DISQUS

EZ_Tracks is total garbage. Be careful clicking through there. You might end up with a $10/month charge on your cell phone bill.

LewisC

Hey Eddie,

I think that's fair. Everything stays in the mix but you don't have to kill yourself keeping up.

We want you working on your next web 2.0 brainstorm. ;-)

LewisC

Hey,

I tweet too, although somewhat infrequently.

http://twitter.com/oracle_ace

LewisC

Well excuse me for making a freaking typo. What an ass. You could have dropped me a note letting me know.

Have a nice life.

LewisC

Do you think so? I didn't the audio was that great. I think it was better than some, especially the earlier ones. I think the audio on the ApEx podcast was the best so far.

LewisC

I thought you did excellent for your first podcast.

I hope to be a better audio editor eventually. Probably by post 100. ;-)

LewisC

Eddie and Dan,

This was a useful post. I've been a long time user of 7zip myself.

I just downloaded and paid for the pro version of PDFRedirect. It has a lot more features than the free versions I was using.

I also downloaded a couple of those free MS programs.

Thanks,

LewisC

11. No comments in the code because if it was hard to write, it should be hard to figure out.

12. Developers are responsible for ALL testing.

This following is absolutely true. My day begins with a 1/2 hour status meeting everyday. My day ends with a 1 hour status meeting everyday. On tuesdays we have an extra 1 hour status meeting in addition to the 1 1/2 hours we are already meeting everyday.

That's 8.5 hours per week on status. Better than 1/5 of the entire week (for a 40 hour week. bwahahahahaha.)

On some days, I have to stop what I am doing to respond to status emails "that must be responded to immediately". That's usually during testing.

Welcome to my world.

LewisC

Eddie,

Excellent post! Kudos to Oracle for adding these features but kudos to you for thinking how to use current features to prepare for future features.

LewisC

Eddie,

Congrats! You deserve it!

Free open world and the really cool sweatshirt!

I'm not too sure about the director thing. I'm not sure what the 12 month commitment thing is all about. I'm also not sure that the bigger names won't automatically get it. It's like too many people got the ace so now they need to make it ace Sr and ace Jr.

Oh well, I still like the sweat short. Very soft. ;-)

LewisC

Eddie,

I apologize for not commenting more. I've been busy. heh

Just kidding.

You should get your mom to give you the recipe to your favorite Lebanese meal and post it. I don't know much about Lebanese food.

Then we'll believe you've been too busy eating!

Enjoy your time and family. Have a happy holiday break.

LewisC

Congrats! That's exciting!

LewisC

Eddie,

I don't know if the guy that wrote this is a great software developer but here's a link to ensure a job for life. heh

LewisC

Eddie,

I did not know 1, 2, 4, 6 or 7. 4 and 6 are particularly powerful.

Good article.

LewisC

Hi Eddie,

I think the best solution would have been an to use an anchored declaration and declare mrp_forecast_dates.transaction_id%TYPE. Then the programmer would have been assured of a proper data type match.

Just my .02. heh

LewisC

Hey Eddie,

I can't stand most sports but a few years back I had a friend that I worked with who was from Brazil. He couldn't decide if he was a soccer nut or a geek so I created a doom level of a soccer stadium (complete with fans and soccer teams) and we death matched through it.

Now that was a geek world cup worth watching!

heh

LewisC

One more set of .02, ItToolbox blogs are on moveable type.

I actually started blogging 1 Feb, 2005 but when I saw ItToolbox looking for bloggers in March, I switched away from blogger.com. I had about 5 or 6 entries on blogger before I deleted the blog.

LewisC

Hi Eddie,

The DBSA already exists in many larger organizations. With all of the compliance regulations and issues in recent years, it's important to have someone responsible for database security that understands the laws and regualtions around data at rest. Understanding rootkits and keeping up with the latest from both Oracle and hackers is an important part of the job.

Thanks,

LewisC
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