From June 24 through the 28th, hundreds of Oracle technologists will gather in San Antonio, Texas, for the ODTUG Kscope12 conference. As...

11-12 June  2012 will find me in Broomfield, Colorado, training PL/SQL developers and Oracle DBAs. This two-day training, sponsored by RMO...

I received this question from a PL/SQL developer: Dear Steven,   I'm an Italian Pl/Sql developer who often follows your precious ...

Governor Brown today announced the need for an additional $8B in cuts to state spending, on top of some $15B of cuts over the last three yea...

Finally after many years of being complicit in the poisoning of our own bodies, many people are coming to realize that lots of the food prod...

My older son, Chris Silva , is an artist in many media: mural, painting, mosaic, music, video. He is included in a massive and quite beaut...

Chris won a commission to create a mural, in collaboration with his friend Dan Ezra Lang, at 1871, a new "incubator" for startups...

I am very pleased to announce that the SQL quizzes at the PL/SQL Challenge for the month of April are provided by Lucas Jellema and Patric...

A "news analysis" piece in the Sunday New York Times, titled "Text to Driver: That’s My Space," that explores a growing ...

I will be doing one day trainings on high performance PL/SQL and Oracle Database 11g new features in Columbus and Manhattan (NY) in April: ...

The Republican primary contest has offered many examples of the well-known Foot-in-Mouth Syndrome, whereby candidates say things that cause ...

As anyone who's read my blog or otherwise knows me is aware, I have more than my share of criticisms of capitalism. I am not sure it is ...

"Exotic" datatypes, like large objects, object types, XML documents, etc. are being used by more and more Oracle development teams...

I hope that you are aware of the Onion , a hilariously satirical newspaper and website. It continually amazes me how funny and sharp they ca...

What can I say? I just have to share this wonderful photo of a smiling Loey Lucille....

That is my new nickname, after my latest round of trainings in Europe. I spent two days in Berlin, training 25 developers at an event spon...

Here's what Newt Gingrich says about himself: "I don't claim to be the perfect candidate. I just claim to be a lot more cons...

"It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, child laws, which are truly stupid,"...

Loey is a busy, active little baby. Eating very well, but in between feedings she is a wiggly little package. A few nights ago, I was holdin...

Such a statement made by, say, a murderer would be a strong indication of mental illness. So what does it say about a Republican candidate...