What a few days. My Windows XP install on the Dell has been unstable for a few months; and I thought I had managed to recover XP enough to have a stable platform. Unfortunately, on Friday night it finally exploded. Also two Outlook .pst files went west (thank goodness for backups!). Completely erased the hard drive, reinstalled XP, and all the required updates. Sometime between installing these updates and the virus checker, I was infected with a ping-flooding virus. All is cool now. Just recovering the final pieces now.
Category: observation
Lonely Planet, XML
Saw an inspiring presentation from Tony Wheeler, Founder and CEO of Lonely Planet.
Some interesting Adobe Enterprise XML Strategy Stuff
High Speed Internet Access
Attention: any “good” hotel in Australia or NZ who states they don’t have high speed internet access:
- I can get high speed internet access in Mumbai, India.
- I can get high speed internet access in a 22 room motel in Nowra, NSW.
Phone works in the US
For the first time, and on my 20th trip to the US, my mobile phone works in this country. Woohoo! 19 of the 20 trips have occured in the last 10 years, which also about how long I have used a mobile phone. In that time, my phone has never worked here. India, UK, Singapore, NZ, Thailand – all OK. USA, no. I can even SMS!
Bad Voice Roadshow
It’s Monday, and my voice is still missing in action.
Roadshow
Roadshow over. Good to see you all, again. Long time between drinks! Oh yes, my voice has definitely gone.
The Matrix Munge
Saw The Matrix Reloaded. I think I understand the plot line. Maybe.
Dambusters
Watched Dambusters, a movie of the true story of 617 Squadron during World War 2. When you realise that the leader of the squadron during the war, Wing Cmdr Guy Gibson, was in his mid 20’s (and sadly died later in the war) – and over fifty brave men died on this mission – it makes you realise that the generations before us paid a significant price for our freedom and way of life. The most surprising revelation is how many of those who died in this squadron were Australians.
Italian Job
The Italian Job (2002) – maybe not as hip/cool compared to the 1960s original The Italian Job (1969) but still using MINIs!
Gordon Woolf, the God of all things PageMaker, including PageMaker scripting, runs Worsley Press – publishes a regular bulletin called Format.
Stuff from the Web
I don’t know why, but this story appealed to me: Sumlock Anita Calculators
Interesting. PDFEnhancer from pdf Sages. It does some extra post-processing of PDFs to reduce their file size.
Lifesaver Find of the Day: DOM Browser
Had to do some FileMaker CDML for an internal web site. Needed to add some client side validation, so out with the Javascript again. I always stumble over the DOM.