people to remember that I was someone who always gave my all.” The second says, “I want people to remember that my life was centered around my family.” The third says, “I want them to say…HE’S MOVING!” [...]
November 13th, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
Three men are discussing what they want others to say at their funerals. The first says, “I want people to remember that I was someone who always gave my all.” The second says, “I want people to remember that my life was centered around my family.” The third says, “I want them to say…HE’S MOVING!” [...]
November 4th, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments
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October 2nd, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE TECHNOLOGY NETWORK | No Comments
SQL Developer 2.1 early adopter is now available for download from OTN. Go to the main SQL Developer pages on OTN for more details and the links to the download site. The announcement includes links to a number of documents that you should skim through before you start. An early adopter is your opportunity to [...]
October 1st, 2009 | Posted in ORACLE BLOGS | No Comments