Chrome vs Apex: old issues

When first popular Oracle ApEx versions (like 1.6, 2.0) came out, they had problems with displaying SQL Workshop Object Browser windows on some FF versions, just dont remember which exactly (imho 2.2). Here we are again having the same problem: red screen. This time its new Google browser Chrome. The same problem can be found on ApEx versions 3.0, 3.1 and 3.1.2, havent tested this on others. The common solution back then was to add a few directives to Oracle HTTP_Server's configuration file httpd.conf:

AddType text/xml xbl

AddType text/x-component htc

No luck this time. Anyway, Chrome is just beta, hoping to have a better functionality soon.

Chrome myth

Just downloaded new fancy G browser Chrome. It actualy uses more memory than FF does. Chrome just divides it between processess. My FF has 48 tabs opened, it uses 148M RAM, get your calculator and calc this image below, only 24 tabs...

Life v 1.1

Im a glider pilot now. Wohooooo. Yesterday received the Glider Pilot license from CAA.
Next week im going to Italy, wgc2008, im going as a crew member, but maybe some day you'll see me in the grid as a pilot :)
To get the license was much easier then pass Oracle exams, someday i'll post my Oracle license in a post Life v 1.2.

Lithuania rulez

Hi guys, you know, i'm proud to be Lithuanian, because we download Firefox and we download it gooooooooooooood. When the day started, i downloaded FF3 to all my PCs in the office (7), and didnt use the same copy to install, just downloaded a new one each time. Spread the news to many of my friends in messaging lists. And when i came home, i pushed it to all my PCs at home (4).
Of course the final results look a bit unbelievable, i think its a small trick, you can write a 3 line code in shell to have a perfect downloader... I guess that some downloads from some IP addresses will be discarded. Anyways, world, can you be that cool like we are?
Anyways the FF3 isnt that good, and overall FF is not that user friendly. The best browser to work really intense is... ...Opera, the only feature that it lacks is page search toolbar the FF has. Opera has many fast tricks, like "g search", alt+space, quick dial, tabs on the side. I ussualy work with 20-30 pages, so to have the tabs on the side, its faster to find page you need. On a quick dial page i put MRTG pages of my servers. Opera is a better tool to do intensive work. The other FF problem is RAM usage... ...just checked: 114MB ram + 134MB swap. wtf ff?

Lost and Found

Haven't been in funeral for more than 18 years. Just successfully no one that i know died. But today i said goodbye to my ex-coworker. I young man just had a heart attack, and thats it. I was looking at him, he was like alive, his lips where smiling. He left two boys and loving wife.
When people push themselves to risk on daily basis - its not so shocking to read in newspaper that some speed junkie, hill climber, sky diver or test pilot died. But this time, i was looking at man, to whom i spoke a week ago. He was just a good father, how risky can that be? Of course, you can say thats life, well it is!
When someone close dies, it takes away your time you spent doing something together. That feels empty. And today i feel empty too. Rest happily dear friend.

Oil change

Yo! Did an oil change today. Have you seen IT administrator doing that? Oh, what the hell, its an adventure. There is a show on Discovery - a man tries to find tough jobs and try them out. Ok. Very funny retardation. If you are normal human, you can do any job like being a soldier, builder, maker, drawer, constructor, designer, stunt man. Well you do need some knowledge, but these jobs are intuitive. Hey man, try to be a scientist, surgeon or at least an IT admin (doh). There are jobs that can be made only by trained human beings that spent 10-30 years trying to understand how stuff works.
Anyways, missed my point. So i did an oil change, hurray, one more happy milestone towards becoming a decent man. What would be the tips for the future? Well.. 1) use a bigger funnel, first flow of motor oil will need at least 2-3 cm of pipe 2) prepare more light sources 3) don't use good shoes, this rule is common to all the garage work 4) think of some tool to remove an oil filter, this time few holes and a screw driver did the job 5) get some beer with you ;) burp.
And remembering to "The Earth" theme - i went to a gas station and put used oil to special containers they have for this purpose.

MOFO

Motorola (Motofone) F3! FINALLY. The engineers finally came to their minds. First, though small, sign was Win Server 2008 Core. And now, we have Motorola F3. "What functions does a decent phone should do" - i asked today my friend. "Em.. to call, not to call, text messaging, and em... oh, an alarm clock". Here you go i said - showed her the magical F3. I'll buy two more tomorow. A wonderfull thing. It also has free hands mode and vibro call, who turns in action on 0 volume and on 5+, so it can be fast found (on both sides). I prefer the speed of turning into virbo mode.
Some say that text messaging sux on this one, but its not so bad. Left/right Motorola style cursor, 5 special chars, no smilies - its enough. No dot sign though. But! - its Motorola, so it must have some secrets, and it does, wiki this phone and you'll find them. All functions like operator, pin, keysound change are in it, its just that they are kinda hidden. THANK YOU MOTOROLA.
It's definetely not the phone for 3rd world, its for everyone, this guy here does what a real phone should do - it has two buttons: red one and green one. What is your choice, Alisa?