It’s come that time for me to start waxing lyrically about the nature of change. For those of you who don’t know, the house my wife and I are renting has been recently sold, completing yet another unsettlingly frequent cycle in our lives – the dreaded house-sold-while-you’re-a-tenant. This is the […]
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Well, I realise that I’ve been posting a lot of non-technical entries lately, but as we get closer to Christmas, I tend to get both nostalgic and sentimental, so it is kind of apt. Today I was musing about toys of the 1980s era (Transformers in particular) and I wondered […]
With the amount of travelling I’ve done this year, it’s no wonder I’ve started (or resumed) reading so many books. Typically, the normal book for me would be something technical (e.g. a Training Kit for SQL Server, for example) and for a long while I actually banned myself from reading […]
Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t stay silent any longer. I’ve been a “card carrying” Packers fan for 15 years or more and even through the Ray Rhodes debacle (disaster) I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated as I am now. You know we want to discuss the O-line, […]
Well, folks, no sooner had I returned from a nice overseas jaunt in August, but I’m off yet again. This time I’m off to the Asia-Pacific region to meet up with an old friend, and I won’t be back in Terra Australis until mid-November. Those of you who are interested […]
Sorry about the delay in posting new content here on the ‘Entertain Us’ Nation. Since we’ve been back from holidays (just over a week or so now), a lot of effort has gone into writing up details of our travels for future reflection. This has taken a lot of time.. […]
There’s been a lot of not-so-subtle mentions about news sites packing up the free content and starting some form of monetization scheme where they expect Internet users will cough up some dough. This does not please me terribly much. Assuming, for a second, that we don’t take into account the […]
Welcome! It’s official, I’m finally back from a long overdue holiday. We got in around 11 pm last night and will slowly get back up to speed in the next few days. It’s been an absolute blast being abroad once more and each time I collect new memories which (hopefully) […]
G’day, regular posts will resume after August 31st just in time for Tech Ed Australia. Until then you can email me: rob.sanders@gmail.com Cheers…./R
In the past three years in particular, I’ve been travelling both internationally and domestically on a very regular basis, and I’ve adopted some strategies to try and make the experience as streamlined and hassle free as possible. Some of these ideas were adapted from the advice of fellow travellers or […]
Hi all.. Sorry about the relative silence, last week was my first week since I finished my last project (which ran from December 08 to July 09). You might say I’m getting accustomed to the quiet (not to mention the free time). The lead up to “tools down” has left […]
Hi Everyone, Well, I’ve just rolled off a large .Net 3.5 project and I have some limited availability until August 1st. So if anyone is in the market for some talented IT skills (in particular SQL Server, .Net 3.5, BizTalk, Web/SOA/WinForms) or broader consulting skills (estimations, forecasts, documentation) or troubleshooting […]
Well, it’s been some time since my last decent technical article. There have been some distractions lately, but I’ll be back on deck with some fresh content shortly. I’ve got some SQL Reporting Services goodness and also some tips and tricks on getting the most out of SQL Integration Services. […]
There have been frequent not-so-subtle attacks on social media (in particular, blogging and Twitter) by mainstream journalists in recent times and quite frankly, I’m sick of hearing about it. There is hardly a day that goes by without reading the same old boring rhetoric coming from these ‘Traditional News Outlets’ […]
It’s just getting to the point where you have to have to say that it’s pretty much unacceptable for major mainstream software to not support resizable windows. Today I went to adjust the bindings for the default web site on my local IIS 7 service using IIS Manager. Sorry, but […]