Officially disguised as a Canadian
Author: RandolphYesterday I took a day of annual leave to sort out some issues pertaining to our upcoming emigration. Stage 1: Renewal of Driver’s Licence Card I woke up earlier (7am) than usual (8am), so that I could be at the Randburg Licencing Department to renew my driver’s licence card. It expires in August 2010, whichContinue reading What I did on my day off (Part 1)
Once upon a time, I referred to obliviots as “tomcruises”, because Tom Cruise exemplified the term when he jumped on Oprah’s couch, said he would eat the placenta, and then backed out. They might all have been called “dannyglovers” if he had eaten the placenta. Anyway, Danny Glover is almost as ignorant as Pat Robertson.Continue reading Danny Glover is an obliviot
My boss convinced me this week to demo the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 to our team, so that they can get a basic handle on why I think SQL Server 2000 should be buried. The big day is on 27 January, and I have 45 minutes in which to make theContinue reading SQL Server 2008 R2 demo
It’s 2010, and has been for two weeks. I have not made much progress since I last checked in on this. Perhaps I can use some of this weekend to catch up. The snag I ran into in December, which is holding up the release, relates to a Microsoft DLL change between Windows XP andContinue reading ShutOff 2010
Tonight, I completed a second conversion of someone else’s Simple PHP Blog to WordPress. As regular readers know, I developed a C# Windows app to do this for myself, last year. However it is certainly not production-ready, so two separate websites had to be assisted manually with the conversion. Their common issue is that theyContinue reading Another Simple PHP Blog converted
We have an electrified fence running around the top of the wall that surrounds our complex. This is a standard feature of living in Johannesburg. I’d sooner have razor wire, and this post is part of the reason why. Since electrifying the wire would consume an unaffordable amount of electricity (notwithstanding the upcoming Eskom tariffContinue reading Electric fence
Tonight I tried to buy tickets to a show. Some bloke called Jeremy Clarkson and a few of his mates are coming back for a fourth time to Johannesburg, and it’s the last chance we’ll get to see them for the foreseeable future. I tried seven times to buy those tickets. SEVEN TIMES. If VerifiedContinue reading ‘Verified’ By Visa? Surely you mean ‘Violated’?
I had to validate my data recovery today. Imagine my surprise that they recovered a Mac partition. This drive was my external Mac drive *before* it became an internal NTFS drive, after which I copied my data to it, at which point it failed. So tonight is going to be interesting as I go deeperContinue reading Drive recovery
Everyone has a thing they don’t mention, but it can consume a large part of their life. In my case, it is a planned emigration. The process is arduous and time-consuming, and we happen to be on the fast track. It’s been almost a year, and looks to eclipse the twelve-month barrier if the visasContinue reading That thing we don’t mention
I hit a snag with the release of ShutOff 2010, which is pushing the release date into next year. Fortunately, the majority of the work is done. I’m hitting my head against having to support Windows prior to Windows XP.