Short collection of interesting things
DaleThe Three Laws Of Consulting, via Alik Levin's MSDN BLog "In spite of what your client may tell you, there's always a problem." "No Matter how it looks at first,…
The other chair goes round and round in circles.
From an office in Alice Springs. Two kinds of government chair correspond with the two kinds of minister: one sort folds up instantly and the other sort goes round and…
If I close my eyes …
(yes, it’s back to the doghouse)
Microsoft’s “MAID IN JAPAN” DVD
Seen over at Fumikoku’s Technet blog. From what I can gather from the (poor) language translation (from Yahoo’s Babelfish), it was a pre-release “proof” copy. The typo was fixed before…
Why? Is it gonna blow?!?
I’m careful with how I communicate with customers. Not for them, terms like ProcMon, least user privilege, DLL Hell and PEBKAC. Though for some of our support people, it’s an…
Windows Operating System install testing
Before we ship a customised Microsoft Windows installation to our customers, we test. And test. And test some more. The picture, though a little old, shows a failed build test. …
Only 200 to go then …
On the ABC Collectors television show recently, there was a woman with 300 shoes. Only 200 to go then! Yes, it was cold in the doghouse that night.
Matchstick F1 Mercedes McLaren
No, I don't know how many matchsticks are in it, but you can Google that for yourself.
404 errors
I was tempted to blog about the history of 404 errors, but some sad git splendid fellows, brave heroes, risking life and limb for Blighty!*, has beaten me to it.…