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Long shot

0 Comments Published January 19th, 2006 in Windows

Guys,
I know this is a long shot but I thought, what the hey, it is worth a try!
I have a friend who booked time in a data centre for tomorrow to upgrade his server from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. Unfortunately, his supplier hasn’t come through with the media and now, […]

Hugh’s two laws

1 Comment Published January 17th, 2006 in Technology

Hugh MacLeod has posted one of the best blog posts in a long time - it is titled “the two immutable laws of blogging”
The laws are great because of their brevity and accuracy:
The Two Immutable Laws of Blogging:
1. “Nobody’s going to read your blog unless there’s something in it for them.” -Seth Godin.
2. “Nobody’s going […]

Any questions for Bradley Horowitz of Yahoo?

2 Comments Published January 16th, 2006 in Technology

I am interviewing Bradley Horowitz, director of technology development for Yahoo’s search group tomorrow for a podcast on PodLeaders.com - any questions you may have feel free to leave them here in the comments and I will be sure to ask them.

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Any questions for Chris Messina?

5 Comments Published January 16th, 2006 in Interviews

Chris Messina is Director of Experience and Open Source Ambassador at Flock.
I will be interviewing Chris later this week for PodLeaders.com - the obvious first question I have for him is who dreamt up his job title?!
If you have any questions for Chris, feel free to leave them here in the comments and I’ll be […]

Wiki recommendations

11 Comments Published January 15th, 2006 in Personal

I have a project coming up which will require the installation of a Wiki on the client’s server (a shared LAMP server). The project is pro-bono from my side as the client doesn’t have a budget and works in the area of special education.
The project is to roll out a simple system to document […]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhpple!

2 Comments Published January 12th, 2006 in Technology, Mac

Boy am I feeling sick today!
I buy a lovely sparkling new 2.1ghz iMac G5 just last November and yesterday Steve Jobs announces a new iMac running on Intel dual core chips which is 2-3 times faster?
AAAAAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But all is not rosy for the new apple announcements - Apple announced Photocasting - this is a new […]

Back in the seat again

3 Comments Published January 10th, 2006 in Mac, Personal

I’m back at the computer again and furiously making my way through the backlog of email which built up in my absence. If you sent me an email in the last week or two and I haven’t responded, please re-send it just to poke me!
The break was great and Santa was very generous - he […]