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Sorry about the delays in new posts – we’re anticipating moving into a new apartment early next week and as a result I’ve been postponing the amount of time usually reserved for new blog posts. Regular posts should resume either later this coming week, or the following week (as I […]
So by now you must have read that Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2010 has been released to market. What you may not necessarily be aware of are the different “flavours” of Visual Studio. The 2005 Edition of Visual Studio comprised of Professional, Tools for Office and Team Suite (Architect, Development, Database […]
If you are running a copy of any version of Windows since Windows Vista (i.e. Vista or Windows 7) you might be somewhat aware that the Windows folder on your system drive is quite large. Indeed, it is most likely to be the largest consumer of disk space on that […]
As a dot-com bust survivor, 2010 marks a particularly sensitive anniversary for myself and, no doubt, many other Information Technology workers. This time, ten years ago, I worked as a programmer for a company called K*Grind (www.kgrind.com) which, at the time, was aimed at providing high quality media content aimed […]
As some of you already know we have decided to live in China and study Mandarin and have arrived tonight in Shanghai. We put our belongings into storage and made our final trip to New South Wales last week. Today (3/3/10) we left Sydney for the orient. My wife and […]
Last night I had a good night out with some former colleagues in Canberra. It was thoroughly enjoyable to talk on a technical level whilst also engaging in the usual developer-consuming-alcohol banter (surely you know what I mean, yes?). It brought to mind some thoughts I had been contemplating some […]
It is with a sigh of relief that we are packing up our possessions and calling our “experiment” in Queensland officially over. This should come as no surprise to anyone who knows us well, and who would also be aware that our time up in the Sunshine State over the […]
As the author of a blog, it is some small satisfaction to see that writing entry after entry actually has some kind of purpose – in other words, it is fulfilling to know that people actually read what you’ve spent years writing about. Considering the “eclectic” nature of my blog […]
The new year greets us with a new opportunity – for other folks. We’ve decided to do some “spring cleaning” and sell of a lot of unused furniture we have. I’ve also decided to part with my beautiful silver 1998 Mercedes SLK 200 which has been reliable and trouble-free. Here’s […]
This document (linked below) arrived in my inbox today after I had emailed the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Stephen Conroy) with my concerns about this flawed and mandatory plan. Unfortunately, besides wasting my bandwidth all this document does is summarize the position held by Senator Conroy […]
Welcome to the year if the geek! Yes, that is right, this year is the Chinese year of the geek*, mostly due to the number of dates we will witness which are perfect binary dates (using the short date format), such as 01/01/10 (010110). In fact, here is a complete […]
Well, it’s been an unfortunate 24 hours for me, I managed to somehow cause my RAID-5 array to lose a member drive, and then the Intel Matrix software/RAID controller refused to rebuild or add a new drive to the disk set. So basically, I lost my 700GB RAID array, and […]
Driving in Queensland (in Australia) is an experience like no other. For Americans, this is a bit like driving in Los Angeles without the same volume of cars. Every time I get behind the wheel in Queensland, I get angry. Thus, I’ve composed “ten tell-tale signs that you’re driving in […]
December 10th, 2009: Under the rooftop of Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre last night, excited fans were treated to not one, but two excellent bands in one evening of power rock ballads and searing lyrics to rival the heat in South East Queensland. On the menu this evening, guaranteed […]