My book has arrived from Angus and Robertson’s finally. And it is not a good book to have, if you need to work. You see, I am finding it hard to put down. The chapters are short, and the book …
Sometimes windows just goes strange… Mainly outlook… As if the computer has thought that I am pressing the alt key or something all the time. I try to type an upper case “I” and a menu comes up… pressing other …
9:30 PM This morning I was woken up by the wind and rain about 6AM so I am a bit tired right now. I really needed a bit more sleep, but alas, I didn’t get any more. Nor did I …
I have just requested some bids to do the real work for one of the todays jobs, rather than doing it myself. I would expect that the cost of getting the work done will not be too expensive. I would …
It is now 4:30PM and I have just got back from the meetings. I got back about five minutes ago, and I have just had lunch. I prefer to have lunch closer to midday if at all possible. Unless I …
Insurance I was speaking to a friend recently who was organizing an event. Get got a bill from an organization for over $3000 for public liability insurance for the bill – for a 45 minute event. So he did a …
This blog entry will probably be written in two parts… An evening part, and a morning part. It is now 11:10PM and I have recently got home from the meeting. I would guess the meeting took a good three hours, …
I have just turned the music off so I can work listening to the rain. I just love the sound. Now if I only had a good book (and no work) I would get into bed right now and start …
When programming at every corner there seems to be another problem to solve. This can be a real pain at times. Well, most of the time. In VB, I just learned how to find a date, for instance 100 years …
Reading I spoke to Angus and Robertson yesterday. They say that one of the books had arrived yesterday, and should have gone out yesterday or today. So with some luck it will be here tomorrow, and then I can review …
Ordering from the USA I need to order an item from the USA for one of my clients. The cost of the unit is about US$180. But it seems that all the suppliers refuse to use anyone other than the …
Music: “Otto Titsling” by Bette Midler from the “Beaches” Soundtrack. How cool a song. I really want to see how it is used in the movie. Now Madonna is on with ‘Easy Ride’ which does not really sound like one …
Music: There are times when my MP3 player is so completely wrong about the music it chooses. Like now, I have just put on 50 songs to be played at random, and 49 of them are not what I want …
Darryl’s Toys One of my clients wants me to write a document describing what he described as “Darryl’s Toys”. That is, all my software packages that they can sell and where they are up to in development. Stay tuned… Work …
This morning I have to go over to North Sydney again to do a quick reprogramming job. I should be in and out in an hour I hope. It will be a simple job. It is slightly tedious but thankfully …