Monthly Archives: November 2008
New Blog Server
I have upgraded my hosting package from Unix to Windows as KiwiHosting are phasing out the Unix packages. Luckily WordPress runs on Windows/IIS so I’ve taken the opportunity to upgrade to 2.7.x (SVN trunk) as trying to install 2.6.3 was … Continue reading
Microsoft UNPLUGGED – WPF & VS2008
I attended the November Unplugged WPF & VS2008 developer session on Tuesday. JD’s talk was well balanced, and covered the basics of what WPF is, how the UI and UX work. He avoided only showing the shiny demo screens and … Continue reading
Curse of the Azure Bonds – build 1.0.14
A new version of the game is now available: build 1.0.14 This build, from a user’s perspective only adds a new cheat: to remove the race based level limits, that was requested by Pope. I have been feeling bad about … Continue reading
US Election results exciting even in New Zealand
I was remarking to Michaela this evening “wow lots of people seem excited about those US election results, or something else odd” as there have been lots of fireworks this evening. To which she replied “it’s Guy Fawkes”. Wow, what … Continue reading
CodeCamp: Preparing a CV for Technical Jobs
Jeremy Taylor’s session was very good. Lots of simple pointers, do’s and don’ts. He covered three major points: Cover letters, CVs, Interviewing Fantastic talk for a code camp, definitely keeping it real.
