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I had lost my root password at my slicehost. Thinking this would be a lot of hassle getting it back. I contacted suport 11pm on a friday (my local time). Assuming this would take a while. 2 minutes later I had an e-mail in my inbox. I figured it was just an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/9080359527007993177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/9080359527007993177' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/9080359527007993177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/9080359527007993177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2011/03/slicehost.html' title='Slicehost'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-2419309090895342036</id><published>2010-09-22T10:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T10:27:20.326+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Apex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oracle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OracleXE"/><title type='text'>Upgrading APEX to 4.0 on XE</title><summary type="text">No point in writing what other have written perfectly.&amp;nbsp;http://www.webxpert.ro/andrei/2010/09/09/upgrade-oracle-apex-3-2-1-to-4-0-1-on-oracle-database-10g-express-edition-xe/

Following this guide works with my apex on slicehost guide:&amp;nbsp;http://mfro.blogspot.com/2010/04/xe-and-apex-on-slicehost.html</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/2419309090895342036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/2419309090895342036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2419309090895342036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2419309090895342036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2010/09/upgrading-apex-to-40-on-xe.html' title='Upgrading APEX to 4.0 on XE'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-1406256066030245542</id><published>2010-09-13T17:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T17:12:32.473+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OBIEE"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oracle"/><title type='text'>OBIEE 11g: Import metadata, connection problems.</title><summary type="text">Importing metadata aught to be a simple: Hit File - &amp;gt; Import Metadata, punching in db and user name and finish it of with password then select what you want to import. It is if your lucky. The pitfall that got me was that OBIEE 11g install it&#39;s own Oracle client.
Fine, so what? It is in this clients tnsnames.ora that it looks up servicenames. Which means that you have to have the correct </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/1406256066030245542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/1406256066030245542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/1406256066030245542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/1406256066030245542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2010/09/obiee-11g-import-metadata-connection.html' title='OBIEE 11g: Import metadata, connection problems.'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-2403686121993210178</id><published>2010-09-13T09:12:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T09:12:36.350+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OBIEE"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oracle"/><title type='text'>OBIEE 11g the first disappointment.</title><summary type="text">After about an hour of fiddling about and reading documentation I finally got the OBIEE 11g image to work. Even before I log into analytics I meet my first disappointment. Really it is a very small thing, but still&amp;nbsp;annoying&amp;nbsp;that they haven&#39;t fixed it.

So here it goes. When you come to the login page, you naturally start filling it from the top towards the bottom. So you enter user id </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/2403686121993210178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/2403686121993210178' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2403686121993210178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2403686121993210178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2010/09/obiee-11g-first-disappointment.html' title='OBIEE 11g the first disappointment.'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf9hWnhj4jIg4iB9b8vWdIxO8hO3zcyPLtW4IzWSU5b2JSKWUEDIMWMZ3ZWwRf-TV8NWAZN27nFP1t1ejwS2L9cB7zkhR2FzU_HvPZmPBQXzY-wleeXa9Ofy3neLEKirI6w1Fys0yScQ/s72-c/obiee+login.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-757028535814441065</id><published>2010-08-09T08:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T08:39:41.413+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oracle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OWB"/><title type='text'>Deployment errror in Work Flow</title><summary type="text">RPE-02012: Internal error: Function P83_NAME_OF_SOME_MAPPING cannot be created or updated. Please try again. If the problem persists then please contact Oracle Support with the stack trace and details on how to reproduce it.- ORA-00001: unique constraint (OWF_MGR.WF_ACTIVITIES_TL_U2) violatedORA-06512: at &quot;OWF_MGR.WF_LOAD&quot;, line 1402ORA-06512: at line 1
This seems to be nothing more than a error </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/757028535814441065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/757028535814441065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/757028535814441065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/757028535814441065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2010/08/deployment-errror-in-work-flow.html' title='Deployment errror in Work Flow'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-868505209029170335</id><published>2010-04-27T14:53:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T15:22:27.837+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Apex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OracleXE"/><title type='text'>XE and Apex on a Slicehost</title><summary type="text">For a while I have considered getting a hosting service for my apex applications. The community have made a list of some of the providers. All of them charge depending on the amount of storage capacity that you need. They have a fairly high monthly rate compared to the amount of storage. For instance htmldb-hosting.com charges $32/month for 50MB and $140/month for 500MB.Previously I have looked </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/868505209029170335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/868505209029170335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/868505209029170335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/868505209029170335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2010/04/xe-and-apex-on-slicehost.html' title='XE and Apex on a Slicehost'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-5748816916864478075</id><published>2009-09-21T13:56:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-21T14:03:03.982+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OWB"/><title type='text'>OWB 10.2.0.4 outer join PEBKAC fix</title><summary type="text">Looking at a join Mr. someone-else had made in a OWB mapping I found the following conditions:a.column1 = (+) b.column1 ANDa.column2 = (+) b.column2Noway this can work! However the mapping was running smoothly. OWB actually changes the place of the (+) to the correct location when generating the SQL so that the final statement looks like: a.column1 = b.column1 (+) ANDa.column2 = b.column2 (+)I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/5748816916864478075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/5748816916864478075' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/5748816916864478075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/5748816916864478075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2009/09/owb-10204-outerjoin-pebcak-fix.html' title='OWB 10.2.0.4 outer join PEBKAC fix'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-179598314113637337</id><published>2009-08-05T15:30:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T16:06:20.133+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oracle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OWB"/><title