Preface: A few weeks ago I ripped down and rebuilt my Lego Mindstorms NXT model and replaced it with a by-the-numbers build of the "famous" Alpha Rex humanoid version designed by Lego. Photo: active-robots.com The design (Alpha Rex) looks nice, but the model unfortunately doesn’t walk very well. In fact, […]
So recently I studied for the first in a series of SQL Server focused Microsoft exams (M70-431 A: SQL Server 2005 – Implementation and Maintenance). To assist me (and, in particular, to determine the scope of knowledge I needed to acquire) I used an exam prep kit from uCertify. I’m […]
So I was just flying around maps.google.com when I had the novel idea of seeing how good the resolution was. For some unknown reason, I thought about SimCity (a game in which you build a city from a top down view, similar to looking at Google maps). In SimCity, when […]
So we’re trying a new procedure to combat my restless leg syndrome (RLS). It has been encouraging thus far, but unfortunately my usual dose (300mg of Madopar) isn’t working for some reason and I’m up, again, wondering if I’m stuck with this condition.. What better a time than to look […]
Lunchtime special presents……"I remember when…" – Monitors where monochrome– Cartridges were the only source of fun– 512kb seemed huge!– My dot matrix printer required a sound booth– I had a 40mb HDD on my 386sx/16mhz with 1096kb of RAM– …but it was VESA compatible!– My first word processing package was […]
Well, not long ago I posted an entry on the ACTA copyright trade agreement and now there is this article from canada.com indicating that Canada is attempting to join the party. For shame. The article mentions a lot more detail than any other articles I have read – I’m inclined […]
There’s a new document posted at WikiLeaks here which would effectively propose a plurilateral (multi-national) strict top-down enforcement of protection of intellectual property by criminalizing non-profit distribution of intellectual property (note: this is not considered piracy because no one is making a profit). Typically worded (and titled) as the "anti-counterfeiting trade […]
First and foremost, let me take the time to congratulate Readify’s own David Burela who is a member of this years winning team (in Australia) in the Imagine cup! His team will go on to compete, representing Austgralia at the Imagine Cup world final in Paris later this year. Excitement! […]
So my wife and I have been residents up north for a little while now. Getting to know the lay of the land, as some might say. Tonight was a big deal – our first "State of Origin" clash in Queensland. This is a series of Rugby League games which […]
Some may be wondering where have my blog posts been? I’ve just been a little ultra-busy of late, but plan to return to form shortly. There has been much work and interesting things happening and I’ll work to write up what I can. Good luck to Paul Stovell tonight, he […]
This coming Monday, 12th of May comes the next exciting chapter in the Readify Developer Network series of presentations. This time, it’s a single ReadiDepth session from WCF mastermind Dan "Rock Star" Crowley-Wilson. ReadiDepth – What’s new for WCF in Visual Studio 2008 presented by Daniel Crowley-Wilson. Dan will take […]
Strong naming. Net assemblies isn’t new. Prepping dependency assemblies (specifically, those not in the Global Address Cache) is also non-trivial but necessary. Here’s a quick way to apply strong naming to an existing (non-signed) assembly. From a Visual Studio.NET command prompt, enter the following: 1. To Generate a Strong Name […]
Over the weekend I killed my original (custom) tribot design and attempted to build a more robust model. I decided to drop a tribot and focus on a humanoid frame – eventually I simply built the popular design Lego uses. Walking isn’t this model’s strong suit. It walks with some […]