Archive for June, 2005
Google Paper Advertising
I received some direct mail from Google yesterday. Now, I know I shouldn’t be surprised (I mean, Google must be closest thing to Big Brother so far) but frankly it did come as a surprise. I guess I never really thought Google would stray from their online model.
I wonder how successful this move (ie to [...]
Ken’s Channel 9 video
I’m not one for just adding links to stuff that has already been blogged by others, but this one by Ken is recommended watching.
Ken Levy takes us through some of the ideas going into Sedna. Its a big download (113 MB) and goes for close to half an hour so its not a quick offering, [...]
Google Paper Advertising
I received some direct mail from Google yesterday. Now, I know I shouldn’t be surprised (I mean, Google must be closest thing to Big Brother so far) but frankly it did come as a surprise. I guess I never really thought Google would stray from their online model.I wonder how successful this move (ie to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Ken’s Channel 9 video
I’m not one for just adding links to stuff that has already been blogged by others, but this one by Ken is recommended watching.
Ken Levy takes us through some of the ideas going into Sedna. Its a big download (113 MB) and goes for close to half an hour so its not a quick offering, [...]
More on MSXML sniffing
Following on from the VFP code for checking this in my last post, here’s a link to some code Scott converted for quickly checking a client’s machine for MSXML parser installs. (and Scott, you really should start a blog and begin pushing out your great ideas.)
It is a simple VB script file that will run [...]
MSXML sniffing in VFP
Seeing Rino’s blog entry on XML Sniffing reminded me of how common this little gotcha is.
So you might find the following handy. When our apps start up we just run a checkdependencies(bCheckXML3, bCheckXML4, etc) method with something like the following (and can someone tell me how to get code samples looking good on blogger please):
LOCAL [...]
More on MSXML sniffing
Following on from the VFP code for checking this in my last post, here’s a link to some code Scott converted for quickly checking a client’s machine for MSXML parser installs. (and Scott, you really should start a blog and begin pushing out your great ideas.)It is a simple VB script file that will run [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )MSXML sniffing in VFP
Seeing Rino’s blog entry on XML Sniffing reminded me of how common this little gotcha is.So you might find the following handy. When our apps start up we just run a checkdependencies(bCheckXML3, bCheckXML4, etc) method with something like the following (and can someone tell me how to get code samples looking good on blogger please):
LOCAL [...]
Uncyclopedia
A big thank you to Andrew MacNeil for putting me on to this one.
Haven’t laughed this much since I saw Team America last week.
Here’s a taste: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
http://akselsoft.blogspot.com/2005/06/diversions-uncyclopedia.html
Uncyclopedia
A big thank you to Andrew MacNeil for putting me on to this one.Haven’t laughed this much since I saw Team America last week.
Here’s a taste: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bushhttp://akselsoft.blogspot.com/2005/06/diversions-uncyclopedia.html
DotNetNuke
We’ve been playing with DNN the last few months and so far it is proving to be worth the effort.
On the good side it is reasonably straight forward to get up and running, has all the basic building blocks we need in a content management system including security and simple workflow, and is reasonably easy [...]
Virgil Donati down under
Virgil’s coming home for a few days. Two shows. My advice – use the first show to work out the best place to position yourself for the next night.
http://livemusic.moshtix.com.au/record.asp?lEventID=6159
Currently residing in the ‘Where are they now?’ file
It has been a really tiring year so far (good for Talman though) with so much work on.
So it was a welcome phone call a few weeks back from my good friend Greg calling to say he wanted to get the band back together (sorry).
Many years ago a bunch of us were in a band [...]
R+D server
Magic Dave (our IT Manager) has installed our brand new R+D Blade Server.
At Talman we do most of our development on Terminal Servers (allows our 15 developers to all have consistent Dev tools, performance, backups, test environments etc) and so it is necessary to be strict with what gets installed on them. No Betas, untested [...]
Team America
Funniest film I’ve seen this year. Reasonably high on the offensiveness scale though (not one for the kids).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/
Also worth catching on the low budget movie list: Napoleon Dynamite
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/
DotNetNuke
We’ve been playing with DNN the last few months and so far it is proving to be worth the effort.On the good side it is reasonably straight forward to get up and running, has all the basic building blocks we need in a content management system including security and simple workflow, and is reasonably easy [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Virgil Donati down under
Virgil’s coming home for a few days. Two shows. My advice – use the first show to work out the best place to position yourself for the next night.http://livemusic.moshtix.com.au/record.asp?lEventID=6159
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Currently residing in the ‘Where are they now?’ file
It has been a really tiring year so far (good for Talman though) with so much work on.So it was a welcome phone call a few weeks back from my good friend Greg calling to say he wanted to get the band back together (sorry).Many years ago a bunch of us were in a band [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )R+D server
Magic Dave (our IT Manager) has installed our brand new R+D Blade Server.
At Talman we do most of our development on Terminal Servers (allows our 15 developers to all have consistent Dev tools, performance, backups, test environments etc) and so it is necessary to be strict with what gets installed on them. No Betas, untested [...]
Team America
Funniest film I’ve seen this year. Reasonably high on the offensiveness scale though (not one for the kids).http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/Also worth catching on the low budget movie list: Napoleon Dynamitehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Talman – now hiring
Talman (the company I work for) is looking for a few extra programmers (in .Net web, and VFP).
Details are here:
http://www.talmansolutions.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=75
Talman – now hiring
Talman (the company I work for) is looking for a few extra programmers (in .Net web, and VFP).Details are here:http://www.talmansolutions.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=75
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