Yesterday afternoon I was invited over to Microsoft (Brisbane) for a function and I ran into Michael Redmond (Microsoft MCS). We got to chatting about the status of SQL Server and he mentioned that the February CTP had been announced for SQL Server 2008. Here is a link for those […]
Yearly Archives: 2008
187 posts
Welcome news from Microsoft as they have released the technical specification of select Microsoft Office file formats (pre-Office 2007). The release of this information is covered by the Microsoft Open Specification Promise which may or may not have implications for individuals who view the data. It depends who you ask. […]
Goodbye to all our friends and family in Sydney. Tomorrow morning we are heading north to the great state of Queensland. We’ve had some fond memories and fun times in the first state (New South Wales) and leave behind seven years of life and living. To those who we […]
You read it here first. Foxtel (Australia) unveiled a new customer support system which simultaneously kicked subscribers off the Foxtel network. Placing a call to the customer support centre on 131 999 simply gave you the usual set of menus until you reached a recording which told you to call […]
Hi all. Well, tomorrow I am having the stitches in my eye adjusted to correct the vision in my right eye. This will be hopefully the last adjustment, and it will be all downhill from there. I still have light sensitivity issues and it’s still hard to keep the eye open, […]
Hi. I’m back from the eye surgeon’s hand. The operation was successful, although it is taking a toll on my body. Generally, I’m sleeping most of the days, between 16 – 18 hours. My right eye is very uncomfortable (although not painful). Luckily this time around I am not […]
Last post before eye surgery.. See you on the flip side. For info on the Surgery see: this site. Click under Cornea Transplantation Select Layered Transplant.
G’day. So I’m reviewing "Mass Effect" by Bioware. This title comes from the same people who brought you the first Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (a brilliant game), and the game’s design and format won’t be alien (pardon the pun) to those who have played KOTOR (or […]
Hi all. So here’s a quick update. Tomorrow I’m heading back to Brisbane to scout out some more properties to rent. However, I’m back in Sydney on Thursday because of a phone call I received this afternoon. In a nutshell, on Thursday at 4pm I’m undergoing a corneal […]
Hi all. So, for those who have been searching for Madden NFL 2008 bug workarounds, boy – you’ve hit the right blog. I’ll link underneath (later) to the other previous blog posts which relate to workarounds for the Franchise mode simulation freeze issue and the other issue to do […]
Hi all. So, if you haven’t heard about the new ADO.Net Entity Framework.. Well, you soon will! Here is a link to Microsoft’s official overview of ADO.Net EF (may be a little out of synch since this was published in 2006). Here’s another blogger’s perspective, comparing LINQ to SQL […]
Hi all. So I know that I haven’t updated the blog since last Monday. No, it wasn’t a case of pouting over Green Bay’s inexplicable loss at home to the New York Giants (although it still stings). We just celebrated a national holiday in Australia – Australia Day – […]
So, like a good fan I was following the game. I was sending instant messages to another fan (whose responses have been blanked for privacy). This is an interesting account of the fourth quarter and overtime. Start of the fourth quarter: Rob Sanders says:lets just not call any stupid screensRob […]
Well, the weekend was odd. We inspected 4 properties which convinced us that a cheaper lower maintenance option is the way to go. We spent close to $500 on flights, plus car rental at $150 then, to top it off, the hire car’s battery died and we had RACQ come […]
According to this thread on this blog someplace, if you duplicate a virtual hard drive which has a Windows operating system on it, and then try to add both to an active directory domain you’ll get this funky error message (on the second machine registered, most likely): "The name or […]