Marc Abramowitz » 2005

10/31/2005

Oracle to release free version of 10g

October 31st 2005 Posted to Computers, Software

Wow, Oracle is planning to release a free version of their database to compete with open-source databases like MySQL.

Exceptions vs. status codes

October 31st 2005 Posted to C++, Computers, Programming

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 the comments.

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10/30/2005

Breakfast at the Prolific Oven

October 30th 2005 Posted to General

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 what a chai latte was so the end product ended up being something akin to a glass of hot milk with a shot of chai.

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10/24/2005

December timeshare for rent at Powder Ridge, Utah

October 24th 2005 Posted to General

Skiers or friends of skiers,

My cousin has a timeshare week that she can’t use and would like to rent. It’s a 3 bedroom condo at Powder Ridge Village, see link below. She would like to get $300 or best offer for the week which is December 2-9, 2005. Email sandralipkowitz@sbcglobal.net
if you are interested.

http://www.powderridgevillage.com/sales.html

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