type='text'>OWB 10.2.0.4 joiner errors</title><summary type="text">Deleting a in-group in a joinerIf you have a joiner and for some reason has to delete one of the in groups OWB can corrupt the join conditions. After a delete the columns in the conditions have moved around or been substituted for other (apparently random) columns. If not corrected manually afterwards this will cause you trouble.java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1When deploying a mapping</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/179598314113637337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/179598314113637337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/179598314113637337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/179598314113637337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2009/08/owb-10204-joiner-errors.html' title='OWB 10.2.0.4 joiner errors'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-8120467384795633415</id><published>2009-05-18T18:00:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T15:32:52.516+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Apex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oracle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OracleXE"/><title type='text'>OracleXE and Apex 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.0.4</title><summary type="text">IntroductionI&#39;m a huge fan of Apex. It is a very quick and good way to develope data driven applications. With it you can make extreamly affordable applications. Especially if it is compined with OracleXE and a free of charge Linux like Ubuntu. This is what I&#39;m going to do in this short how-to. I&#39;m going to install OracleXE (10g) on Ubuntu 9.0.4. Apex is bundled with OracleXE, so no installation </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/8120467384795633415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/8120467384795633415' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/8120467384795633415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/8120467384795633415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2009/05/oraclexe-and-apex-32-on-ubuntu-904.html' title='OracleXE and Apex 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.0.4'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-6490584053247915280</id><published>2009-02-07T11:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-07T11:35:00.647+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Photo"/><title type='text'>Flickr</title><summary type="text">I got my self a Flickr account. I was told it was easy and fast to upload, and for just $24 a year I could store unlimited amount of images. This sounded great, just what I need. I need backup of all my images, it is probably around 100GB. It&#39;s far from perfect, it needs more features like:An upload agent that will retry upload when they fail.An upload agent that remember where it was if it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/6490584053247915280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/6490584053247915280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/6490584053247915280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/6490584053247915280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2009/02/flickr.html' title='Flickr'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-3743646171515943539</id><published>2009-02-05T21:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T21:59:01.357+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Travel"/><title type='text'>Downhill</title><summary type="text">When I was younger, half a lifetime ago, I used to go with my parents on Easter vacation. During these vacation we would always go downhill skiing. Next week I&#39;ll be going to Chamonix with my company to ski for five days. Naturaly I was a bit nervous about skiing for the first time in 15 years. So I went to the local resort to test my skills. To my delight it was like riding a bike....I&#39;m realy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/3743646171515943539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/3743646171515943539' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/3743646171515943539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/3743646171515943539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2009/02/downhill.html' title='Downhill'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-2093640455882349038</id><published>2009-01-27T09:31:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T09:32:47.702+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cat"/><title type='text'>Cat</title><summary type="text">We got a cat. My girlfriend wanted a free-house cat that she could save. However after I started googeling cats I fell in love with the Maine Coon&#39;s so thats what we got. We made a blog for the cat with lots of images and stuff.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/2093640455882349038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/2093640455882349038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2093640455882349038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2093640455882349038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2009/01/cat.html' title='Cat'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-7334813352465164304</id><published>2008-11-27T19:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T19:17:00.835+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Car"/><title type='text'>Garmin Nuvi 760</title><summary type="text">I or we, bought this a few months back. After a few days I regretted not buying a TomTom instead. Yes the Nuvi gets me most places I want to go. It is easy to add locations to a route and such things. But I haven&#39;t found any way to customize it. I hate that when it is in navigation time it shows when I will arrive and not the number of minutes or km left. Which is very annoying since I do not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/7334813352465164304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/7334813352465164304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/7334813352465164304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/7334813352465164304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/11/garmin-nuvi-760.html' title='Garmin Nuvi 760'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-1907443439748323773</id><published>2008-10-23T17:11:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T17:11:01.026+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pluming</title><summary type="text">Friday morning, last week, the drain on my bathroom clogged. I tried to fix it, digging out large amount of icky junk from the drain, but it stayed clogged. The janitor told me that it was likely a small pipe between the drain and some larger pipe that was clogged. He told my i could access this pipe from the drain, if I could only unfasten a bolt. I had to disassemble the sink and the closet to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/1907443439748323773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/1907443439748323773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/1907443439748323773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/1907443439748323773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/10/pluming.html' title='Pluming'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-741407323453517615</id><published>2008-10-15T18:16:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T18:16:00.878+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Travel"/><title type='text'>New York City</title><summary type="text">I was allowed to attend ETL Architecture in Depth (ETLD) at Kimball University in New York City. This was my first trip to USA.The CourseBefore leaving home I received a list of topics that I should understand before attending the class. It came with a suggested reading list. I did review all the topics in advanced and had high hopes that they would waste no time on them. In