Technical Guide

Practical Tips for Working with Oracle 11g

Beren Erchamion
February 8, 2009

We all know this happens. No matter how hard we try at some point we have to work with a product that we don’t really like, but a customer or employer does. Usually it is not worth quitting over (unless…

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A Penguin Deathmatch? Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10

Beren Erchamion
December 23, 2008

After several weeks of trying I finally had to give in to my sweaty and now pruney hands. I could not get the heat out of my Ubuntu install on my T60p laptop. I tried everything…CPU monitors, tuning down the…

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Technical Review

Spending a Day with Ubuntu

Beren Erchamion
December 11, 2008

I recently got a chance to spend an entire working day with Ubuntu at my employer. This is sad, but I grabbed the wrong laptop on the way into work and when I emerged from standby lo and behold I…

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Technical Review

Taking a Break with Ubuntu 8.1

Beren Erchamion
November 8, 2008

Sometimes its nice to take a break and goof around with an OS. I’ve used RedHat, SuSE, and Fedora and they are all nice, but there’s a lot of buzz around Ubuntu. I had a laptop lying around and decided…

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Technical Review

RIM Gets Bold and Brings a Storm to Cupertino

Beren Erchamion
October 25, 2008

RIM picked Santa Clara for its first developer conference right in the back yard of new rival Apple. RIM brought a few friends with them and some pretty darn impressive new phones. There’s the “Flip” their first ‘Star Trek communicator”…

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Technical Review

OMG – DirecTV, why do you suck so bad?

Beren Erchamion
October 15, 2008

Its been quite a while since I went on a rant. These days I pride myself in remaining calm and collected, unlike my younger days when I could blow a gasket at any moment. However there are some things that…

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