Slashdot lets us know that Google contributes code to MySQL. Among the comments to that post, there is this one, which is while being rather funny holds some truth to it:
They need to add a GOOGLE function to allow queries to be searched nicer.
SELECT * FROM articles WHERE GOOGLE(‘boobies’);
something similar might be available but it is a PITA to list the fields to search and specify the operators etc
I think here lies the future of SQL…
Mashable mentions that a new Gmail is coming. And I’m eagerly waiting for the new version, because I really, really want these changes:
One of the features is pre-fetching of messages. This means that when you load a page that has a list of messages, Gmail will fetch them in advance, so that they will be available immediately, when you decide to click on one. This goes along with the new JavaScript architecture that’s expected to bring improved performance. There will also be a new contact manager, which will be shared with other Google Apps, including Docs and Calendar.
My old time friend and colleague Igor Gorbulinsky made a few changes to the Cutline theme running on this blog (thanks man!). The structure is the same, but a few things changed – colors, header image, and the like. Now, I totally love how the whole thing looks. The only thing missing is WordPress 2.3 which I am a bit slow to upgrade to. When that will be done, I won’t touch the look, feel, and functionality for another hundred years.
What do you guys think? Do you like it? Tell me you like it! :)
Every morning I drive Maxim to school. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, after I drop him off, I go the gym. Our office hours start at 10:00am, so I have enough time to come back from the gym, have a shower, change clothes, and have some breakfast – I don’t have to head to the office straight after the exercise.  This is a routine by now.
The other day, I had an amusing thought of how it might look from our neighbors’ point of view. Imagine someone who has his morning coffee and smoke outside on the balcony, looking at people passing by. Here comes a dad with his kid. The kid is walking around, looking at things, not very much eager to get into the car. The kid is nicely dressed and wearing a school bag. They get into the car and drive away.
One our later, the same car comes back and parks. The kid is gone – there is only a dad. But he changed a lot in this last hour. He looks exhausted. He is all sweaty wet. He slowly walks back home. What happened?
Of course, you know that the guy went to the gym. But the neighbor doesn’t. What might he think? What might I think, if I was in his place? The first answer to that question that popped up in my head – the kid didn’t want to go to school and was resisting, fighting it. It took this dad a whole hour to stuff the little one into school. And it was a fight of the century!
Every time now I come back from the gym and walk back to the apartment, I look around. If I can spot any neighbors, I get this huge smile on my face. And an expression “It’s not what you think it is”…
Disclaimer:
- I never used Windows Vista.
- It’s been a while since I used Microsoft Windows.
- I am a proud Linux user. For a few years now.
- I am very biased.
- I am not well informed on this subject.
Now, with the above disclaimer, it might seem that I don’t have anything else to say, but I do. For the last few years I’ve been working with people who either use Linux, or can fix practically any problem with their Windows installation. So I haven’t heard a lot from the Microsoft front.
Recently, on the other hand, I spend a lot of time among people who are your regular (or just above the regular) Windows users. They know a few things about computers, they aren’t afraid of the technology, but they don’t have any operating systems concept knowledge or system administration experience. And some of these people are using Windows Vista (in most cases it came pre-installed with their computers).
It seems to me, Windows Vista users aren’t very happy. Things break here and there. And although they always break here and there on all systems with no exception, on Vista they seem to break in some weird and very annoying way. When I first noticed their reactions, I just wrote it off on me being very biased.
But then I couldn’t help noticing news headlines here and there. And again, I thought that just me. But then I noticed that the trends of negative Vista feedback are getting more and more. Now I am all suspicious.
Just to put a few things together, I did a few Google searches. It seems to me, that I am not alone in my picks. Here are a few links to save you some typing:
Even with me being biased, and a good old tradition of bashing anything and everything small or big coming out of Microsoft, it still seems like a lot of negative material.
What’s your stand on this? Have you noticed the trend? Have you tried Windows Vista yourself? Are you planning to? I’m interested to hear.