Well for the next 8 days we (the family) will be spending every waking moment on planks hurtling down a mountain covered with snow while at night tucked away in our Snowy Mountains retreat at Charlotte Pass. Guess what, not blogging at all. In fact most modern day technology is not easily available. Mobile phonesContinue reading “Next week”
Monthly Archives: July 2005
links for 2005-07-22
PHP Contest on SDN A contest is being run by SDN about writing a PHP program around SU01, cool if you are a PHP SAP geek. (tags: SAP PHP) Technical Careers @ Microsoft : Did you say 20%? Jenna the new girl at JobBlog posts about Google’s 20% and Microsoft’s repsonse (tags: google Microsoft recruitment)Continue reading “links for 2005-07-22”
Recruiting in Australia (Part 1)
Over the last few weeks I have become very concerned about the state of the recruitment industry in Australia, in particular around IT although the comments will also hold true of other industries. I am preparing a few posts to work through the issues, mostly for my purposes but others might also benefit. (Had toContinue reading “Recruiting in Australia (Part 1)”
New RSS Reader
Today I moved my RSS reader from Newsgator Online to Pluck a free web based reader for IE and now Firefox. I had been looking to go back to BlogMatrix Jager but I just could not get it to work through the proxies. I must say the interface for Pluck is fantastic it is almostContinue reading “New RSS Reader”
Commenting in RSS
(From Enterprise RSS via Barnaby via Scoble) Russell Beatie is thinking about comments in RSS an idea that I have been kicking around since BlogTalk Downunder and the whole no comments thing, although when don’t post your ideas you really can’t say I had the same idea. I was thinking of the aggregator showing bothContinue reading “Commenting in RSS”
Less posting here
What is going on? Now that the takeover at work is in full swing I have moved into a new role which is taking a lot more of my time. Coupled with this I have set up an internal blog and will be spending time there. I will continue to post here maybe not asContinue reading “Less posting here”
Coldplay XY a copy controlled CD
Last week end I purchased Coldplay’s new album XY and I have just gone to import into iTunes and move onto my iPod when I noticed a small note on the front of the CD case. “Copy Controlled CD” Not the easiest warning to see, it is in a small dark green font on aContinue reading “Coldplay XY a copy controlled CD”
Weird chess rules
During the school holidays a couple of weeks ago my Dad visited us from Sydney during the trip he engage in several games of chess with our son. The travel chess set we have is Chinese made and the rules have been translated into very strange English. They baffled him to the point that heContinue reading “Weird chess rules”
Frank asks where are all the Biztalker’s?
Here is comes a rant. Frank Arrigo is asking for all Biztalker’s please contact him about jobs at Microsoft Australia, he is joined by a few others. Pity there is nothing on the Microsoft Australia recruitment blog about this fact. The comments below are not directed personally to the blog but more to use itContinue reading “Frank asks where are all the Biztalker’s?”
Eyewitness account of blasts
Here is a detailed account from Justin who was travelling in the London Tube system when the attack occurred. His train just passed Edgware Road Station when the blast occurred, he provides a logical but frightening account of what transpired next.
Michael Specht 