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You may have noticed I’ve not written much recently. There are lots of things going on at the moment, none of which are really conducive to sitting down and writing about Oracle.

Anyway, today I’ve decided to clear my backlog of emails and blog posts. The emails were tough, but the “Mark all as read” button on Google Reader made catching up on my reading list really easy. I feel a bit guilty about blanking a few hundred blog posts, but that’s life. 🙂

Typing is a bit difficult at the moment because I have a trapped nerve in my neck, which is affecting my left hand, so lots of letters are getting missed as I type, which hopefully I’ve noticed before I hit the publish button. 🙂

Cheers

Tim…

I was told about 23:00 last night I would be on a flight at 9:45 this morning. I’ve been standing in a queue for an hour to be told I’m not on the flight. I’m currently 2nd on the standby list for a flight that has been overbooked by about 50 people. I really don’t think I’m getting out of here today…

I’m struggling to keep calm…

Cheers

Tim…

PS. Mom. Please don’t phone or text me to ask me how I am. You will not like the reply.

This article is the last in the “Security: New Features” section of the OCP upgrade exam syllabus, which includes:

• Case Sensitive Passwords
• Tablespace Encryption
• Fine Grained Access to Network Services

Just because these are the only security new features listed in the exam, don’t be fooled into thinking they are the only things you should care about. There are plenty more listed in the Security New Features section of the New Features Guide.

In addition to checking out the manuals, you might want to jump over to Pete Finnigan‘s site to check out some of his 11g security stuff.

Cheers

Tim…

I’ve written before about getting screen shots in Linux, but recently I’ve been doing some screen grabs from Windows. I started using GIMP, which does a reasonable job of capturing and scaling them, then I remembered I used a tool called SnagIt when I was writing my first book. I’ve got a license for version 7, but I didn’t have it with me, so I downloaded the free trial of version 8 and within a couple of minutes I was grabbing like crazy. It allows you to select active frames and automatically scale them to size, so it’s just “grab and save”.

I used SnagIt to get the screen grabs for a RHEL5 installation when I was running a VMware client on Windows. It must have been the quickest set of screen grabs I’ve ever done.

I’ll have to dig out my version 7 license and upgrade it to 8. 🙂

Cheers

Tim…

I went for my first physiotherapy session today. So far so good. I’ve had all the tape removed and the scars are hardly noticeable. There is still a bit of swelling, but hardly anything. I’ve been given some heavier exercises to do now. Things like squatting with my back to a wall, slow step-ups on the stairs and balances. Nothing to difficult, but it should improve my proprioception.

I went swimming today for the first time since the operation and I followed it up with a session in the gym. I did all my rehab exercises and some leg presses and stiff legged deadlifts. I’ve got to get more muscle around my knees so I guess I’ll have to fit the gym into my schedule. I think I may have to give up work to fit in all my other stuff… 🙂

Cheers

Tim…