I have little doubt that I "suffer" from a mild case of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). What other explanation is there for t...

In my continuing series of "Isn't it amazing what you can do with PL/SQL?" I offer below an email I received from a very cleve...

I am, as most who read my books and my blog must know, quite obsessed with the Oracle PL/SQL langauge. So I am always on the lookout for ne...

Oracle recently announced production/general availability of Oracle Express Edition (XE). Generally a very exciting development: a totally ...

I must admit, I am something of a Honda bigot. Maybe that's because back in 1971, in my second year of college in Rochseter, NY, my fath...

I am distributing this idea out into the world of PL/SQL developers. Everything about it, including the name, acronym, structure, etc., is o...

As casinos explode in number across the United States (how else can the most powerful nation in the world, spending over $500 billion on wea...

I ran into a very interesting situation regarding Oracle GUIDs or Globally Unique Indentifiers, the other day. I will tell you about my expe...

I am on occasion honored with a request to do a keynote presentation at Oracle User Group meetings. I could do the usual "top ten...

I gave a two-day, hands-on training on PL/SQL collection this week, organized by John Goodhue of Speak-Tech . It was a very enjoyable, inter...

Just read a fascinating article in the Chicago Tribune (registration required to read it) about Daniel Fischel . Now before we go any furthe...

I watched The Island last night (warning: reading this blog might spoil the movie for you, so please do watch it first). It met my low expec...

Not surprisingly, many people visiting my blog wonder why I am not talking about PL/SQL. Hey, it's a great language, and it's made m...

I bought a Honda Insight back in 2000, probably one of the first to drive this remarkable little hybrid car in Chicago. The dealer tried to...

So I have finally dipped my toe into the vast sea of blogging, and it also immediately has raised very interesting questions for me. I previ...

I have two sons, Chris and Eli. Chris is an artist with incredible depth and talent. I encourage you to visit www.chrissilva.com and experi...

I have decided to change my blog settings so that you must be a registered user at Blogger in order to post a comment. It doesn't take m...

I can't watch TV programs that have laugh tracks -- I can barely tolerate programs with a live audience doing the laughing. I find mysel...

Ah, the world of blogging! I just found this comment about me on another blog: "I'm a big fan of Steven Feuerstein, as everyone kno...

I am an agnostic. In fact, as our Subaru wagon's bumper sticker attests, I am a "militant agnostic". That is, I don't know...