MySQL Tutorials
There's nothing like a keen mind and a calm soul.
Site Map
To find web pages more easily, check out the site map.Site Plans
Because of the growth in size and popularity, I've added a page to list changes and plans for this site.My New Apartment
A few months ago I moved into a new apartment. I've been out of the country for most of these months, so I've been slow getting moved in and fixing up the place. Nevertheless, I've reached a point where my new home is starting to feel like a home. So, I've taken some pictures and updated my photo album which used to have photographs of my previous apartment. Click on the heading of this posting to see those photos and read my comments describing my home and workspace.
Marie in Italy
Finally, all parties involved have agreed and the tickets have been purchased for my daughter Marie to go to Italy. I'm in the U.S. at the moment; she will go with me when I return at the end of May. This will be her first trip to Europe. She's very excited and has been bragging to her friends about going to Italy. She wants to eat plenty of gelato, to go horseback riding, and to visit her cousin, Martina in Sicily—the one with lots of Barbie dolls. We're planning on spending about four days in Sicily, a few days in Rome, a couple of days in the northeast seeing Venice and Trieste, and a day or so in Tuscany to see Florence and mostly for horseback riding. The rest of the time we will be hanging out in Milan. We should have a fabulous time. Hopefully, it'll be a good foundation for her future as a traveler.
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Musings
Below are recent musings of mine. Click on an entry heading to read its full text. Click on the musings tab at the top left to see all of them.
My Night Light
I've been struggling over the last few years to achieve a sense of home. Over the last few years I've been accumulating furniture and other household items to give my apartment a feeling of completeness. I think I've finally found a combination that gives me comfort to sleep by. sep 23, 2008 08:09 am no commentsLiving on the Ledge
Living in a fifth floor apartment without air-conditioning, with windows open all summer has been trying on me with my fear of heights. Now that summer is ending and cooler days are here, I am able to close the windows—sets of windows so wide that when open one can shove easily a refrigerator through them. I'm now able to sigh in relief and consider the stress of the last few months. sep 14, 2008 12:09 pm no commentsI don't like to share
Although I was told as a child that I need to share, and although I am very giving, I don't like to share. Now that I'm older and realize this, I have no problem saying that I don't like to share. aug 10, 2008 12:08 pm no commentsLiterary Criticisms
This is the start of something new on my site, book reviews of novels. For an explanation of these, see my page on Book Reviews
MySQL Resources
Over the past nine months I've been slowly writing text on MySQL, building my own documentation of MySQL for this web site. Now that I've accumulated some good resources on MySQL—which includes the articles that I've written and published on MySQL in several magazines—I've decided to join them together on my web site. I've set up a new section just for MySQL Resources. There's still plenty for me to do, but I think I have a good solid start. I'm hoping to get feedback from readers to not only improve these pages, but to improve my books on MySQL.
In the Bookstores!
The second edition of my book, MySQL in a Nutshell has been printed and bound. It's now available at bookstores around the world. The publisher sent me a box of them. If you'd like to review the book to do an article for a publication or web site, let me know and I'll send you a copy.