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Now Available: The Oracle 11g DBA Handbook, with Bob Bryla
The slideshows from Collaborate/IOUG in Denver are now available on the Articles page. I gave two talks there— “Inside the Explain Plan: How to use the 10053 Trace Event” and “Size Matters: Techniques for handling ever-expanding databases” which focuses on ILM. Other talks available there: “Questions and Trends for the Next 3 Years” (30 minutes) and “CSI: Oracle” (60 minutes) - a look at security with a walkthrough of the evidence preservation steps following a detected security incident, plus methods for intrusion prevention.
See the Articles page for the downloads.
Blog In an earlier posted interview, I answered thus: 7. If you could perform with a band, which band would it be? I'd take over for Mark Hart in a rejuvenated Crowded House. [Sadly, this is no longer possible; RIP Paul.]
And out of the ashes of the disaster of Paul Hester’s end comes the phoenix: Crowded House (Neil and Nick, with Mark as well) reformed, getting a new drummer, putting out a CD, and performing together. Don’t dream it’s over.
Other than the marathon efforts I haven’t put out a blog since my initial one on the 1998-9 version of this site. None is planned, but since I’ve been traveling more I’ve had more opportunities to read. So, here are my notes from the past year (recommended titles in bold):
2008: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. It was a gift. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Relin. Mortenson’s story—and a lot of lessons in the value of persistence and hope. Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini God’s Debris by Scott Adams Ultra-Marathon Man by Dean Karzanes Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert
2007: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers—biography of Paul Erdos that keeps forgetting it’s supposed to be about Erdos. Islam, A Short History by Karen Armstrong. Writing Magic by Gail Carson Levine. For teens. The Koran (underway) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
2006: in reverse order: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn. Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Easily the best modern novel I’ve read. Worthy of the accolades and very appropriate for the current world situations. A Beautiful Mind. The John Nash biography. The way his friends and family gave him a soft landing is remarkable. The Alchemist. Summer reading. Room with a View. Preferred the movie. Original Blessing. Creation spirituality primer. In the Beginning. Desperately needs an editor. Galileo’s Daughter. Dava Sobel does a fine job bringing Galileo to life through his correspondence with his daughter. Freakonomics. Long version of the NYT article on Levitt. Extreme Programming. No applicable examples. Angela’s Ashes. Death, poverty and hope. McCourt. Huckleberry Finn. Tom Sawyer rules Twain’s book. The Book of the Dun Cow. Wangerin’s metaphors. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Twain — two months changed 100 years of war. Shows how the film The Messenger completely blew it in terms of its depiction of her visions.
Meanwhile, this interview from 2005 turned up again. I’ve fixed the typos that the earlier published version contained:
1. Where do you consider home? The US mid-Atlantic region, from Annapolis to Trenton 2. What did you want to be when you grew up? A writer. And second baseman for the Orioles. 3. How did you end up here? Rich Dauer already had the Orioles job. 4. What one thing would you do differently if you had the chance? I'd have become fluent in at least six languages. That could still happen. 5. Where is your favorite place in the world? Home, Oxford, MD, and St. Gilgen, Austria. 6. What is your favorite past time activity? Personal activity? Juggling. I'm a self-taught three, four, and five-ball juggler, plus I do rings, devil sticks, diabolos, clubs, scarves, eggs, beach balls, etc. It's cheap, it's hard, it amuses the kids and it's my fall-back in case this writing thing doesn't pan out. Family activities? Just about anything. 7. If you could perform with a band, which band would it be? I'd take over for Mark Hart in a rejuvenated Crowded House. [Sadly, this is no longer possible; RIP Paul.] 8. If you could write any book (other than a technical book), what would the book be titled? I already wrote it but I've been too busy to shop it around yet. I'll keep the title under wraps for now.
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