One I always forget. Type
mysql database_name
then
source filename;
should all work nicely.
Archive for March, 2006
Nice list of presentation tips (from preparation to presentation).
Bill Clinton made a valid point:
while terrorism could kill large numbers of people, it could never wipe out a civilisation, but that global warming could
I saw this on David Miliband’s blog, which has been challenging - the editorial (team?) takes an idea and chucks it out there - no commentary really. Miliband’s thinking is that the small steps matter such as non-incandescent light bulbs, energy efficiency discounts on council tax.
Blair’s view is different: technology should lead. Also that the solution lies in sorting out China and India, in that the UK is only 2% of the problem.
Can’t get enough of Aurora photos. Here’s another cracker (large cached version).
Some related articles that made me think today.
- Brainstorming causes hive mind. There is a theory that groups tend to dive off down extreme routes that a) don’t reflect the variety of opinion and b) that you only get the right solution if you ask people for ideas invididually, not collectively. This is covered in The Wisdom of Crowds.
- So maybe this method of getting people to self-organise for dinner shouldn’t replace our supra-anal checking and double-checking and working out who should go with who. Our method works very well, by the way.
- So instead, why not use a virtual innovation fund like this? I’m going to recommend it to ODPM for the Digital Challenge.
Lots of brain fodder there.
Some important Transformational Government documents just got launched. Time to get reading.
What happens when you mistakenly pick up and drink baby oil instead of water? Answer: not much for half a day and then it’s like Benecol Olestra.
(FYI it wasn’t me!) Reminds me of other favorite mistaken drink situations:
1) Claire Fogarty heartily downing a tumbler full of water before work only to discover it was neat gin.
2) Sarah Mitchell taking a sip of water from an eggcup full of water only to discover that it had contact lenses in saline solution in it.
tvRSS is a neat looking TV torrent search and feed creator.
It will be interesting to look at how Miliband’s blog progresses - it’s been interesting to read so far. He has been direct and directional and suffered the usual “why are you using public money for this” complaint. The new local government forums that have been set up to discuss the future of local government seem to be an unneccesary addition, as there are far more populated forums where people discuss this kind of stuff. Time will tell, of course.
SciTalk is a fun collaboration between scientists and writers. Neat idea.
Must read on the Federer vs Blake match at Indian Wells. Federer won, but that’s not the reason for reading. Proof that you can be single-minded and a good human being all in the same package.
Brutal description of the 7th July bombings form a survivor, as a feed into the official enquiry. Makes you want to cry.
I’ve used Flowergram a few times lately, and the reaction has been good. Let’s see how it is for Sunday…
Miliband links Lenin and LAAs. Do we have a socialist government, by any chance?
Why so bad? They haven’t had a chance by the time PR gets to them.
Nice to see Jim Fitzpatrick still pushing what councils have done through e-gov over the last five years. Some of the stats are very impressive (26% to 97% enabled, number of planning applications done online) but show that there is so much more usage waiting to happen out there. It’s also personally nice to have been part of so many of the things he discusses (from the National Projects, Take-up campaign to LeGSB). Onwards and upwards.
Some nice examples of bad charts and how to fix them. The latter is particularly useful, although I don’t always agree with the solutions. But ain’t that the way of the world?
Amazon has worked out a way to open up its storage systems to you (at a cost). Looks very interesting for backup, storage of stuff you care about. My entire system stored there would cost me $1.50/month in storage and $1.00/month in traffic costs. Seems quite reasonable - especially given that backup wouldn’t use it so heavily.
Not quite, but Google maps just got even closer in. You can see the steps in our garden.
The one for Gina’s house shows the age of the shots: it’s before the Tilly memorial pagoda and still with the Peugeot. Such fun. Can’t quite see the Gnomes on Jo’s place (it’s a bit to the south of the link) or Mike’s shed.
I need to know more about action research. So here’s an online source. However, it doesn’t feel particularly different to what we do. Hmmm.
