I spent a tiny amount of time working on VB.NET 2005 today. Not much, just enough to know that a few things have changed may cause me problems when I move from 2003. Mostly the issues that I had with normal applications was simple things such as just needing to be more explicit with the types of data now. I think the improvements will be worth it, but it will take some getting used to. Upgrades like this normally do need some time to get used to things. I got my TeamTrack Software to fully run, with all plugins within minutes. I am impressed.

One thing I have not found yet is the ability to create a new project in a directory of my choosing. I am sure that it is there, just that I have not found it yet. Failing being able to find it I will email Microsoft and see if they have any ideas.

According to the SMH, Delta Electricity has been the subject of an extortion attempt. The extortionist threatened to blow up one of the power stations. This is particularly of interest to me since I used to work for the organisation. Another interesting article on describes how a Ham operator detected the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) about 45 million KM away from earth.

The ACMA have formally proposed a new number range for VoIP services. They are suggesting that (05) 50xx xxxx be used for these type of service where the people are not interested in geographic numbers.