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What does it really means if someone tells he can’t do something ?   This is surely the popular excurse of my eldest child.   It is very easy to say you can’t do something and it makes it hard to reply … Continue reading →

On the same topic I watched the nice lection by Dr. Albert A. Bartlett on Arithmetic Population And Energy.   As usually in such cases I like to check what oponents of the theory have to offer. So what it takes … Continue reading →

I’ve recently watched couple of videos on youtube -  Chris Martensons “Crash Course” and another one focused on oil production in particular.      These are very good education videos  though you may lose your sleep for couple of nights … Continue reading →

I was thinking about how  MySQL compares to  PostgreSQL/EnterpriseDB in terms of business advantages.     Sun owns  MySQL source code which means they can sell it under commercial license and nobody else can, which is a blessing but it is also … Continue reading →

For a while I wanted to get a sub-notebook or NetBook as they call them sometimes.  Something easy to carry around to take notes etc.   I tried 9 inch ones and these had too compact keyboard while 10″ looked reasonable. … Continue reading →

I always thought I had a decent memory, well, besides names -  I have very hard time remembering names and also mix similar names all the time.    It is funny however how memory plays if amount of issues you’ve … Continue reading →

I’ve run into this post recently and it  really well resonates with what I was thinking a lot recently.   The Open Source as a term became used for marketing for so many companies which have nothing to do with original … Continue reading →

Because of Budget crisis here in California we’re getting scary letters from the School District about nasty things to come, such as reoving sertain positions, less extra activities and potentially large classes. The district also takes a lot of other … Continue reading →

Shopping for Valentines Day Cards  the hardest thing is to find a card which you can actually write on.  Most cards sold in the stores have a stock poem or love story printed on it already.  Is it really romantic … Continue reading →

When I was working for MySQL some people liked to compare MySQL Support to insurance, say car insurance to be specific.  This makes a very good sales pitch because we all know you need to buy insurance in advance and … Continue reading →