Matching Business Intelligence With Cloud Computing
My and Brendon’s article on Matching Business Intelligence With Cloud Computing is available from here.
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Poems
I wrote some new poems the other night, when I couldn’t sleep. Some of them are super-cheesy. Some of them are shocking. At least one has the F-bomb in it. Check out the “writing” link at the top of the page and click on “poetry” for the juice.
Coming soon: ShutOff 2000’s replacement
Work has been continuing apace on the all-new ShutOff. Featuring a console application at its core, ITS ShutOff is built on the Microsoft .NET framework. My language of choice is, of course, C#. What I’m really excited about is the modular way it is built. The console application is fully featured, which means that absolutelyContinue reading Coming soon: ShutOff 2000’s replacement
Microsoft Telephonic Interview
“Thank you again for agreeing to participate in the upcoming in-depth telephone interview. I want to emphasize the importance of your opinions to our client, Microsoft. “You are one of only a few participants invited to take part in this research and your participation is extremely important. “You have been specially screened and qualified. IfContinue reading Microsoft Telephonic Interview
OpenID and NCANE.COM
As mentioned in a previous post, I’m looking at implementing OpenID on NCANE.COM to replace the existing session and authentication module. I am battling a bit though with the OpenID PHP classes I found, mainly due to silly directory structures.
NCANE.COM update
I implemented changes on NCANE.COM this week. Firstly, I converted the column that stores your IP address from TEXT to INTEGER, dropping the size of the database by 12%. Then I changed the way MySQL connections are working, because I managed to rack up a 40MB error log in the last month because of maximumContinue reading NCANE.COM update
Progress Complete
I’ve finished updating the blog to reflect the WordPress URLs, as opposed to the older SimplePHPBlog URLs, for related links to other posts. It took a lot less time than I was expecting! Now I just need to do the same on NCANE.COM.
How exactly do I do this, then?
I have an iPhone 3G. I have a Windows 7 machine at home. I have an iMac at home. I have a Windows 7 machine at work. The Windows 7 machine at work runs Outlook with Exchange connectivity, so no MobileMe. How do I keep all of these in sync with one version of theContinue reading How exactly do I do this, then?
Why WordPress rules more than you think it does
I was asked by a new customer to move their WordPress blog to a hosted solution from WordPress.com. After exporting the blog to their XML format, I thought I would have to manually download all 499 images and link them. WordPress, fortunately, is a little cleverer than that. A simple “Would you like to importContinue reading Why WordPress rules more than you think it does
District 9
I’m now throwing my two cents in. M said it is recommended viewing for all South Africans, and I whole-heartedly agree. This movie can be analysed to death regarding its subtext, but I’ll just say this: it’s well-made. The special effects were hardly noticeable (and considering there was a ruddy great space ship hovering overContinue reading District 9