I believe it was Albert Einstein who said “Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking”. I like to read in order to learn about different subjects, mostly associated with computer science and technology. I also like to experiment with what I am reading in order to verify that I understand the material. Continue reading “Using the MongoDB Shell”
Month: May 2018
Echo Server and Client
This past winter was quite long but not too cold. A few weeks ago we received a one two punch with two winter storms. After that the temperatures went up and we had a day with temperatures in the mid 80s. In the past week the temperatures were down. Last night we were in the lower 40s. We turned off the central heating system at home for the season. We have already been using the air conditioner for a few days. This morning the inside temperature upstairs was 66 F. My home office is downstairs. The temperature has been at a solid 60 F so far. My wife and I are planning on going for a walk in a couple hours. Continue reading “Echo Server and Client”
Running MySQL on Windows 10
In my previous post I mentioned that I was going to be spending some time experimenting with MongoDB. So why would I be dealing with MySQL at this time? Good question! The reason for it is that I want to store, among different things, Java objects in MongoDB. I am interested in comparing how the same Java object may be stored and retrieved using a SQL and a NoSQL databases. I could have used a different SQL database (e.g., SQL Server), but decided on MySQL. It happens that I have a few databases installed on my Windows 10 computer. With that out of the way; let’s experiment with MySQL. Continue reading “Running MySQL on Windows 10”