In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

Hamza is a gaming enthusiast and a Writing Specialist from Pakistan. A firm believer in Keyboard/Mouse supremacy, he will play Tekken with WASD if you let him. He has been writing about games since ...

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) has become the de facto standard for lightweight data exchange across applications, especially within modern web-based platforms. For Oracle APEX developers, JSON ...

Have you ever wondered how to open a JSON file? Probably not. However, for those who do, chances are you’ve tried everything under the sun but still cannot find a way to gain access to the data inside ...

Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements. The statements use a SQL string varchar data type, then you execute the ...

When it comes to guitar strings, one of the common questions that crops up is, ‘What is the difference between coated and uncoated guitar strings?’. Coated strings cost more, but where does that money ...

WHEN Joseph Conlon was an undergraduate in the early 2000s, he avoided popular science accounts of string theory because he wanted to engage with it on a technical level, without preconceptions. It ...