Author: Adrian Ward

Moses had the first tablet that could connect to the cloud. And another… The first computer dates back to Adam and Eve. It was an Apple with limited memory, just one byte. And then everything crashed. The sun is out in the UK! Pull up a deckchair, slap on the…

A wife send her husband an SMS on a cold winter evening: “Windows frozen”. The husband sends an answer back: “Pour some warm water over them”. Some time later husband receives an answer from his wife: “The computer is completely and utterly broken now”. and another one… I changed my…

3 Database Admins walked into a NoSQL bar. A little later, they walked out because they couldn’t find a table. Enjoy the latest news and blogs! Blogs of the week Selecting Optimal Parameters for XGBoost Model Training Andrejus Baranovskis shared “There is always a bit of luck involved when selecting…

Today is #worldbookday2019 and children (and some adults) have been dressing up as their favourite characters from books. We are celebrating by reading some of the latest blogs and news instead! But first some jokes about all things ‘books’: What did the frog say when he went to the library?…

Q. Why aren’t dogs good dancers? A. Because they have two left feet! We are well into the swing of 2019 now and starting to see some beginning signs of Spring and benefit from some milder (warmer, dare we say it) weather. Come and read some of the new blogs…

Q: Erin, spell mouse. A: M O U S. Q: Yes–and what’s on the end of it? A: A tail? Happy New Year! We’re well and truly back into the swing of things and over half-way through January! Have the January blues? Read our first blog of 2019 and some…

What’s the best Christmas Present? A broken drum – you can’t beat it. Merry Christmas everybody – have a great time and see you in the New Year with some more great blogs to read! Blogs of the week 1.Date Format Handling in Oracle JET Andrejus Baranovskis shares his thoughts…

What did the traffic light say to the car? Don’t look, I’m about to change Groan. Read some of these blogs and watch some of these videos instead. Blogs of the week Table Order Jonathan Lewis begins his blog by saying, “Over the last few days I’ve highlighted on Twitter…

Q. How do vampires start their letters? A. “Tomb it may concern…” This week has seen Twitter filled with #oow18 fun and presentations. It looks like a great time was had by all. Looking forward to reading the blog posts about it soon. For now, we have a few pre-OOW18…

What do you call a belt made of watches? A waist of time Oracle Open World is done and dusted for 2018. There’s still time to register for the UKOUG Conference and Exhibition in Liverpool this year. 3rd – 5th December – have a look here. In the meantime –…