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Richard Wallman - a MySQL® DBA (database administrator)

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New version (5.2.40) of #MySQL workbench available. Download: http://t.co/sER2vndv Changelog: http://t.co/WrvI31YA
(2012-05-15 08:22:32)
Ugh, if I had a pound for every time I've let my laptop battery go completely flat, I'd have...enough to buy a high capacity battery :/
(2012-05-09 11:43:12)
Oh well, that answers my Springpad vs. Evernote decision - really dislike latest Springpad UI. Just need a tool to automate moving notes...
(2012-04-11 18:30:51)
I'm trying to like Workbench, I really am, but when it wants to drop and create the same schema during a sync it's really difficult to
(2012-04-03 13:00:54)
This must be what Sisyphus felt like - 7 days on, and I'm still rolling the same boulder up the same hill. Purged 19GB of data so far.
(2012-03-23 17:17:29)
Definitely get the feeling I'm being throttled - 300kB/sec transfer according to rsync. At this rate, I'll be working this weekend... :/
(2012-03-15 10:22:11)
Dragging 50GB of #mysql databases across the Atlantic is...not fast. Spinning my wheels before the *real* work starts!
(2012-03-15 09:52:22)
How do you change a #mysql master server host with no downtime? With great care and planning! http://t.co/J4Hr0pVa
(2012-03-09 16:38:41)
@thePolishJack You have to send the cleartext password to MySQL & hashing function is quite simple - better to use strong hash at app level
(2012-02-04 19:14:15)

Yet another style update!

Posted on 2011-12-16 @ 15:33:01

Yes, I know it's been a long, long time, but I've finally got round to dragging this site out of the 90s and look not quite so eye-wateringly bad.

Now all I need to do is spend more time working on content! If you have any suggestions for artic... (read more...)

New site uploaded

Posted on 2010-08-27 @ 09:12:21

I've finally managed to get this updated website online - been busy with lots of work, plus been struggling getting the CSS right in the major browsers. Now that the baseline is done, hopefully I can keep this site update!