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Monday, June 16, 2014

A terribly oblivious ultra-rich man

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Steve Ballmer is a terribly oblivious ultra-rich man. His offer of $2B for the Los Angeles Clippers is so ridiculously outsized and unju...

The closer you look....

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In the last couple of years, I have shifted my attention away from the human condition (wars here and there, cool new gadgets, etc.) to the ...
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Do animals have souls?

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OK, first of all, don't tell me your answer to this question. That would make the rest of this post seem a bit rude. Here is one of t...
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Thursday, May 01, 2014

Bill Cosby the Mathematician

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Leafing my way through the Chicago Reader, I came across this ad: It took me a moment to sort it out. Can you? And I don't e...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

I (re) Join Oracle Corporation!

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On March 17, 2014, I became an employee of Oracle Corporation for the second time. My first round with Oracle started in August 1987. My sec...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

How Humans Lost Their Hands (and saved the world)

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My first creation (and destruction) mythstory.... Copyright 2014 Steven Feuerstein A very long time ago, our home, the Earth, was very b...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Is Evolution Irrefutable and Compelling?

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On my PL/SQL Challenge website, we have a feature called Roundtable , which offers an opportunity to discuss "big picture" questio...
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Friday, February 21, 2014

ODTUG is my favorite Oracle User Group!

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Each June, ODTUG hold its highly respected and enthusiastically attended Kaleidoscope conference. this year it will take place in Seattle. L...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Snake handlers and their faith - why not go all the way?

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Just reading about another snake-handling pastor who died from a snake bite. My feeling about these folks is: go for it. If you want to r...

"Are you a runner?"

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That's a question I get a lot. I guess that's because I am not overweight and kind of tall....? I can remember a few times when ...
Friday, February 07, 2014

What programming languages do I use?

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This month's Roundtable discussion on the PL/SQL Challenge is: If you are on this website, you almost certainly know PL/SQL and SQ...
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A Letter from "Oyster Shel"

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My father, Sheldon Feuerstein, was a large presence in our lives and the lives of many others. He was a big man, physically (and, sadly, ove...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Favorite stories: how programmers benefited from my book(s)

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I received this very pleasant note today from a PL/SQL developer: Actually, the second edition of PL/SQL programming is what jump started ...
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Free Shipping! Free Shipping! Free Shipping!

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If you are one of the many humans who don't believe in evolution, or more specifically believe that the planet is just 6,000 years old, ...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

SETI is a Grotesquerie

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SETI - the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence I used to be big into sci-fi. I read lots of fascinating stories involving ingeniousl...
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Sunday, January 05, 2014

To Buy or Not to Buy: FIJI Natural Artisan Water

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Here's why FIJI Water thinks we should buy "their" water: In Fiji, rainfall filters through volcanic rock over hundreds of ...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Personal Cloud Storage - Oh Yeah!

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I hate advertising, but I sure do find the machinations and twisty-thinking of marketeers to be quite entertaining. Here's an especially...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Justify, a poem

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Justify by Steven Feuerstein, 2013 I should not be here. I should not be. Too many humans devouring the world. I would leave to s...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Loey Goes to Youtube!

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I finally got around to posting some videos of Loey on Youtube. Enjoy!
Monday, November 18, 2013

Loey in a Puddle, Loey the Big Lady

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Spent the latter half of Sunday with Lovely Loey. Stormy day (lots of tornados south of Chicago) and both Veva and Loey enjoyed stomping ...
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