Category: general

Not entirely sure why I decided to predict events for 2009, probably because I did for 2008, which isn’t really an answer. I don’t recall why I ever decided to do predictions, but now it seems like a tradition. Anyway, since I did, why not dissect them and see how I fared in 2009? To recap,… Read More

With 2009 winding down quickly, I’m pleased to present you with that good old blogging tradition–the year-end wrap post. 2009 was an eventful year for us. Mostly noteworthy: we joined the WebCenter development team to work on the internal rollout of WebCenter 11g, validating our work on Connect and Mix and minting us as a… Read More

So, after failing to bring this project home before Christmas, I picked it up again yesterday, unfortunately with the same results. I reached out to some people on the WebCenter team who could help, and the consensus was that I don’t have enough system resources to run the full stack on a single VM. Further… Read More

I don’t use Facebook much anymore. It’s become polluted with spam and annoying social games, not really my cup of tea. Even so, as far as I know, Facebook is the de facto way to connect with people you’ve lost touch with over the years. While attempting to do this for a few people from… Read More

Happy holidays everyone. I got you a heat map. Do you like it? I’m technically on vacation this week, but I cannot take a vacation from the Interwebs. While browsing feeds yesterday, I saw this post from Gizmodo titled “Foursquare, As Seen by the Predator”. My crush on foursquare is well-documented, and I’ve always liked… Read More

I really, really, really wanted to bring this whole project home with a triumphant ending today, erm late last night. It started out as a lark and has been a great learning experience, but it’s been hanging over my head since before Thanksgiving. I’ve got other, more important work to do, and I’m sure you’re… Read More

So, I’m in the home stretch installing WebCenter. Here’s the installation guide, if you’re following along at home. Yesterday, I got through the “Preparing to Install” steps, which consist mostly of running RCU to create the WebCenter schemas. I’m skipping the installation of JDeveloper for the time being. If I were using the VM in… Read More

So, I’m back on track after yesterday’s detour to configure 11g and get it ready for the WebCenter schemas. I’m working off the WebCenter installation guide, by the way, Section 2.1.3 Create Schemas for Oracle WebCenter. Next step is to download and run Repository Creation Utility (RCU) which handily creates all the Fusion Middleware schemas… Read More

First, let me start off with a hearty thanks to John (@jpiwowar) for his help with my n00bism, a.k.a. Part 6 in this series. Also, thanks to those of you with DBA skills out there for not flaming me for my lack thereof. Part 6 was a bit of a disaster, but thanks to John and… Read More

Today, I hit a roadblock in my ongoing project to create a WebCenter VM. I was all ready to get started with the WebCenter install. I found the installation guide and ran the installer. Then, I hit the prerequisites. Looks like I need to create the schemas first with the Repository Creation Utility (RCU), available… Read More

Shortly after Chrome was released about 15 months ago, I remember Rich saying he had switched his wife over to it and was using it exclusively on Windows. I was skeptical. After all, I love Firefox and have used it happily for years, but Rich was also a Firefox guy. So, something must have sold… Read More

My latest kick is to catalog useful information for reference purposes, which is one reason why I embarked on a quest to create a WebCenter VM. Blogs are extremely good at SEO out of the box. So, it’s very likely that anyone searching for information on a technical topic will find a wealth of information… Read More

Ready or not, here comes another installment in my gripping series on how to create a WebCenter 11g R1 Patch Set 1 VM. In the last part, I went over the last few steps of the 11g install. This part focuses on WebLogic, which is the preferred application server for WebCenter. I don’t know if… Read More

Inspired by Chet’s comment, I’ve decided to add a few tidbits I’ve cataloged during my other project for today, rebuilding my Ubuntu box. Back when I began the WebCenter VM series, I mentioned my latest problem with Ubuntu. My bout with the flu took away all the extra time I had planned to spend on… Read More

While finishing yesterday’s Part 3, I decided to investigate how to add a swap file to my OEL 5 VM to accomodate at least one of 11g’s resource requirements. I may eventually have to bump up the physical memory allocated to the VM, which will completely cripple the host OS, but I’m bending the rules… Read More

Having been out a few days with the flu, I’m feeling a bit behind on my geeky project (see Parts 1 and 2 for background), so last night, I decided to tackle the next big step, installing Oracle 11gR2. Obviously, WebCenter needs a database, and I haven’t installed Oracle for a few years. So, this… Read More

I know very little, erm nothing really, about APEX, but I do know there’s a robust and tight-knit community of APEX developers out there, including (but not limited to) Chet (@oraclenerd) and Dimitri (@dgielis). I know this because friend of the ‘Lab Carl Backstrom talked about it a lot, like every chance he got. Little… Read More

I suppose a guy whose name means Christmas in some languages should be expected to go all out for the Holidays, but wow, color me blown away by friend of the ‘Lab Noel Portugal’s epic Christmas lighting hack. Check out the video. Like I said, *epic*. I’m not going to begin to break down all… Read More

It’s been clear for a long time now that a cornerstone of any new service is a good, open API. Twitter proved this point a long time ago. Now, everyone follows suit. Before I was felled by the H1N1, I happily reported that foursquare had publicly launched their API. I had hoped someone would use… Read More

It’s been quiet here for a while. Not sure anyone really noticed (or cared), what with the Thanksgiving holiday last week and all. Hope you enjoyed it, by the way. Anyway, I’m emerging from a week-long flu fog courtesy of H1N1. That’s right, yours truly caught swine flu, and let me tell you, it wasn’t… Read More