As the Training Days Director for Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group, one of my tasks is not just running the conference for RMOUG, but also promoting it. RMOUG Training Days was the first conference I ever attended, (2004) and the first one I ever presented at, (2009.) Its one of the reasons my career is where it is now and how I stayed in touch with the man who is now my partner in life, best friend and husband. The Training Days conference is the largest regional Oracle User Group conference in the US and is held each year…
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So one of the things I like to do is test out a lot of my python gaming code, (as far as for the coding and syntax) on my Oracle Virtualbox image of my Raspberry Pi. Another great thing about building games on the Raspberry Pi, is a built in module called Pygame. Well, that doesn’t exist on the Raspberry Pi image and it really limits what we can do when it comes to the VNC build we play on the Oracle Virtualbox, (that’s a mouthful… :)) Get Outside Access The first step is to first get out to all…
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Everything I do with the Raspberry Pi is about finding ways to incorporate STEAM, (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) into my projects. This is no easy feat, but I have a lot of fun while I try. This latest project, we’re still working on ways to “enhance” and understand how code can be used with multiple projects and to satisfy multiple requirements. Science Kit Projects, to the Nth Level Our first project used DC motors to make an art project or spinner turn at the appropriate rotation required. I then was able to repurpose this same code to bypass…
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Creating a trace file from EM12c is quite easy and doesn’t require a DBA offering up the world to allow a developer or support person to perform this action. Enterprise Manager also removes some of the syntax options that could get a developer or app support person that is less specialized in creating trace files, all the options and the knowledge of the syntax, etc. from getting into trouble, which creates an option for everyone to be successful. The proposed solution that I’ll post here is where the EM12c user will be able to create trace files, but the DBA will control the…
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Back on August 7th, the RMOUG’s Quarterly Education Workshop, I walked everyone through using a Pibrella board to create an art or flyer project that was powered with a python script and a motor. Today, we’re going to take that same code and reuse it with a simple robotics kit to control power and rotation speeds/time to the Insectoid. This kit, puchased from the Go! store in Flat Irons Crossing mall, was $16 and can be built in less than an hour, even for a small child. If you’re interested, you can also purchase the kit online at Amazon, but…
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So I don’t doubt that many parents are bleeding out money for kid’s school fees, supplies, clothing and other demands this time of year. How many of you are in their local Target, Walmart or other store and after filling the cart with the necessary, the kids eye up the toy aisle and start to ask for something? Even teens are not immune and may be asking for games. If you could turn around and say to them, “If you want the game, then why don’t you build it instead of buying it?” Now as many of you have figured…
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There’s an old joke about the evolution of a programmer. It starts with the programmer in their infancy and typing: Print “Hello World” and so the output returns: The programmer continues to evolve. His coding knowledge increases and his code in the end of his evolution becomes a script of 5000 to 10,000 lines. What does the output return? You guessed it: I often joked that I’d make a terrible developer. I over think everything, but the truth is, I may have just evolved too much and need to devolve to improve. There used to be a sign up on…
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So I’m working on a lot of posts for Enterprise Manager, but I can’t post them just yet, so here’s some more Raspberry Pi love to keep you busy until then… 🙂 Why VBox Raspberry Pi? Many times I just want to write and test some code, but I want to do it while I’m taking a break from my day to day work- waiting for a download, in a meeting, a script is running in another window, etc., so it’s convenient to have a Virtualbox image to run Python scripts with all the libraries and modules installed. I can’t…
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RMOUG’s Quarterly education workshop was a great event today and I appreciate everyone who came out and those who spent time with their family and their user community doing fun geeky stuff. Raspberry Pi Family Coding Morning There were a few things I promised folks, including access to my family coding slides so anyone can do this at home. Even though I’ve included the GPIO with breadboard configuration and code in the slides, please, PLEASE consider getting the Pibrella board and code with it instead. The chance of wiring the board wrong is high for those just starting out and…
