April 2005 Entries
For some reason, I've found myself getting more and more interested in gardening each year. Perhaps it's just a maturity thing, or perhaps it's just that I realise that I need to do something - anything - with my time that doesn't involve computers. Anyhoo, I finally decided that this year I was going to try to grpw some of my own plants.
So, mistake number 1 - assuming that most of the seeds wouldn't germinate, so using the whole packet of each. I now have two incredibly packed seed trays full of young tomato plants (two different varieties - no...
Very excitingly, a new trailer has appeared for Serenity - the film created by Joss Whedon after his fantastic series Firefly was cancelled after just 13 episodes.
You have to wonder (and hope!), if the film is successful, whether someone will suggest making a TV series based on the film based on the TV series....
I've got a little bit more time left before I reach my next milestone, and I'd not really thought about it much until last weekend when James and I decided to walk up Snowdon. Absolutely fantastic day all in all, with gorgeous sunshine and, although it was a little hazy, there was no real cloud around, so we were treated to some spectacular views as we walked through the snow to the summit!
I've never done anything quite like that before, and I'm really rather glad we did it. I spend a fair amount of time at the gym, but I...
I've had an interesting time at work recently. Aside from the usual "gotta get this finished by the end of the deadline", I've been working with a couple of developers with very little .NET experience. Now I've spent a lot of time writing about learning ASP.NET in all the versions of the books I've worked on, but I've not really had the opportunity to meet the target audience (or close to it) until these last couple of weeks.
For a developer who uses them every day, tools like the DateTime bits in .NET and the fact that you can _still_...
I've just been asked back to do some work for a client continuing from the work I did for them a couple of weeks ago. However, this time round I'll need to do a bit more learning... the conversation went along the lines of "I'd like you to help us to develop a custom ISAPI filter for ISA Server. Oh yes, and there's Biztalk involved now too."
I've never done any work with C++. I'm aware of its existence, naturally, and I occasionally see some C++ code in passing, but that's as far as my experience goes. I did once think...