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Yearly Archives: 2006
Three Normal Forms tutorial revised
After two months in the wilderness, my tutorial on the Three Normal Forms is back online. I took it down because in the original, it had some serious flaws. While not factually inaccurate, the section pertaining to NF1 was vague … Continue reading
Posted in Databases
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Gigantic Sea Turtle on Staten Island
Saturday morning I was jogging down South Beach a little south of the Verrazanno Bridge when I came upon a stupefying sight: a huge sea turtle had crawled up on the beach and died. It was a little awe-inspiring, because … Continue reading
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E-Z Putty Tunnelling
Putty is a great if you only have a handful of servers that you connect to on a regular basis. But as a consultant with a growing list of clients you can rapidly find yourself having to deal with a … Continue reading
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3 Normal Forms
At long last, and after repeated fan requests, I have gotten around to converting my 3 Normal Forms tutorial into a printable PDF, which can be downloaded here. This tutorial, targeted at beginners who are trying to learn the basics … Continue reading
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Back in the olden days
My first contact with computers came in 1977 or ’78 when I was in grade 5 or 6. Because I was smart, I got to spend a half-day a week in the computer lab at the University of Alberta with … Continue reading