Accepted talk for MySQL Conference 2008

Horay, one of my talks for the MySQL Conference 2008 has been accepted! So after one year off, it appears I’ll be going to Santa Clara again – for the first time under my own OpenQuery banner. Deadly Sins Using MySQL & PHP is a fun interactive session about things one should not do It’ll [...]

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The Hammock has Landed

Three things you need in a new house: doorbell fish & chips dinner on the floor hammock Fab – particularly since the current house couldn’t have the hammock (no covered area outside…) so I’ve had to do without for nearly a year. Shocking.

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Sun to Acquire MySQL…

Well, that’s the news today, it was announced while MySQL has its not-quite-annual full staffmeeting in Florida. Lots of people have already blogged on this, and various IRC channels have been chatting…. definitely interesting news, it seems. I didn’t blog earlier because a) I don’t follow any news that closely, as it tends to just [...]

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CfP: Dynamic Languages World Conf (May 26-28, Karlsruhe DE)

I’m usually pretty good with these things – I get a CfP invite and I blog about it to let more people know. I completely forgot in this case, must’ve been the xmas season. Luckily the CfP is still open for a few more days, so you can still get in a proposal if you’re [...]

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New Open Query training on MySQL (Sydney/Melbourne)

Last week I put the updated schedule online, with training courses in February (Sydney) and March (Melbourne). Other cities/topics coming up also. As before, Open Query training is organised in independent one-day modules, so you pick the topic(s) you want, when you want them. Judging from feedback from the initial days done last year, this [...]

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