It’s been a classic in Rock n’ Roll for over 40 years now, and recently we hear a maths professor might have uncovered the secret behind the famous chord. The chord I’m referring to, of course, is the introduction to a classic song by The Beatles – "A Hard Day’s […]
Monthly archives: October 2008
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“The rumors are confirmed! Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively-multiplayer game set in the critically acclaimed world of Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) was officially announced this week at a press event held at the LucasArts campus in San Francisco.“ Ugh. Rather than build KOTOR:III which would have […]
Hi Everyone, I’m thinking of putting the slides and demo code from my co-presentation at the recent SQL Code Camp Oz in Wagga Wagga up on the blog here. Add a comment or email me if you’d like to see the slide deck or demo code linked from this blog! […]
This just in from our ‘friends’ at Slashdot – a critical Microsoft patch for all “modern” Windows systems. There’s a bulletin notice located here which is pretty alarming, from the bulletin: “This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution […]
Whilst partaking in my normal stroll through the Interweb I came across this truly interesting little development from Microsoft Research. Detours from Microsoft Research. How nice! This little development allows you to basically proxy calls from an application to DLLs it loads (by way of interception). Here’s the official blurb: […]
Following up from a series of previous posts, here is the granddaddy summary of all time. One important thing to remember is that a database is not necessarily just a backing data store for an application (in isolation). Other applications and process could eventually require access to the database, especially […]
I recently posted this on Stack Overflow, thought I’d repost it here too. Some random advice on delivering technical presentations: Consider your audience. Is it an all technical audience? If you have a mix of technical and non-technical people, it’s a good idea to start at a high level (conceptual) […]
Hi all. It was great to see many familiar faces this weekend in Wagga Wagga. Everytime I consider the journey I’m a little bit hesitant, but it’s coming home that reminds me of why the journey is worth it to begin with. This year I co-presented with Matt Lynch […]
Doing some background research ahead of Sunday’s presentation. Thought I’d share this little nugget of wisdom: There are three ways to create a SQL Server CE database. 1. Through a Connection Wizard via Visual Studio or SQL Server Management Studio,2. Programatically, using .Net (the SqlCeEngine class), or3. using the CREATE […]
Sometimes in your life you have challenging, stressful and hurtful days, but somehow get through them. They can be learning exercises for oh so many wrong reasons. These are the times you really want to crawl away and hide until no one notices you. Something happens in those times and […]
Recently Paul Stovell made reference to this blog post entry by Jared Parsons (no relation to MrAndyPuppy – or M.RandyPuppy as I once misread). The introduction of the implicit type ‘var’ has been somewhat controversial. Some advocate using it by default, and only declaring types where necessary. Others […]
Well, I’ve found this link here which explains some of the fixes in the recently released patch for the frequently buggy Madden NFL 2009. Looks like they have adjusted the player progression bug in Franchise mode – and I can officially verify that it takes effect immediately once applied (to […]
Hi Everyone, Just in case you didn’t know already this year’s SQL Code Camp is on this coming weekend in that outback pleasure paradise, Wagga Wagga – NSW. Last year I was unable to attend due to family commitments, but this year I’m going, and I’m co-presenting on […]
Hi all, Recently a new programming/IT site went into public beta (created by industry notables Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky), it’s called Stack Overflow. I’m quite fond of the concept, and it seems to be an interesting forum for posting very specific technology questions, or a good way to pose […]
Recently we had a pretty fierce debate internally about the best strategy for data access in architectural design. Predictably, I played middle-of-the-field, “it depends”, but one of my co-workers, Omar Besiso was inspired to write this excellent entry. I’m not going to rehash the same viewpoint I shared last week. […]