Toggle Function Keys — Mac OSX

I use a MacBook (shocker…) and I really use it for like programming and stuff. Given that sometimes I need to toggle the function keys on my keyboard from the nifty volume controls or keyboard lighting to something a tad…

Hide or Show OSX Desktop Icons

I do A LOT of presentations and I have an absolute MESS on my desktop (…who doesn’t…). I use this command in Terminal to hide my shame: And here’s the command to show the mess again: If you don’t want…

Easy External Table Creation

I just read this in this month’s Ask Tom article in Oracle Magazine. I didn’t know you could do this with SQL*Loader and I thought I’d share. For those who don’t know what SQL*Loader is, it was a utility that…

Copy files out of ASM

Here’s little script to help copy a file out of ASM..enjoy ——————————————————————————