Avast! Well today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day so yee’d best be gettin’ into the spirit of the occasion, so says I! There be an official site where land lubbers and sea salts alike be meetin’. Should you be needin’ some help wiv the pirate-speak why don’t yee […]
Personal and Hobbies
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…On why I like to drink Pinot Noir in addition to decent aged Shiraz.. I’d like to credit Paul Giamatti’s character Miles in the excellent movie "Sideways (2004)" for introducing me to the world of great Pinot from this little monologue: Miles Raymond: Uh, I don’t know, I don’t know. […]
Recently I’ve been in "interpret draconian license" mode. For a V2 product (Team Foundation Server 2008), Microsoft has not held back in ensuring that everyone pays to use TFS (regardless really of the how and why factors). Personally, I think that making the licensing open and fair ought to be […]
Later I will be updating this entry to explain the drawbacks and dangers of blogging in anger. Stay tuned!
Australia vs South Africa Sorry, but I turned off the television set. The Wallabies playing South Africa in Johannesburg have probably played the worst game I’ve seen in 5 years. In the 68th minute the South Africans crossed to put the score out to 46-8. There are no silver […]
Hi all, Glorious news via numerous sources (Bruce M, Sean C and this blog entry) is that Channel Ten (who are so much better than Channel Seven – see my previous entries for more info) will be broadcasting the NFL in high definition this year. Four words: bring back Don […]
Australia vs South Africa Here’s the official report on the Wallabies’ win in South Africa on the weekend. Now it’s my turn. As you would expect, I’m ready to give Channel Seven a serve for the horrible video quality. If anyone else taped (or sat up to watch) the […]
Channel 7 is delay telecasting tonight’s Wallabies vs Springboks instalment of the Tri Nations. Instead of broadcasting live (at 11pm AEST) Channel 7 is instead replaying the game at 2 AM AEST tomorrow. What on earth could they broadcast at 11pm which is better? [Edit] I’m going to edit this […]
You might be wondering why the Mini Project has stalled. This has happened because at the moment there is some debate over whether this will form the basis of a full length presentation at SQL Code Camp in October! My original plan was to publish the project as I went, […]
Hi All, Just a quick word to mention I found a new second hand record store on Queens Street mall in the Brisbane CBD. It’s call Egg Records and it’s near Hungry Jacks (the covered area) between where Queen Street mall and Albert streets intersect. It’s west on QSM […]
Yesterday SQL Server 2008 was released but had a rather unbalanced dependency: SQL won’t install next to a copy of Visual Studio 2008 unless said Visual Studio has been applied with Service Pack 1. Problem: Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio isn’t released until August 11th. How do […]
Today I received by registered mail an LP I won in an online auction: Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan. This was and remains, I think, an epic album. The copy I have is an original made in England. Not sure whether it’s a first pressing or not. I’m also […]
Hi all, Thanks for the memories…the blog is now clocking over 14,000 unique vists since October 2006. Hopefully I can keep up the ah ..interesting.. content. Next week I am in Melbourne on Monday and Tuesday for some internal training and will be back in Brisbane at midnight […]
[Mini Project] That’s right, starting this week I will focus on a mini project which you can following along with at home. Details will be released later this week, but let’s just say you’ll need a copy of Visual Studio 2008 and the latest Release Candidate of SQL Server 2008 […]