Oracle to release free version of 10g

Wow, Oracle is planning to release a free version of their database to compete with open-source databases . . . → Read More: Oracle to release free version of 10g

Exceptions vs. status codes

Here’s a great post about exceptions vs. status codes. The author is very much in the exception camp but he cites a Joel on Software post that argues against exceptions and there is some interesting discussion in . . . → Read More: Exceptions vs. status codes

Breakfast at the Prolific Oven

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Breakfast at the Prolific Oven, originally uploaded by msabramo.

The good news is that they have breakfast. The bad news is that it wasn’t very good.

The hashbrowns were lacking in flavor and they didn’t know . . . → Read More: Breakfast at the Prolific Oven

Random music fact of the day

Did you know that Bruce Springsteen wrote “Blinded by the Light” – that weird song where everybody mishears the lyrics?

I had no idea. I’ve only ever heard the version by Manfred Mann.

Thanks to Joe for pointing this out to me in the comments on . . . → Read More: Random music fact of the day

Yahoo! Hacks published

This might be an . . . → Read More: Yahoo! Hacks published

You know you’re f**ked when the Windows recovery tool crashes on you

I was hoping to repair my Windows 2000 installation using the CD, but it just not was happening.

Time to reinstall Windows . . . → Read More: You know you’re f**ked when the Windows recovery tool crashes on you

In an all-day class today

I’m in class all-day today (yes, Saturday – yuck) learning about project management with . . . → Read More: In an all-day class today