There was, as many now know, a massive announcement at the PDC 2008 – one of the biggest announcements was definitely Windows Azure. People flocked to the Connect site to register in the hopes of actually seeing, or getting access, to this new technology. But it seems people flocked there in vain – a large [...]
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09-Nov-08I never really understood the saying “more x than you could poke a stick at” but it sounded ok for this context (i hope). At PDC 2008 the announcement that really excited me was the Azure platform – the “Cloud” has been speculated about for a while and many have asked “what is the cloud? [...]
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09-Nov-08Well, after more than a months of working with Dell technicians – two seperate onsite calls and one workshop incident later and my laptop actually seems to have been fixed. I haven’t run any diagnostics…yet, but as a benchmark i installed Gears of War sunday evening and gave it a run. Seemed to run very [...]
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09-Nov-08Update: You can still catch the event as it’s being streamed on the www.microsoft.com.au/powertodevelopers site. So if you missed it, go have a look this weekend. Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, is in Sydney and will be addressing Australian Developers. Roughly 1000 developers will be attending the speech, which starts at 3:30pm AEST (Sydney time). [...]
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09-Nov-08Michael Kleef brings up my favorite pet hate – namely, fuel prices!! Way to go Michael, i can blog it but i can’t speak about it in the car! One of the things i’m never allowed to discuss in the car is fuel prices – my wife absolutely hates it when i get on that [...]
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09-Nov-08I’m thinking of doing a couple of podcasts – or at least trying my hand in it – and was wondering what equipment/software people use these days to create podcasts? As i’m a complete amateur i’m certain i wont be needed the full spiel that is used, for instance, on DotNetRocks – but it would [...]
As many may be aware of (you should anyways) then Rosario has been released for CTP over at Connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/content/content.aspx?ContentID=9790 Here’s a brief overview of some of the changes done to VSTS 2010: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb725993.aspx As a quick note – the CTP download site is currently offline due to an urgent update. The VSTS team is [...]
Scott Barnes, the UX god, is asking for silverlight and/or wpf developers/designers to spend 1 min of their time to answer a very simple survey. One thing is certain, if Scott is asking for feedback then he seriously intend to use that feedback – and it’s not just a marketing ploy. So take that 1 [...]
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09-Nov-08There’s been a buzz around Perth regarding the new data centre Fujitsu is installing in Malaga – some of the details has been published on ITNews – the most brilliant aspect of this is the solar panel powered cooling system which they will implement. With an eye on reducing its environmental burden and its customers’ [...]
The next big thing
05-Nov-08So this is it, what you have all been waiting for… Hopefully in an hour I would be able to show you my grand new insight of the blogging world! Stay tuned!!!
Posit: We are not one thing, we are many things together. To wit, you are three snails.In this experiment you will need: an academic or research library using Library of Congress classification system; a stapler; a name; a voice 1. Enter the library. Discretely strip the initials out of your first and last name. Example: [...]
ghost powered electrical machinery
24-Sep-07let’s play w/ ghost powered electrical machinery if you are my friend you will plug in your ghost powered electrical machinery put down that loaded rifle and turn off that ghost powered electrical machinery ghost powered electrical machinery is something I love
hex-a-meter
18-Sep-07Goodbye slimy rainbow. It’s time for me to go. I don’t know where I’m going so don’t ask. You made quite a strong impression on me even though you are a rainbow. Even though you are slimy. What can I say: most rainbows are gauzy smears of bright nothing. When I say nothing I don’t [...]
out-of-library experience
09-Sep-07Can scientists make your soul fly away? And do scientists want to capture it? Is the only escape decay? I watched you lock your soul in clay. While you nakedly crave rapture can scientists make your soul fly away? Meet me at the library and pray that we have access to the scriptures. It is [...]