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Category Archives: Random thoughts
2014
So, how was 2014 for me, in tech at least? Pretty good. It has been quite an interesting experience adapting to an all-proprietary tech stack (database, language, IDE, job scheduler) but I feel I am finally getting a grip on … Continue reading
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2013
Long time since I have updated here, a lot has been happening. For a start part 4 of my series on Oracle 12c new features is unlikely to be written since in October I started a new job which is … Continue reading
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August
As of today I am on gardening leave, and I intend to spend the time productively (after taking a long-planned and well-deserved holiday next week!). In no particular order: Update this blog more regularly, I have some posts that I … Continue reading
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MongoDB Days
Last week I attended MongoDB Day London. Now MongoDB itself is a technology that I’m fairly interested in, I can see where it would have its uses. But the problem is the people! They all talk like this: Some problem … Continue reading
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The Grand Challenges
What would you say are the greatest challenges facing modern computing? Protein folding to discover new pharmaceuticals? Sifting the vast quantities of sensor readings from the Large Hadron Collider? Rendering movies so lifelike that human actors are obsolete? Well if … Continue reading
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Those Who Forget History Are Doomed To Repeat It…
… first as tragedy, then as farce. There is a strange attitude among many in this industry towards what are contemptuously referred to as legacy systems. No-one would ever articulate this of course, because when you say it out loud … Continue reading
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Quick histograms
Having come back to actively working on OCI*ML recently, it’s time I cracked on with some more features (I have been promising LOBs for a long time, sorry to anyone who’s still waiting). Just to get warmed up, inspired by … Continue reading
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Raspberry Pi: Who is it really for?
There is a lot of discussion on the Internet today about the Raspberry Pi. This is a project over which I am deeply ambiguous. On the one hand, exposure to computing at an early age was enormously influential on my … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Linux, Random thoughts
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Illiquid Markets
Some crazy prices on eBay: RAMAMP RA20+44 for £500. This (I believe) is a board that adds 32K to a standard Model B, which can be used as sideways or shadow RAM. A shadow RAM only Aries B20 goes for … Continue reading
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Happy New Year
Regular readers may have noticed that I’ve gone a bit quiet of late. Part of this is down to the new job which has been keeping me busy; it builds on my existing skills of course, but there is plenty … Continue reading
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So I decided to take my work back underground 