So last night was the G3 concert, which was pretty damn amazing. The whole event was made more exciting because of the ‘meet and greet’ tickets Dan had won. So, we pitch up at the venue and pick of the … Continue reading
June 27, 2004
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Monthly Archives: June 2004
June 24, 2004
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Cool, very cool
So last week I went to see Show of Hands play, and was really impressed. I’d not heaerd any of their stuff before, but Karli is a big fan so I decided to give it a punt. And pretty damn … Continue reading
June 18, 2004
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New MSDN Library Search
Is it just me or does anyone else not like the new search features in the help system in Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005? What don’t I like: Paging. Breaking down the search results into pages means I … Continue reading
June 18, 2004
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Multi Author Books
Marcie is talking about multi-author books, with a particularly extreme case. I was never really a fan of large multi-author books, even though I’ve participated in a few. 4 to 6 authors is manageable if you can work well together. … Continue reading
June 16, 2004
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In London on Tuesday 22
Wrox are holding an author event at Foyles in London on Tuesday 22nd, from 6pm so come along and say hello. There will be a bunch of Wrox authors hanging around and Foyles are, I believe, having reductions this month … Continue reading
June 16, 2004
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Gigs
Was in Birmingham on Sunday night for a Bic Runga concert, which had both high and lowpoints. Before the gig started I bought her latest CD. Then came the first support act Pete Murray, an Australian who was frankly amazed … Continue reading
June 16, 2004
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Children are fun
Spent the weekend entertaining my 3 year old niece Katie. Phwew, exhausting stuff, but great fun. I always find it fascinating how they see life and what they’ve picked up. Playing the park on the slide, which is made up … Continue reading
June 1, 2004
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Visual Studio 2005 Installation Error
Ah, life with beta products is fun. Just installed the May build onto my laptop and it finished really quickly, probably because it failed. The error displayed is exceptionally helpful. