Hi there. Well, I’ve had some fun and games uninstalling Visual Studio 2005. Since Visual Studio 2008 went RTM recently, I’ve been running both VS2005 and 2008 side-by-side. This actually seems to work fine. However, hard drive space on my tablet PC is at a premium (being that the drive […]
Hi all, on the eve of a service pack for the popular .Net Framework 2.0, here is a kb (knowledge base) article outlining the fixes which are included in the SP. Here are some of my favourites: Error message when you try to go to an ASP.NET page by using […]
So over the weekend I contemplated some additional refinements for the Technic Mindstorms Tri-bot which I’ve been working on. The lack of reverse direction motor functionality has been concerning me a fair bit and I’ve started to wonder whether I should pull apart and rework the intelligence brick cradle. […]
So the place I’m staying at currently has IPTV. This means that the nice big plasma TV has been locked out at the hardware layer. More specifically, it won’t accept external input. This is a real shame because I usually like to hook my laptop up to the larger […]
On the weekend I bought a new set of rollerblades so that I could blade while working in Melbourne. My previous blades (in Sydney) were Salomon blades. The new blades (Seba FR2) are designed as "all rounder" skates for street skating and also ramp and park skating. They’re designed […]
So, I’d assumed that everyone knew… LINQ isn’t going to officially support (RTM) SQL Server /SQL Server 2008 until Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (or, more specifically, I’d guess a Framework revision). Everyone probably knows that SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 both will be hitting RTM in February, rumoured […]
Recently (last month) I travelled from Melbourne to Sydney and sat next to an airline hostess who was in transit to work the return flight. We had a good chat about travelling and, eventually, about the reasoning behind those safety instructions that are demonstrated at the start of each flight. […]
Below is the current list of top 20 films (as of 6 December 2007)as voted by IMDB users. Except for "No Country for Old Men" which was only released recently, I have all these titles on DVD. IMDB Top 20 The Godfather (1972)The Shawshank Redemption (1994)The Godfather: Part II (1974)Buono, […]
Hi, well I’ve been installing Team Foundation Server 2008 and I’m still amazed that the TFS Application tier won’t run on 64 bit processors. From the official TFS help documentation: "You can install some, but not all, Team Foundation components on these 64-bit operating systems. Visual Studio Team System Team […]
So there was a thread recently on the aus-dotnet mailing list which piqued my interest. Bill McCarthy wrote (and I agree) that as a general rule you ought to always call public properties when your calling code is external to the target class/code. As to calls or references made within […]
Well, It’s done and dusted – Kevin 07 has won victory in what many thought would have been a landslide. Now, Australia has a Labor government at the federal as well as at each state level. Evidently NSW voters were not swayed by the poor history of ineptitude in their […]
Hello to all.. I’ve been maintaining the blog here at live spaces for just over a year now, and last month the blog hit 6,000 unique visitors. Not a bad run.. As we head into the Christmas stretch (look out, just over a month until the silly season) I’ll try […]
G’day, here’s a brief update from the workshop. On the weekend I finished building the new power functions Lego bulldozer (Techic) which has the new remote power functions components (there are a few servos included). I’ll post pictures later since I’m roaming at the moment, but let me say it […]
So chances are that you know that Visual Studio 2008 has gone RTM (release to manufacturing). Better hop onto MSDN Subsscriber downloads or grab a free copy of the express editions. Anyone who considers themselves .Net Developers or Architects should be running Visual Studio 2008. At any rate – even […]
Hi all, so you might be wondering where my blog posts have disappeared to.. I’ve been commuting weekly to Melbourne to project manage a team in our Melbourne office and, as such, have been too busy to contemplate posts. Hopefully as the team grows and the practices and processes mature […]