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Archive for October, 2005

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 like MySQL.

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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 the comments.

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Breakfast at the Prolific Oven

Breakfast at the Prolific Oven

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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December timeshare for rent at Powder Ridge, Utah

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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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 another post.


Yahoo! Music

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Yahoo! Hacks published

This might be an interesting read…

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

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 from scratch…

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