We all by now have probably heard about the increase in SQL injection attacks to popular (and unpopular) web sites. A SQL Injection attack is where an external party passes potentially harmful or exploitive data in the form of raw, formatted or encoded T-SQL in a way in which it […]
This just in: a blog posting about a secret Lego vault in Denmark containing every Lego(tm) set ever produced. Apparently, Lego uses the kits in copyright cases which is why the boxes remain both mint and unopened – in the vault is every kit ever made (commercially, I’d guess). Which […]
Recently covered by Slashdot, Microsoft has re-released (ok, apparently the April releases were actually ‘preliminary versions‘…) the binary file format details for legacy (pre-Office 2007) Microsoft Office formats (direct link [64 MB file]) (licensing terms for using the information). Notably absent: Microsoft Access.. the hardest file format to reverse engineer. In 2001-02 when […]
Finally, sick of running low end machines incapable of handling the latest and greatest, on the weekend I bought and built a new machine; a workstation. It’s been some time since I last built a machine by hand (aside from years of reworking old Dell parts into working laptops), so […]
Sorry folks, my previous web host stopped providing web hosting last Friday, so last week I had a bit of trouble getting the sites across to another host. It’s taken a large portion of my personal time, trying to organise everything – hence few blog posts. The good news is […]
Well, it’s a fair to wonder why I spend money buying old vintage vinyl records. Some time ago I wrote a blog post discussing the resurgence of vinyl records, but I didn’t really tell my side of the story. When we lived in Sydney, there were a number of places […]
Mitch Denny presents: codename ‘Rosario’ a.k.a Team Foundation Server 3.0. Edit: Rosario is the code name for the next edition of Team Foundation Server. The next release of Visual Studio Team Suite and various other denominations of Visual Studio will contain large feature improvements for Developers, Software Testers, Build Managers, […]
Well, I’ve found two second hand record shops in the Brisbane CBD, located almost around the corner from each other. The first is The Record Exchange which is located upstairs on level 1, 65 Adelaide street and has a huge range of LPs and singles. They have a private catalogue […]
Some may know that I’m a bit of a home theatre enthusiast. Our current setup merges two HDMI-compliant devices into the one room (our lounge room) and presented us with an interesting challenge: having both displays side-by-side. I’ve recently double-checked the projector distance verses our screen size and everything looks […]
The topic of how to improve Tech Ed (Australia) came up today from various avenues. Me being me, I’ve decided to blog my comments/feedback. More in-depth sessions (make them longer if need be)! Potentially half of the attendees work with the technology on a daily basis, we don’t need the […]
From the laugh-out-loud-funny Department.. http://www.eweek.com/showblog/47247/10-Products-(and-Processes)-That-Should-Be-Put-Out-To-Pasture/ You just have to love collective feedback!
Here’s an interesting article. Apparently in the .Net 3.5 Service Pack 1 world, strong name verification for .Net assemblies will be bypassed by the Common Language Runtime if the following criteria is met: Fully signed (delay signed assemblies still require a skip verification entry) Fully trusted (without considering its strong […]
In the spirit of doing a few things at the same time, Microsoft’s Parallel Computing Platform (PCP) team has unveiled ‘Microsoft Parallel Extensions’ for the .Net Framework 3.5. Here’s a link to the official Parallel Computing Team site. You may download a Community Technology Preview of the latest Parallel Extensions […]
Our (Australian) Government has recently called for submissions regarding the regulatory oversight of a national broadband initiative "National Broadband Network (NBN)". From an ISOC-AU mail recently, the previously released request for proposals (RFPs) defined the scope of the network as follows: * deliver minimum download speeds of 12 megabits per […]
There’s an auction coming up shortly at Christie’s according to this story from the NY times (online). Included is a copy of Nicolaus Copernicus’s book “De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium” printed in 1543 which arguably kicked off an era of thought which contravened the thinking of the day (predominantly driven my […]