This year is kind of fun, my birthday is on November 12th (next Tuesday, if you want to send gifts). That means it will fall on 11/12/13. Ev...

Nolan Bushnell , founder of Atari, had this to say via his new book, Find the Next Steve Jobs . (It’s been said that many people in high...

(800) I'd like to start posting my random (rambling?) ideas here in short form more often. Here's idea #1. I'd like to do ...

No technical stuff here today...let's call it a focus on the soft skills. Been pondering this one for some time now. I wanted to add s...

I haven't written much lately, six months in fact. Just trying to get my life in order...priorities. Strangely, traffic to the site has...

Version: 11.1.1.5 OS: OEL 5 First of all, it's a Session variable, not a repository variable. Whatever. So I had created a PIPELINED fu...

I'm not talking about meta-programming , I'm talking about taking time removed from a situation (work in this case) to consider what...

Really couldn't pass this one up. Friend and co-worker, Erica Baer [ @skibaer ] who has a Ph.D. in some sort of crazy thing (and she...

Nickelodeon I am lucky enough to get to watch The Fresh Beat Band every single day on Nickelodeon. It's one of katezilla's faves, ...

I know this is a Twitter tradition and I know it is just a tad early, but here is my version of Follow Friday. First up, Enrique Aviles . I...

If you've ever met me, I love to tell stories. In fact, I think the whole point of our existence is to tell stories. Many of them cannot...

The oraclenerd edition. I think this is the longest stint I have gone without posting since I started, almost 3 weeks now. It's not tha...

When generating SQL for testing, make sure you set the database to the database you will be running against. I found this out the fun way, o...

In Dan Norris fashion, I am announcing the acquisition of Thomas Roach by Oracle Corporation. I've had the please of knowing Mr. Roach...

Just a detailed list of FAILs on my part. Maybe some WINs too. 1. Left cell phone charger at home. Consequently borrowed one from a nice ...

No, it's not about basketball. I can't seem to get into this year, despite all the upsets (from what I hear). This month, oraclener...

1Z0-052 Some have noticed that I have been posting my exam topics notes. I have multiple reasons for this. Any search I have performed on t...

If you ever wondered where Volume #15 went, so do I. I seemed to have skipped it. Apparently I can't set the DEFAULT property of my su...

As the name implies, it's the Top 10 for this past month. Probably the biggest reason I am doing this is the EBS Install series has bec...

EBS Challenge John Piwowar wrote the first part of the EBS Installation Guide back in December, since then, it's become a runaway succe...