Monthly Archives: December 2007
Performance difference on fetching data from eZ Publish object with MyISAM and InnoDB.
Hi, eZ Publish is a Content Management System and Content Management Framework translated into 26 languagues and their variations coded in PHP and it stores its information on a Relational Database Management System, such MySQL and PostgreSQL. I would like write a … Continue reading
Super Tech and Limit Tech Evolutionary Dispute.
Hi, Few days ago while talking to a friend of mine, Tammy, I remembered a discussion we had when we were in high school. It was an essay we had to write about human biological evolution, what Human would be … Continue reading
Human Tech – Caffeine may trigger Panic crisis.
Study carried on by the UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, demonstrates that caffeine may trigger Panic crisis. They used 480mg of caffeine, as much as 5 cups of coffee, ingested in 15 minutes. The group was composed of 40 … Continue reading
My company and Brook’s Law – Why hiring a new programmer delays the whole company’s development schedule?
Hi! I work in a real state agency. This company has its own management system which deals with customer database, customer relationship management, product database and product export to other external system of advertising. It has been developed by 6 … Continue reading
dbdesigner2cake : DBDesigner 4 Scaffold Tools for CakePHP – 1.0.5 – Minor Release
Hello All, A minor bug release of dbdesigner2cake is available. Those who are using the release 1.0.4 are recommended to upgrade to 1.0.5. A small bug on a global variables turned the new parameter –core almost useless. Well, as I usually … Continue reading
Human Tech – Sex and chocolate enhances brain capacity.
The book Teaching yourself: Training Your Brain from the authors Terry Horne and Simon Wootin analises how life style interfere with people’s mental capacities. Many of the suggestions sustained on the book are based on chemicals released by the body … Continue reading
Human & Nature Tech – Skin ageing ‘reversed’ in mice
Californian researchers had found a protein – NF-kappa-B – acknowledged to play a role in numerous aspects of ageing. They managed to rejuvanate the skin of two-year old mice. According to the leader scientist of the research, Dr. Chang from … Continue reading
Nature Tech – Pomegranate as natural medicine for sexual impotence.
A study published in Journal of Impotence Research by researchers of University of California suggests that Pomegranate has blood properties similar to Viagra, and therefore might be used for healing sexual impotence. However, the researches claims that further studies should … Continue reading
Five Regions of the Future – First Thoughts.
The book reveals itself as a framework which helps cataloging the technologies and views of the future into five categories, which they call Regions. However this approach might sound simplistic, the its simplicity makes it very useful and valuable. Continue reading
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