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Sunday, December 28, 2008 7:43 PM

Microsoft's Fargo campus mocks Redmond's snow

Microsoft's Fargo campus mocks Redmond's snow - A highly amusing mock emergency alert. I should add that in the last few weeks we've had a few days of wind chill temperatures of -40 as I walk to the coffee shop. And at those temps it only...
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:26 PM

Unusual software bugs

Thanks to fellow Access MVP Graham R Seach for showing that these kinds of bugs really do have a name. And that it's not just me. " Unusual software bugs are a class of software bugs that are considered exceptionally difficult to understand and...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:03 PM

Do You Really Need A Christmas Tree?

Do You Really Need A Christmas Tree?
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Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:36 PM

A Training Issue

A Training Issue <chuckle> Folks much younger than me won't necessarily get this one as they've never seen punched cards. I recall a client nearly thirty years ago telling me how they'd lose data if the tapes snapped. They'd splice...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:13 AM

Meteorite search update

Very interesting. Meteorite search update It was estimated to weigh 10 tonnes when it entered the atmosphere at 14 km/sec. Possibly football sized chunks. I sure hope the local farmers aren't troubled too much by *rsehole souvenir hunters but I know...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:33 PM

Microsoft Math - $20 - Wow

Microsoft Math 3.0 Wow. 3D graphing. For 20 freaking dollars. When I was a teenager (Yeah, yeah, some of you are clicking on the next blog entry button.) I was teaching myself WatFiv and a bit of PL/C and S/360 Assembler at the local college after school...
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Monday, November 24, 2008 9:09 PM

Have software patents been thrown out?

Slashdot article - Groklaw Says Microsoft Patent Portfolio Now Worthless If so I think that's excellent. Too many of the software patents we see mentioned in the software media are ridiculous and obvious. Frequently the basics of the patent have already...
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Sunday, November 23, 2008 8:28 PM

The funniest comment on the fireball

Gary: " I found it, it was melted twisted metal in the shape of a wrench and you could just make out NASA engraved into it. The whole thing was encrusted with what looked like a burned up tool bag" I read the above while reading some comments...
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Friday, November 21, 2008 1:33 AM

I was walking when I saw the light from the fireball

5:30 PM and It was dark outside. I saw the very bright light shining through the trees onto the ground and my first momentary reaction was a nuclear bomb had gone off. Then I saw the shadows move quite a bit so I figured the *rseholes in the party house...
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Monday, November 10, 2008 2:58 PM

Looking for a IBM 729 Mark 5 tape drive?

One of my interests is elderly data in unreadable formats that could be useful. See the first point at Eclectic computer related web sites And here is an example of how serendipity solved such a problem. Fridge-sized tape recorder could crack lunar mysteries...
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Friday, October 31, 2008 11:26 PM

"a new portal is opening, connecting your planet to the sun"

Now this is one for the sci fi writers. (Hi sis.) Except it's not fiction. "...something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million miles...
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Monday, September 22, 2008 8:54 PM

A good book: Uncommon carriers

One of the things I like over the last almost thirty years about designing applications for businesses large and small is the sheer variety of businesses and what you learn about them. From a global Fortune 10 medical equipment service and inventory tracking...
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