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If you’re exploring the world of NoSQL databases, then MongoDB — sometimes billed as the NoSQL RDBMS — deserves a place on your list. In IBM developerWorks “MongoDB: A NoSQL datastore with (all the right) RDBMS moves“, you’ll learn all about MongoDB’s custom API, interactive shell, and support for RDBMS-style dynamic queries,...

Sep 30, 2010

Jake Sully and the science team head to the difficult-to-reach floating mountains of Pandora, the Hallelujah Mountains. The first human eyes to witness these floating mountains were awestruck because the sight of massive rocks floating as a cloud was incomprehensible, almost hallucinatory. The producer of Avatar enjoys telling that the writer and director of...

Sep 30, 2010

The cowboy lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh Amarillo theatre. When the usher came by and noticed this he whispered to the cowboy, “Sorry, sir, but you’re only allowed one seat.” The cowboy groaned but didn’t budge. The usher became more impatient. “Sir, if you don’t get up from there, I’m going to have...

Sep 29, 2010

Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, “I was artificially inseminated this morning.” “I don’t believe you,” says Dolly. “It’s true, no bull!” exclaims Daisy....

Sep 28, 2010

Tired of being broke and stuck in an unhappy marriage, Bill decided to solve both of his problems. He took out a large insurance policy on his wife, making himself the beneficiary, and then hired an underworld figure to kill her. The hit man, named Artie, explained that his price was $5,000. Bill said he was more than happy to pay that much but he would have to...

Sep 27, 2010

JavaOne 2010 is over. Some questions have been answered, many in the way that I hoped they would be. Overall, it was a great conference. Here are some of my thoughts regarding JavaOne 2010. JavaOne’s Relationship to Oracle OpenWorldAlthough I don’t know how the 41,000 attendees break down (especially because some attendees attend portions of both...

Sep 27, 2010

An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings on display at that time. “I have good news and bad news,” the owner replied. “The good news is that a gentleman inquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death. When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your...

Sep 26, 2010

How many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb? How many can you afford?

Sep 25, 2010

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR. In a Tokyo bar: SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS. Hotel, Yugoslavia: THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID. Hotel, Japan: YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID. In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox...