Archive for July, 2006
STUNNING: Photosynth – Amazing
I’m with Frank on this one – this has to be the coolest, most exciting, newest concept I’ve seen all year.
Make sure you watch the video, so that you really do get it – and when the penny drops, your brain will be overwhelmed with ideas for how to employ this technology. Just as Google [...]
STUNNING: Photosynth – Amazing
I’m with Frank on this one – this has to be the coolest, most exciting, newest concept I’ve seen all year. Make sure you watch the video, so that you really do get it – and when the penny drops, your brain will be overwhelmed with ideas for how to employ this technology. Just as Google [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group last Wednesday
This week at the Sydney VFP User Group we had a change in format. Instead of a presentation on a particular topic, we had four of our regular members present on an application they have worked on.All the applications are written in VFP 7, 8 or 9 and most used 3rd party controls to improve [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group last Wednesday
This week at the Sydney VFP User Group we had a change in format. Instead of a presentation on a particular topic, we had four of our regular members present on an application they have worked on.All the applications are written in VFP 7, 8 or 9 and most used 3rd party controls to improve [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LINK: Ray Ozzie article on simplicity
An interesting article in yesterday’s Australian IT caught my eye. This article (here) on Ray Ozzie is interesting to me for the following reasons:
1. He promotes simple
2. He is a people person
3. He is honest about the challenges that Microsoft face
However, the reason I link to it here is because I was wondering what possible [...]
LINK: Ray Ozzie article on simplicity
An interesting article in yesterday’s Australian IT caught my eye. This article (here) on Ray Ozzie is interesting to me for the following reasons:1. He promotes simple2. He is a people person3. He is honest about the challenges that Microsoft face However, the reason I link to it here is because I was wondering what possible [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RAM: Fixed my XP hibernate issue with 2GB RAM
I finally got around to fixing the hibernate issue on my notebook. XP has a known issue on notebooks with more than 1.5GB or RAM whereby it won’t hibernate properly. Rather it will wake up, stay warm, flatten your battery and then give you a ‘Insufficient system resources’ error in your system tray.
Now, the fix has [...]
RAM: Fixed my XP hibernate issue with 2GB RAM
I finally got around to fixing the hibernate issue on my notebook. XP has a known issue on notebooks with more than 1.5GB or RAM whereby it won’t hibernate properly. Rather it will wake up, stay warm, flatten your battery and then give you a ‘Insufficient system resources’ error in your system tray. Now, the fix has [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )INSPIRATION: Sir Terry Matthews
I had the pleasure of meeting with Sir Terry Matthews this morning. Thanks to our friends at Ethan Group, Peter Metcalf (Talman’s MD) and I were invited to a small gathering (15 people) with Terry in which he talked about his background (btw the Wikipedia account is not quite correct – the real version is that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )INSPIRATION: Sir Terry Matthews
I had the pleasure of meeting with Sir Terry Matthews this morning. Thanks to our friends at Ethan Group, Peter Metcalf (Talman’s MD) and I were invited to a small gathering (15 people) with Terry in which he talked about his background (btw the Wikipedia account is not quite correct – the real version is that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group next Wed 26 July
Next Wednesday we are having a ‘Show off your application’ night, with 4 presenters getting up and demonstrating their VFP ideas and innovations.
The aim is to get a broader understanding of some of the great applications out there, ask questions, and perhaps even make suggestions about how they can be improved. I expect it to [...]
VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group next Wed 26 July
Next Wednesday we are having a ‘Show off your application’ night, with 4 presenters getting up and demonstrating their VFP ideas and innovations. The aim is to get a broader understanding of some of the great applications out there, ask questions, and perhaps even make suggestions about how they can be improved. I expect it to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PERSONAL: Meegos for me and Michele
Now that I’ve freed up a little, it’s time to catch up on all the important business and technical items. Serious stuff. You know, the kind that we serious manager types need to be addressing. And thus it was high time I got Meegos for me and Michele.
Here’s me all excited about Tech*Ed:
http://www.craigbailey.net/images/Tech.Chucky.jpg
And here’s me [...]
PERSONAL: Meegos for me and Michele
Now that I’ve freed up a little, it’s time to catch up on all the important business and technical items. Serious stuff. You know, the kind that we serious manager types need to be addressing. And thus it was high time I got Meegos for me and Michele. Here’s me all excited about Tech*Ed:http://www.craigbailey.net/images/Tech.Chucky.jpg And here’s me [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PERSONAL: And it all falls into place
June and July have been extremely busy as we geared up for a major software release to ALL our wool industry clients. Long days, heaps of careful planning and some clever deployment. But now the hard work is about to be put to the test… our software goes live at 5am Monday morning (24 July).So [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PERSONAL: And it all falls into place
June and July have been extremely busy as we geared up for a major software release to ALL our wool industry clients. Long days, heaps of careful planning and some clever deployment. But now the hard work is about to be put to the test… our software goes live at 5am Monday morning (26 July).So far [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )INXS: 15 Year Anniversary of Wembley Stadium
It is 15 years ago to the day that INXS, one of Australia’s greatest ever rock bands, took to the stage at Wembley Stadium and delivered the perfect rock concert. No backup dancers, no fancy lights shows, no silly interludes. Just a sensational rock concert. It showcases exceptional musicianship, as great rock song after great rock [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )INXS: 15 Year Anniversary of Wembley Stadium
It is 15 years ago to the day that INXS, one of Australia’s greatest ever rock bands, took to the stage at Wembley Stadium and delivered the perfect rock concert. No backup dancers, no fancy lights shows, no silly interludes. Just a sensational rock concert. It showcases exceptional musicianship, as great rock song after great rock [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LINK: Using VFP to create data centric web pages
Interesting post over on ASP free
LINK: Using VFP to create data centric web pages
Interesting post over on ASP free
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Another quick screencast about VFP for non-VFP developers
Here’s a quick little screencast on how easy it is to use the Visual FoxPro command line IntelliSense to discover things like object models. In this simple example I use IntelliSense to discover the Outlook object model for emails.
Very simple, and aimed at the non-VFP developer to show you how useful VFP can be as [...]
VFP: Another quick screencast about VFP for non-VFP developers
Here’s a quick little screencast on how easy it is to use the Visual FoxPro command line IntelliSense to discover things like object models. In this simple example I use IntelliSense to discover the Outlook object model for emails. Very simple, and aimed at the non-VFP developer to show you how useful VFP can be as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: TIOBE and Google Trends
A few people have mentioned the Tiobe index again (I liked Bill Coupe’s post) and VFP sitting at 13.
Never mind VFP, I’m still amazed to see how well Visual Basic is doing (still going from strength to strength even though it is no longer officially supported).
I was reminded of Google Trends the other day (thanks to [...]
VFP: TIOBE and Google Trends
A few people have mentioned the Tiobe index again (I liked Bill Coupe’s post) and VFP sitting at 13.Never mind VFP, I’m still amazed to see how well Visual Basic is doing (still going from strength to strength even though it is no longer officially supported). I was reminded of Google Trends the other day (thanks to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Sydney VFP User Group from last week
Last week at the Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group we had Rahul Desai and John Burrows speak.
Rahul presented on VFP tools including FoxMasters - click here for his summary
John presented on Refox – click here for his presentation
VFP: Sydney VFP User Group from last week
Last week at the Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group we had Rahul Desai and John Burrows speak.Rahul presented on VFP tools including FoxMasters - click here for his summaryJohn presented on Refox – click here for his presentation
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: FoxWiki volume and FoxPro RSS feeds
A very interesting message over on the West Wind Message Board about FoxWiki volume
http://www.west-wind.com/wwThreads/default.asp?msgid=1UA1APSY4
Interesting to read that of the thousands of unique daily hits, only 310 people subscribe the RSS feed. Where do people find the time? I’ve subscribed to the feed for ages, because I just don’t have the time to physically go the site every [...]
VFP: FoxWiki volume and FoxPro RSS feeds
A very interesting message over on the West Wind Message Board about FoxWiki volumehttp://www.west-wind.com/wwThreads/default.asp?msgid=1UA1APSY4 Interesting to read that of the thousands of unique daily hits, only 310 people subscribe the RSS feed. Where do people find the time? I’ve subscribed to the feed for ages, because I just don’t have the time to physically go the site every [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: More requests for Aussie VFP developers
Calling Australian Visual FoxPro developers. I need to know your details.
I seem to be getting more and more calls these days from people asking for help with customising and extending their VFP systems. Often they are after companies to outsource work to.
Currently I recommend a few companies I know personally and direct them to this Wiki [...]
VFP: More requests for Aussie VFP developers
Calling Australian Visual FoxPro developers. I need to know your details. I seem to be getting more and more calls these days from people asking for help with customising and extending their VFP systems. Often they are after companies to outsource work to. Currently I recommend a few companies I know personally and direct them to this Wiki [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Kevin Ragsdale hits a high
Beautiful work by Kevin Ragsdale with his VFP promo video here:
http://weblogs.foxite.com/kevinragsdale/archive/2006/06/30/1930.aspx
My thoughts? Keep ‘em coming…
btw what’s the music you use? – I like it
VFP: Kevin Ragsdale hits a high
Beautiful work by Kevin Ragsdale with his VFP promo video here:http://weblogs.foxite.com/kevinragsdale/archive/2006/06/30/1930.aspx My thoughts? Keep ‘em coming… btw what’s the music you use? – I like it
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