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 […]
Recently I went digging for a solution to a problem which has been bugging me on Windows Server 2008. It seems once connected to a virtual private network (via PPTP, peer to peer tunnelling) when you try to authenticate to non-VPN network resources, Windows passes your VPN credentials instead – […]
The (1) news is in that potentially the key crew of the fateful deep space mining vessel Red Dwarf could be rejoining to make some new episodes of the hit 90’s British Sci Fi show. The show went a little sideways after cast and crew ventured to the US to […]
We just wound up another January 26th in the fair country of Australia. A public holiday for all, as the nation remembers and celebrates the landing of British sailers of the First Fleet who landed at Sydney cove on this same date, back in 1788. There’s been talk of changing […]
Word from our friends in the United Kingdom – (1) an interview with Hugh Griffiths, Microsoft UK – as Microsoft launches it’s new MSN Mobile Music. You really have to appreciate the commentary that the (2) Slashdot folks have going on – it’s hilarious 🙂 I’ve posted entries before decrying […]
So we all probably know by now that a Linq DataContext object is used for both establishing and accessing SQL Server databases. You might be also aware that to take advantage of Linq to SQL’s functionality, changes must be performed within the scope of a DataContext. This entry will focus […]
Hi All, This week I’m in Sydney until Wednesday night, so there’s a pause on new blog entries until I get back to Brisbane. The flavour of this week is to spend as much time as possible doing face-to-face meetings and whiteboarding sessions to get new ideas, approaches and solutions […]
Regular readers might be hampering for a technical post soon – and you won’t be disappointed. I’ve got the next SDS article (binary data) as well as another few in a series on the ADO Entity Framework (stay tuned for those ones), but I’m going to take the time to […]
Was down at a good second hand record store today where I picked up a copy of this long out of print double LP (1) “The Story of The Who” in excellent condition. It’s good to find the odd rarity, and the records play really well – nice and loud. […]