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December 29 I've moved!My blog has found a new home ... http://alivad.com - see you there :)
Please do update your bookmarks and RSS feeds. Happy new year! December 16 Visual Studio 2005 sp 1 is out !December 09 Movember is over... and I'm clean-shaven again.
I raised just under $600 for Mo-vember which is more than I had expected. A great result, and thanks to all who sponsored. Internet Explorer's tabbed-browsing ...Tabbed-browsing is actually quite cool. I was skeptical once, thinking it was a different analogy to how, say, Microsoft Word or Excel handled multiple documents. Yet, the ability to quickly and easily hop between different pages while waiting for others to load is excellent - as is being able to load a tab group in one hit.
But what does really bug me about Internet Explorer 7's implementation is the terrible, terrible delay between opening a new tab page and when the address bar gets itself into sync.
The number of times I've opened a new tab, typed in an address - just to have it open back on the first tab - is beyond belief.
Microsoft! Get the address bar focus in sync! December 03 Tech that need to come out in Australia ...Items I'm waiting for ...
The Sony e-book reader - http://www.learningcenter.sony.us/assets/itpd/reader/
The iLiad - http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad
Nabaztag - http://new.nabaztag.com/ November 27 Movember newsMo-vember encouraged people to use their blog site for Mo-logs, so I've been posting updates there - but, it is reachable via http://www.movember.com/au/popups/mo-logs/?searchString=36828
And - don't forget! The December meeting of the Newcastle Coder's Group is next week - the finale for the year! Mo of the moSeven days in ... Remember, please go to http://www.movember.com/au/sponsor, enter my Rego number which is 36828 and your credit card details. All donations of $2 and over are tax deductible. November 06 Mo-seying alongSix days in to Movember.
Remember, please go to http://www.movember.com/au/sponsor, enter my Rego number which is 36828 and your credit card details. All donations of $2 and over are tax deductible. November 05 I'm growin' a mo'Hi all, During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’ll be growin a moustache. That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about changing the state of men’s health. Male health is a major issue, did you know:
Help me change the face of men’s health by sponsoring my mo. Please go to http://www.movember.com/au/sponsor, enter my Rego number which is 36828 and your credit card details. All donations of $2 and over are tax deductible. The money raised by Movember will be used to change the face of men's health by creating awareness and funding research into prostate cancer and male depression. Movember culminates at the end of the month at the Gala Partè where I’ll be parading my Mo on the cat walk for a chance to be crowned the Man of Movember. If you want to be part of this great night you’ll have to purchase a Gala Parte ticket for $33.00 (inc GST). Cheers, More info is available at http://www.movember.com. October 29 How Joel does itLike many professional software developers, I am interested in the writings of Joel of "Joel on Software". So, when he announced a DVD documentary on how a team of interns developed a commercial software offering in their break, I just had to check it out.
The movie is Aardvark'd (the code name for the software being Project Aardvark) and although not quite what I'd expected, it was an enjoyable feature.
I'm hoping to show it at a furuew meeting of the Newcastle Coder's Group, with a movie night theme. Which mobile phone?I am regularly asked "what mobile phone should I get?"
The answer is not simple; it depends on the feature set which is important to you. However, here's my subjective list:
All of these handsets come with USB data cables. There will be no problems with keeping your phone synchronised with a PC, nor with transferring files including ringtones and photographs.
All, bar the Nokia E61 and BlackBerry have cameras. All, bar the BlackBerry have expandable memory.
What, no PDAs, you ask? Yes. Frankly, for all the advantages the Pocket PC platform offers, I find it still too quirky for heavy-duty use. I've had to reboot my HTC devices - including the iMate JasJar which "try it for three days then return it to the PR company" journalists tout as a regular "editor's choice". Exotic locationsBusy, busy, busy - I've been spending half my time in Melbourne each week for the last couple of months ...
... which brings us to the topic of bizarre world locations.
Here's one I've not seen but absolutely have to make the trek: someone made a monument to a keyboard in Russia. Anyone know why? http://englishrussia.com/?p=376
And here's one I visited in 2001; I was working with an international software company and spent five weeks in Portugal learning their products. One weekend I made a trip out to Evora to see for myself a chapel made of bones from some 5,000 human skeletons! http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/evora/
One more: In 1993 I investigated the calcified waterfalls of Pamukkale, Turkey. This was awe-inspiring but sadly I understand its beauty has diminished over time due to increased tourist activity: http://www.helloturkey.net/pkale.html October 09 Are you worth your weight in gold?This site will help you calculate it :) http://www.ga.gov.au/education/minerals/calculator/calculator.html
Updates: busy, busy, busy. Back and forth to Melbourne every second week. Lots of writing, flying, working, living out of hotels.
Check this guy out for an excellent coder - the "Jedi" is producing a useful application every day, for 30 days - http://www.anappaday.com May 26 In the air againOff to Melbourne - and back, in one day. As usual, QANTAS don't cater for this so I'm on a 6:45am flight out and returning to Sydney at 7:30pm then driving the two hours back home. Still, all in the name of driving better business processes and management reporting so the pain is worth it. May 20 P.R. firm peevesI had a section on here where I listed things that peeved me off - such as hapless employees who can't do their job (might I add, largely found in non-profit orgs but certainly not exclusively so!) and public relation firms who can't accurately or efficiently dispense products for review then arrange couriers to return them.
After a little while I removed it because I didn't want to seem mean, especially because a lot of the traffic here comes from people interested in the Newcastle Coder's Group or my software, not just those who read my monthly articles in various publications.
However, I have to say, I love Rob Irwin's stuff - http://www.robirwin.com/iliketowatch/?p=79 and http://www.robirwin.com/iliketowatch/?p=77 are two examples :) May 19 Prepare for Vista ...Assess whether your hardware will run Windows Vista with this wizard - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx May 11 The June issues ...In this month's PC PowerPlay I have a review of six 19" LCD monitors. I particularly like the Viewsonic and Philips models.
BuyQuick have now corrected their pricing on the Panasonic TV after I wrote to them. They've had to drop their price but only to a piddling $37 below RRP. May 09 Check the RRPHere's more detail on the Panasonic 32" HD LCD TV - http://www.buyquick.com.au/shop/Product.asp?ID=PAN-TX32LWD500A&parentid=&rootid=&brandid=&x=61&y=17
Somewhat cheekily though, the BuyQuick site is alleging to have deals but lists the TV at a higher price than Panasonic's stated RRP ! So much for "hot deals". April 29 Looking for a movie?Here's a nifty site: http://www.moviepig.com/ - the site is easy to navigate and fundamentally gets you to rank movies you've seen in order of preference.
Based on heuristics, it compares your preferences to other people who express similar preferences and thus tries to predict other movies you would rank highly and thus possibly wish to see. |
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