So the official word was that the newly minted Windows 8 RTM build and Visual Studio 2012 would hit MSDN at some point on the 15th of August (possibly sometime in the US time zone). As of writing, still nothing has been published on MSDN Downloads. So to briefly divert […]
Personal and Hobbies
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Just came across this – the entire Wolfenstein 3D (Chapters 1-3, there were 6 originally) which you can play in your browser. The game is complete with the original sound effects and music, plus the levels and secret passages you may or may not have loved. You can even keyboard […]
Well hello there. Today I had a funny notion, wanting to determine just how long I’ve been writing technical blog articles. Don’t ask me why, I just became curious. So I had a look at my earliest entry – 17 October 2006. Well, you might think this is old enough […]
Quest Mode = On Today is April 1st, and (as always) it is April Fool’s Day. Google unleashed an awesome “Quest” mode on Google Maps, and for those who grew up in the 1980s this will appear quite familiar. King’s Quest time anyone?? I’ve lifted some screenshots of some interesting […]
I’m introducing a new category now – “Tech Meme” – which is going to be used more frequently for short, pithy articles usually highlighting something absurd, such as the following: I was trying to install Server Virtualization templates for Visio, when I was prompted for PIA assemblies: In a funny […]
Hi All, A bit of an update: I’ve relocated to the magical capital, Canberra (my home town), as my wife and I are expecting our first child early in 2012. Regular blogging will resume once home Internet is connected! Cheers (and happy holidays), /R
Recently I conducted a mini-audit of some of our less used servers and virtual machines, mainly hunting for some candidates to participate in load testing (hosts for Test Agents). Upon one server I was *amazed* to find a virtual server which had been running for 1,862 days! We’re talking over […]
Recently I was referred to Roger Clarke’s blog for a very interesting and compelling breakdown of popular social media website LinkedIn.com’s terms and conditions. In this age of social media dominance (be it LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or another SNS) it does seem like consumer rights take a modest back seat […]
Please accept my apologies for the lack of activity. We’ve recently relocated back into the heart of downtown Sydney, and it has taken several weeks to get re-established. We still don’t have Internet connectivity at home – but when we do, I’ll be posting numerous new posts, so check back […]
Hi Everyone, Well, after a long debate – and a longer hiatus whilst travelling the world – we decided to move back to Australia, ending our year long stint living in China. It was quite an experience, and we got to see many amazing sites, plus we were able to […]
Hi Everyone, We’ll be travelling back to Australia for about a week and a half from this Wednesday (24th of February), and we’ll be splitting time between Canberra and Sydney. Thursday, we’ll land in Sydney and then we’ll be in Canberra until Saturday. On late Saturday and Sunday, we’ll be […]
Right now, for various reasons, I’m “between projects” after relocating to China for a business venture which ultimately didn’t work out. The timing couldn’t have been worse, right on December with virtually no prospect of finding alterative employment – especially whilst being located deep in China. It is now mid […]
As you may know, tropical cyclone Yasi roared through far north Queensland on Australia’s east coast during the week. A category 5 cyclone, wind speeds were recorded in excess of 250 kms/hr and the eye of the storm was estimated to be almost 35kms in size, and the bulk of […]
This is something I just don’t understand. We all know about e-mail spam, it has been around for almost as long as the Internet itself, however comment spam is (by comparison) relatively new and a little mindboggling. Nearly every serious blogger I know moderates comments and uses manual and/or automatic […]