previous courses I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/741407323453517615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/741407323453517615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/741407323453517615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/741407323453517615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-york-city.html' title='New York City'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_RDktqUS1okjSsSQN1yQJgg1gBe0OlmQ6jOcEh8o7HNw8R32zCD6m6dqxai6jOQ9Wxju8KXyTb8F_y5ql1kHaU3-PMxGCiY162leDbBdTE9lHZPEp7vB_ofkGpP5N3EmtRU0NB5qJCE/s72-c/photo(2).jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-3389562967866017287</id><published>2008-09-27T13:15:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T15:37:37.144+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Travel"/><title type='text'>Riga</title><summary type="text">Jan, Anne&#39;s father, invited his wife, his daughters and their boyfriends to a trip to Riga. He wanted to have a trip with his family to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. I was very fortunate to be invited. It was a awsome trip. Riga surprised me as a city, it had a lot of things to see and do. The best part was that it was all gathered in a very small area.The highlightsThe Black Head House, a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/3389562967866017287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/3389562967866017287' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/3389562967866017287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/3389562967866017287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/09/riga.html' title='Riga'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUBtnizQpaJn0XtK0DBANJY6LwFQwNnSvImdd1WEAWBJO2VS7-khdX_6Hr9ZMSVBS48l0VEO7dMl9pqJAp3VRNAAm5SPRTaWt9WqGTdrOKHq3I5BfEE4DvbmcvEfWm3pGQNrLMHj311U/s72-c/RP002701.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-1537244922009576596</id><published>2008-09-10T01:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T14:36:24.829+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Travel"/><title type='text'>Wine trip to Lucca, Italia</title><summary type="text">I have just returned from a fantastic trip to Lucca in Italy. My girlfriend and I went together with ErgoVin, the wine club at my previous employer. I should probably say that I went with people from the wine club and not the club, as that is more accurate.We traveled with Norwegians flight from Oslo to Pisa early in the morning. Left our homes at around 04:00. We had originally booked a later </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/1537244922009576596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/1537244922009576596' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/1537244922009576596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/1537244922009576596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/09/wine-trip-to-lucca-italia.html' title='Wine trip to Lucca, Italia'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-2848107917577795517</id><published>2008-08-15T03:02:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T20:44:41.695+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Car"/><title type='text'>New Car</title><summary type="text">For a while I have been wanting a car. My last car was demolished after my sister borrowed it. To be fair I should probably mention that three drivers hit her in less then 30 minutes.   When I started looking at cars I intended to buy a relatively cheap car. Because of taxes, it is a lot cheaper to buy a car with only two seats than one with more. So I was looking at models like Citroen Berlingo </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/2848107917577795517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/2848107917577795517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2848107917577795517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2848107917577795517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-car.html' title='New Car'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDEbRKKgCO9mVAipqd8o4NRPzaITeF0q_4UUib9-Jjgmt0LoAz8EGPoBEp0g3LMgI_pxo1VgTwA36cHWdeDiga55L9RWWT9vdGbM-tkzw3zF5nCiwFL9euQaJkJUb0aJnG5cbWfPniwQ/s72-c/patrol.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-8138161008525400245</id><published>2008-08-08T07:25:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T14:55:23.897+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Moved"/><title type='text'>Torsdagsdykket</title><summary type="text">Moved to diving blog</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/8138161008525400245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/8138161008525400245' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/8138161008525400245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/8138161008525400245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/08/torsdagsdykket.html' title='Torsdagsdykket'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-3378788631915458365</id><published>2008-08-05T17:47:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T14:56:52.123+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Moved"/><title type='text'>Youtube videos</title><summary type="text">Moved to diving blog</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/3378788631915458365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/3378788631915458365' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/3378788631915458365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/3378788631915458365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-have-posted-some-of-my-underwater.html' title='Youtube videos'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-2444884931717353136</id><published>2008-08-04T10:48:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T15:01:48.689+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Moved"/><title type='text'>Advanced Open Water Diver</title><summary type="text">Moved to the diving blog.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/2444884931717353136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/2444884931717353136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2444884931717353136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/2444884931717353136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/08/advanced-open-water-diver.html' title='Advanced Open Water Diver'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-68301310532426561</id><published>2008-07-31T10:15:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T10:17:25.608+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Diving"/><title type='text'>Vacation</title><summary type="text">I just returned from my first week of vacation. It was nice to have 9 days in a row without work. Last time I did that was in 2005 after returning from Japan.Images from my vacation and the dives that I did can be found here.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/68301310532426561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/68301310532426561' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/68301310532426561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/68301310532426561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/07/vacation.html' title='Vacation'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903019394327742832.post-6792661358702370030</id><published>2008-07-10T13:00:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T15:00:26.392+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Moved"/><title type='text'>Open Water Diver</title><summary type="text">Moved to diving blog.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/feeds/6792661358702370030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8903019394327742832/6792661358702370030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/6792661358702370030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8903019394327742832/posts/default/6792661358702370030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mfro.blogspot.com/2008/07/open-water-diver.html' title='Open Water Diver'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>