As expected the reporting is actually a pain, but improving the code somewhat. Well, mostly improving the code. To ensure that I do not duplicate code I have needed to put some functions into libraries which has made the software …
Another use for Microsoft Project – working out holiday itineries. Once you get your head around the program it allows you to play with schedules doing quick recalculations. Sure, it is not set up for this type of application but …
Off to Pymble this morning… I will probably aim to get there about 9:30, or a bit after so I miss the school zones at the other end. Although before that I will need to get some petrol. I finally …
I have imported the report writing code from my TeamTrack 2006 product into the new version and I immediately got something like 30 errors – and I must be honest here – I did not expect quite so many errors, …
For some reason my laptop is having some connectivity issues on the network – I am not sure what the problem is, but it seems to be related to some work I did yesterday with my wireless router. If this …
The History function of my new TeamTrack application is done, although of course there were a couple of complications. There always are – this would not be programming without them! The first one was needing to sort a dataset in …
One item in my office which may be good or bad depending on your point of view if the armchair in the corner next to the bookcase. And I am not just talking any armchair here – I am talking …
Australia Post have just rung to say they will be dropping in sometime in the next hour to look at the water meter that was damaged a couple of weeks back. They noted that there was no damage to their …
Not sure why but my computer crashed when I tried to restart it earlier from hibernate – the green on light came on, but the screen stayed black. I really hate it when that happens – normally things just work. …
It looks like Australia is getting some Case Law on the use of data extracted from vehicles engine management computers to prove guilt in the case of an accident. The engine computers in most modern cards also record details just …
Tomorrow I need visit my travel agent and pick up a booklet for paris. I really want to visit it on my trip. I wanted to the year before last, but I could not fit it in. Maybe this time. …
Futurama is a great cartoon. It was pitched to the TV network as being just like The Simpsons, but different. I think this is a great way to describe the show – the one on this evening on cable was …
Seems that every time I tried to do any work this afternoon I had an interruuption… Important (and unimportant) phone calls and emails… Instant messages. Everything. Why? I had such high hopes… I guess there is always tomorrow…
I do not understand some newspaper articles. The SMH talks about how a stabbing victum has been airlifted to Sydney from Central Western NSW, from Ophir Road. The article does not actually say where Ophir Road is… The only hint …
One of my friends sent me a story head had read on the The Daily WTF WWW site… A programmer wrote code that said ‘Start Database; Wait 1000000000 Seconds; Stop Database’. Unfortunately the wait translated into ‘wait until 1 billion …