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I’ve had a lot of people email and message me asking me what I’m doing with the Raspberry Pi and I wanted to share before the actual RMOUG Quarterly Education Workshop, (QEW) this Friday at Elitches. So a little history- When I was a kid, I was a real handful. My mother used to come into my room and I’d have created “webs” out of yarn strung from every piece of furniture and twisted into patterns. I used to take apart radios and use the parts to create new toys, figuring out how the electronics worked. Dolls suddenly became cyborgs…
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Back in 2002, as a Junior DBA, I was informed by the senior DBAs I worked with that I MUST become part of my regional user group, (RMOUG). This was considered a requirement for any educated Database Administrator or Developer of the time and as those who I respected instructed, I became a member and attended my first Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days in February, 2003. I was impressed with the level of technical content of the sessions, the opportunity to network with others in my local Oracle community and that I was able to take the new…
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More and more companies are consolidating environments. Server sprawl has a high cost to any business and finding ways to consolidate to more powerful servers or to the cloud is a productive undertaking for any company. The Consolidation planner in Enterprise Manager has been around for quite some time, but many still don’t utilize this great feature. Creating a Consolidation Project You can access the Consolidation Planner from the main Enterprise menu from Cloud Control in EM12c. There are two consolidation types currently available physical to physical, (P2P) or physical to virtual, (P2V) consolidation. For our example, we’ll perform a…
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Unlike other forms of communication, social media can be a real gray area for rules on what dictates freedom of speech and how you have to endure with those that may not be pleasant to interact with. I’m often told what etiquette some feel it necessary and that I should just disengage from some people online. The truth is, not everyone gets social media and many just don’t understand boundaries or how to communicate productively when online. You, as a member of the online community, have the right to choose who you communicate with and when it’s time to NOT…
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Happy Birthday to me! So for my birthday, I give a present to you… As I want all DBAs to sleep better at night, here are the top ten features you can use in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to offer a good night’s rest instead of during the day at your desk… 🙂 1. Disable the Default Rule Sets Shipped with Cloud Control. Yes, you heard me. I believe you should use them as a starting point or an example, but don’t put them into production. These were examples set by development to see all that you could be notified…
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I had a chance to take a closer look at the Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, (ZDLRA) via Cloud Control today and really liked the dashboard that’s included in the plugin for the product. This post isn’t going to cover the installation of the plugin or configuration- I was just intrigued by the dashboard and wanted to go over the great features that are part of it. Accessing the ZDLRA As with any Targets, the ZDLRA is going to show up in the All Targets menu and also has a target type filtered drop down in the Targets menu. All…
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The sales, support and technical teams were brought into the Denver Tech Center office to do some advanced training in Hybrid Cloud. There were many take-aways from the days we spent in the office, (which is saying a lot- most of you likely know how much I hate working anywhere but from home… :)) and I thought I would share a bit of this information with those that are aching for more details on this new and impressive offering from release 5. If you’re new to Hybrid Cloud and want to know the high level info, please see my blog…
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I’m glad to be home after a couple weeks in Europe, speaking at both the Harmony 15 conference in beautiful Tallinn, Estonia and then as a keynote speaker at AOUG in lovely Vienna, Austria the week after. I get to pretty much stay close to home for the next two months, traveling only a bit, but I want to go over the upcoming conferences that I’ll be speaking at the next couple months. July 23rd, 2015, Georgia Oracle User Group’s Quarterly Tech Symposium I’ll be speaking, along with my peer, Loc Nhan at the event. I’m looking forward to seeing…
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Last week’s release of 12.1.0.5 was a pleasant surprise for everyone out in the Oracle world. This release hit the bulls-eye for another cloud target of Oracle’s, announcing the introduction of Enterprise Manager 12c’s offering a single pane of glass management of the hybrid cloud. The EM12c team has been been trained and testing out the new features of this release with great enthusiasm and I have to admit, pretty cool stuff, folks! Why is the Hybrid Cloud Important? Many companies are still a bit hesitant to embrace the cloud or due to sensitive data and security requirements, aren’t able to…