Well, you know.. All I can say is… “Get used to it”. This is a screen cap of the front page of News.com.au with one article on the bleak future for many employees of clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands whilst two articles below, an article on money Kevin Rudd and the […]
Monthly archives: February 2009
11 posts
I’ve heard a lot of confusion about Gmail and the routing of email to the wrong user account. I thought I’d repost this from the Gmail help section, to clear up confusions. It seems once you’ve managed to register an email address, no one else can register a variation containing […]
I’m going to coin the phrase ‘Functional Transparency’ because it fits the definition. I’ve been working with functional transparency in LINQ to SQL for a few weeks now, and it seems to be working well enough to write about. The objective is to implement additional (background) functionality which is not […]
It’s always interesting to observe a couple of strong ideologues debate philosophic tenets in the public limelight. Especially when it relates to development process methodology. Whether this particular series of incidents merits much attention is anyone’s guess. However, if you hold (1) The Joel Test in any regard (and you […]
Well, it’s almost the end of the decade and in the spirit of looking back to look forward, here’s a composite selection of photos I’ve taken (or have had taken of me) which I particularly like. All have been snapped since 2005 onwards. Lower Hunter Valley (Pokolbin) NSW, […]
Here is a little known fact. In December, 2007 the office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet obtained responsibility for privacy and freedom of information in Australia. From the Attorney-General’s Web site: “Under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007, responsibility for privacy and freedom of information, including administration […]
Hi Everyone, At the end of the month, my wife and I are moving house. We are relocating a little further south – down to the Gold Coast area. This means there will be some impact on my blog postings. Starting Feb 14th, we’ll be actively packing up and shifting […]
Well, I’ve lamented for about ten years about the lack of a clear development OS platform for software developers, testers and related folk. It seems Microsoft don’t plan on any changes in that regard with the next OS – Windows 7. This (1) little press release – a Q&A with […]
Tonight my wife came home and asked me what I’d do with the money we were getting. At first I didn’t comprehend, these days we seem to pay money out at a great rate – we don’t usually get it given to us. Then she explained. I was speechless. This […]
I’d like to apologise to those who were searching for my annual live Super Bowl blog commentary. This year I had some pressing work engagements which meant I was unable to record my usually droll Super Bowl comments and thoughts. I had the game on in the background to keep […]
Since the ADO Entity Framework was launched last year (as RTM) I’ve been trying to find an excuse to start using it for more than fluff demos. Unfortunately the opportunity for real use has not been forthcoming, so I decided to put together a personal project which would allow me […]