OK, enough tech stuff.. time for a sports post. Paul, Joseph.. Skip this entry 🙂 I noticed on the stats page that someone landed on this blog with a search query of "NFL on Foxtel". Thus, this post.. Today I started watching Denver vs San Francisco since ESPN is covering […]
Some good news for a change! A court decision has backed Sydney startup company IceTV over Channel 9 in a case to determine whether IceTV’s electronic program guide is in violation of Nine’s copyright to their scheduling, the merit of the case precariously balanced on IceTV’s guide being similar to Nine’s. […]
Hi All. Day three (or, the last day) of Tech Ed follows on from last night’s wrap party. Many folks are flying out tonight, thus the timing of the party which was held at MovieWorld. In a interesting move, the evening at Movieworld was SciFi themed, which does little to […]
Hiya.. Continuing the normal level of delicious indelicacy comes the ongoing post series, TechEd 2007, from yours truly. I’ll be continually updating this blog post throughout the day so check back. There has been one session already this morning, but in deference to providing a healthy start to […]
OK, so probably half the readership of this blog is already in the Gold Coast for the annual Microsoft TechEd. I’m writing this entry on the floor (not literally) of the Exhibition hall at Tech Ed. We arrived around midday and caught some of the afternoon sessions. It is […]
From the great Win32 API in the sky comes an introduction to Windows Event Hooks. One of my favourite debuggiong techniques (from the old, unmanaged code days) was subclassing other Windows’ windows. Now there are some obvious ways to protect your code from unwanted processing attention. This all […]
Calling out to all IT professionals who are going to TechEd this week! Is anyone up to drinks and dinner on Wednesday night in Surfer’s Paradise? This seems to be a good night since everyone’s in town, and there doesn’t appear to be much *officially* on that night. I’m […]
Who is going to Tech Ed 2007 in the Gold Coast? Next week (for me) starting on Wednesday, Tech Ed kicks off in style and I’ll be there with the usual suspects. Looking forward to Luke Drumm’s presentation on the XNA studio and Xbox game development. Rocky Heckman is delivering a […]
So we came across an old problem today which I couldn’t immediately remember the solution to. As a result, I figured I will blog about it. it’ll make it easier to come back across later when the same problem comes up again! The first time around, I managed to […]
It is with much sadness and a heavy heart that I have to announce the passing of my mother’s father (my grandfather), aged 85. He passed away this morning up in Newcastle, NSW. He leaves behind his wife (my grandmother), a son and daughter (my mother) and three grandchildren. He […]
Hi, My mind has been harrassed and tortured by yet another foray into the wild world of data access code generation and I’m feeling a bit at a loss. Code that writes code is one of those funky, somewhat complex things that occasionally has you walking in circles. Coming […]
I’ve adored this bookshop for years… Berkelouw Books. I only knew about the Leichardt shop for ages, but realised recently that they have a couple of others too. It turns out they have a farm "barn"/property in Berrima, which is roughly half way from Sydney to Canberra along the […]
Ok, so if you haven’t already heard… http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio, or http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/vstudio/aa700831.aspx Announcing the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET FX 3.5 Beta 2, and Silverlight 1.0 RC! Deep link for the Professional Beta 2 Edition Yes folks, this is almost hot off the press. No, I haven’t […]
Another 50 minute drive home. Yesterday, same route, was over an hour (departed 5:30pm, arrived at 6:35pm). That’s roughly 50 minutes to go approx 11 – 15kms. The M2 isn’t much faster, probably averaging out to be between 35 – 45 minutes, plus the healthy $4.60 toll! When […]
OK. So this is going to probably be a controversial posting. Just call me an old crusty code warrior.. but.. It’s no secret I’m wholly unsold on test driven development [wikipedia] (TDD). I have nothing against testing or writing of tests, it is vital to the overall success and stability […]