phpBB 3.0.4 has been released. Happy upgrading…
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Tim…
Oracle related rants (and lots of off-topic stuff)…
I’ve shamelessly jumped on the Google Friend Connect bandwaggon. So far only 1 member of the ORACLE-BASE.com site, and that’s me. 🙂
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Tim…
I’m a bit hacked off because I’m missing out on UKOUG…
I got a free pass to check out the conference this year and I can’t go because I’ve got a cold. I spent the whole of yesterday in bed and I think I’m going back there now. I’m bored out of my brain, but every time I try to do anything other than sleep I feel really dodgy and my joints hurt.
It’s my nephews birthday tomorrow. If I miss that I’m going to be in all sorts of trouble, but it’s not looking good at the moment…
I’m off to Sweden next week for a conference over there. I hope I’m feeling better by then!
Cheers
Tim…
I like to meddle with Fedora from time to time, just so I can see what’s coming round the corner in RHEL. I read recently that Fedora 11 will be the base for RHEL6, which means we are about 6 months away from seeing what the future of RHEL is going to be…
Much as I expected, there were no real problems getting Oracle 11gR1 running on Fedora 10. Here is an OS and an Oracle installation guide for Fedora 10.
The Fedora 10 network configuration dialog seemed to have a couple of issues/bugs. For a start, it was impossible to set the subnet mask. It was constantly overwritten by the default gateway. I adjusted it in the config file and it was fine, but it was a bit confusing for a while. 🙂
I’ve complained a number of times in the past that Fedora doesn’t seem to have an obvious direction. Is it server or is it desktop? Of course it’s both, but I think some clear intent helps from a marketing point of view. The fact that the Desktop Edition, a live CD, is at the top of the Get Fedora page will save many people form downloading a DVD full of software they will never need. Once installed, you get access to all the software via the “Add/Remove Software” dialog.
A few interesting things about the installation are:
I guess if these issues annoy you, don’t pick the desktop edition. 🙂
I think this is definite step in the right direction as far as encouraging Fedora for desktop use.
Cheers
Tim…
Hot on the heels of WordPress 2.6.3 comes WordPress 2.6.5. The bug fixes are pretty minor so I applied them manually rather than updating the whole installation.
Do you remember the days when security updates didn’t matter because nobody was trying to exploit them? Those were the days. 🙂
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Tim…
I’ve just finished a couple more Discworld books.
Carpe Jugulum – Vampires from Uberwald are invited to Lancre and decide to take over. It’s up to the witches to save the day…
The Fifth Elephant – Vimes is sent to Uberwald as an ambassaor for trade negotiations, but gets caught up in a plot to destabilize the whole of Uberwald…
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Tim…
I’ve just been having a bit of a spring (winter) clean of my “following” list on Twitter. Recently I’ve found it a bit of a struggle to keep on top of all the tweets, and when it becomes a struggle you either have to ditch it or clean up.
Next I have to bite the bullet and sort out FriendFeed…
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Tim…
Daniel Craig is now my favourite Bond. When Casino Royale was released I thought it was a close call between him and Sean Connery, but now I’m convinced.
That said, I think Quantum of Solace is far from being a great film. Most of the action sequences were well off the mark. The shots were so close up and shaky that it was impossible to see what was going on. When will Hollywood learn that excessive and inappropriate use of shaky camera is not cool?
The fact that this is a sequel to Casino Royale also presented me with a problem. I’ve not seen that film in ages so I was struggling to remember how some of that film related to this one.
Anyway, I think it’s worth the money, but it didn’t totally rock my world.
Cheers
Tim…