I've now been playing with MySQL Enterprise Monitor in its latest guise (which includes the Query Analyzer) for a number of days. To be honest, this is pretty amazing stuff. Once installed, all you have to do is point your applications to port 4040 on… more »

Many people know I work for MySQL (now a part of Sun Microsystems). Since working in the team that brings you www.mysql.com and its related sites, I've been able to get access to pre-release versions of all of the software that MySQL make. I have tried… more »

I had to have my dog, Gryphon, put down tonight. I've mentioned him before in this blog - forgive me if I don't feel like grabbing the URL for you, I'm sure if you are interested you can find it yourself. Gryphon was a 12 1/2 year old German Shepherd… more »

For the last few weeks my main system has had to be rebooted on a daily, and sometimes twice daily basis. Having other things on my mind I didn't bother getting too fussed, thinking perhaps I had some dodgy RAM or a disk on the way out - both things I… more »

Title: RESPLENDENT Publisher: Gollancz Author: Stephen Baxter Edition released: 2006 ISBN: 978-0-5750-7983-0 544 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison RESPLENDENT is book four of the DESTINY'S CHILDREN series and is a collection of short stories around the… more »