God-Damned useful! :)
TLCC Developer tip for WebSphere, Notes and Domino - Multiple WebSphere Studio Workspaces
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
iPod and Linux
well, the sad thing is - there really isn't an effective way to do it, which is a little frustrating.
I have done some research, but other than installing wine and loading iTunes onto that, it's no dice. There are some plug-in libraries for the iPod, but apparently not to be trusted, unless that program is the only one you will be using. I might just wait until our new home machine arrives, and then use that.
all the while, my podcasts are building up.
I have done some research, but other than installing wine and loading iTunes onto that, it's no dice. There are some plug-in libraries for the iPod, but apparently not to be trusted, unless that program is the only one you will be using. I might just wait until our new home machine arrives, and then use that.
all the while, my podcasts are building up.
Jersey Girl
I think I had some strange expectations for this movie.
From one of my favourite directors, Kevin Smith, this is his first film which is not part of the 'View Askewniverse', and wasn't really well recieved - probably what gave me those strange expectations.
Given that this film is a real change in direction, I was pleasantly suprised.
I'm a bit of a fan of most of the people in the movie, so didn't terribly mind the movie. Lucky it was on Foxtel, so I didn't really pay for it! :)
5.5/10
From one of my favourite directors, Kevin Smith, this is his first film which is not part of the 'View Askewniverse', and wasn't really well recieved - probably what gave me those strange expectations.
Given that this film is a real change in direction, I was pleasantly suprised.
I'm a bit of a fan of most of the people in the movie, so didn't terribly mind the movie. Lucky it was on Foxtel, so I didn't really pay for it! :)
5.5/10
Friday, July 21, 2006
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Manners
Jude is now learning how to use manners.
Along with learning how to use 'thank you' and 'please', he is also learning how to get peoples attention, without hitting, smacking or poking them.
He is being a lot more active since the last round of chemo. Unfortunately he is still all bound up, and he says that he is 'ipated', or constipated.
Hopefully that will pass after the chemo has all completed.
Along with learning how to use 'thank you' and 'please', he is also learning how to get peoples attention, without hitting, smacking or poking them.
He is being a lot more active since the last round of chemo. Unfortunately he is still all bound up, and he says that he is 'ipated', or constipated.
Hopefully that will pass after the chemo has all completed.
Irritations
Ok, we lost the home pc the other day. It's now gone too god. As far as I can work out, it's a problem with the version of the BIOS and XP SP2. Aparently we are not the only ones who are going through this, but most people have seen this problem quite a while ago.
This now means that I lost my iTunes settings for my iPod, which is rather irritating. Because I lost the library, I've had to go through and re-rate about 2500 songs. I will get onto that in another blog post.
Anyway, we are using my Suse 10.0 laptop as our main pc for the time being.
This now means that I lost my iTunes settings for my iPod, which is rather irritating. Because I lost the library, I've had to go through and re-rate about 2500 songs. I will get onto that in another blog post.
Anyway, we are using my Suse 10.0 laptop as our main pc for the time being.
Small Guy
Not too many photos floating around at the moment, we have had a mega crash on our home pc.
Jack has been sleeping through now for about 6 weeks or so.
He starting having showers with me in the mornings recently, while Rach and Jude were in the hospital.
He is dancing, walking backwards, and his new thing is to run around the house with his yellow blankie over his head, crashing into things (hard!)
He has started getting himself jammed in the corner of his cot, and crying out to be rescued. Seems to be more of an attention thing.
Otherwise he is going really good, although his hair is strange - he's got an undercut, even though we are yet to give him his first hair cut! :P
Jack has been sleeping through now for about 6 weeks or so.
He starting having showers with me in the mornings recently, while Rach and Jude were in the hospital.
He is dancing, walking backwards, and his new thing is to run around the house with his yellow blankie over his head, crashing into things (hard!)
He has started getting himself jammed in the corner of his cot, and crying out to be rescued. Seems to be more of an attention thing.
Otherwise he is going really good, although his hair is strange - he's got an undercut, even though we are yet to give him his first hair cut! :P
Friday, July 14, 2006
You know there are some tru-isms in life...
Well, this is one of them - Very very funny for anyone who has a co-worker who insists on sitting on a ball instead of a chair.
Having a ball at work - Opinion - theage.com.au
Having a ball at work - Opinion - theage.com.au
Monday, July 10, 2006
Cars
This is a really cool film - Jude loves it! :) Another animated film.
I quite enjoyed it, although the quality of the version that I saw was not great, it was a really fun film. Good for kids, except for all of the associated toys we how have to buy! ;)
6.5/10
I quite enjoyed it, although the quality of the version that I saw was not great, it was a really fun film. Good for kids, except for all of the associated toys we how have to buy! ;)
6.5/10
Robots
Continuing on the animated film fest we have been through recently, I saw Robots on the weekend - Robin Williams comes through with another manic performance, and Ewan McGregor as the main character who chases his dreams.
Lots of funny bits and pieces, and a reasonable story. See it for the animation if nothing else.
6/10
Lots of funny bits and pieces, and a reasonable story. See it for the animation if nothing else.
6/10
Friday, July 07, 2006
Headphones
I used to have a pair of awesome Sony street style headphones, but after 3 good years of use, the ear muff thingies wore out!
After having the iPod for about 6 months, and already going through 1 pair of the white ear bud headphones, I have been hanging out to get another pair of decent quality headphones, and my request was fulfilled recently, with these: SONY - Australia
It makes a huge difference to the music, adding bass and allowing me to run the volume level on the ipod a lot lower - it also keeps my ears warm during winter! :P
$75 well spent.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
CSS - Cool as!
Ok, I must admit, I'm the last programmer who is really interested in making my web sites look great - Normally we have a bunch of user interface standards to adhere to, which makes life easy as a programmer - you know exactly what is expected to be produced.
The current client has no idea about it. Well, they do, but there's not a big interest to get it right. Although this is frustrating, it allows a certain freedom to try things. We are currently in 'screen mock up' mode, so I'm putting all formatting of my screens through CSS. It's pretty bloody cool. I'd not really though about it too much before, but there is a lot of formatting information in web pages, which really clouds the information and the formatting.
After trying to find a css formatter tool (there are a couple, but I don't really want to have to install dreamweaver to use it!), I stumbled across the page below:
I'm a noob in css, so reading through that was a real eye opener!
You never know, I might just end up being a usability expert, NOT!
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Hope is Emo
A Funny Podcast About A Sad Girl. | Hope Is Emo
I heard about this video-podcast from the Twit podcast, who talked to the Ask a Ninja guys - they are putting this new one together, and it's bloody awesome.
I am still yet to rescue the home windows box, so I've not been able to download this podcast, but you can watch it through you-tube on the website above. Do it. Now.
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