YouTube 500 Internal Server Error

Just got this error from YouTube.  I hope their “highly trained monkeys” fix the problem soon.  I need to watch some ninja cats.

Technical Forums Ranking

Is it sad to be proud of being ranked in a technical forum like Oracle’s Hyperion Developer Network? I’m ranked right at the middle. And those are not just for posting questions; they’re also for posting answers. So I guess that’s something to be proud of. Check out my ranking!

OK, 15 posts is not much, but hey it’s more than my own blog.

…. yeah, I know it’s pretty sad.

Row Level Security in Hyperion System 9.3.1

I’m currently on a project to build a Business Intelligence solution and we are using Oracle’s Hyperion product.  Specifically, we are using Hyperion System 9.3.1.  One of the requirements for the project is to provide data level filtering, to allow users to only see data in the office where they work.

Fortunately, Hyperion does provide a feature called Row Level Security that can be used to satisfy this requirement.  Unfortunately, Hyperion’s documentation is not detailed enough to properly configure and implement this feature.  So I wrote-up  How to implement Oracle Hyperion System 9 Row Level Security.  (Yeah, I could have made a shorter title.)

 

 

 

 

 

Trial Period

I have fully licensed version of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security.  So I guess full license = over 5 million days of trial?

Flock

When I tried Flock years ago, I didn’t really know what to make of it. I didn’t blogged and I wasn’t interested much in sharing my photos or videos on the web. But things for me are much different now, and the browser makes a lot of sense. It’s hooks into the popular photo, video, and blog sites make me want to actually update my sites, hence this post.

To renew or not renew, that is the .Mac question

So I’m trying to decide if I should update my .Mac account. I’m starting to realize now that I’m slowing moving all my stuff into web applications. Although the iLife apps are great, they limit me. I have to be on my machine to do anything. For example, I have a lot of my photos on Flickr. I can edit and manage those photos anywhere where there is internet access. I also just started a blog at WordPress. Again, I can edit and manage my blog anywhere since it’s a web app. With iWeb I have to be on my computer at home to do anything.

My .Mac expires at the end of the month. I wish Apple would also go the web app direction. But I guess Apple’s approach is to simply use the .Mac as a file/web server, not an application server. Although I’m sure they certainly can make amazing web applications that can rival Flickr or WordPress or many other web apps out there.

I have the same issue with the iCal too. Although I can publish my calendar online, it is read only. I can’t add events online. It would take just a little bit more coding for Apple to implement this, I’m sure. So it must be just not part of their long term strategy, which I guess makes sense. Web apps do not require a Mac to use, iLife does.

Plunging in to social networking

I just signed up for Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.  I don’t even have time to check all my emails . . . what am I thinking?!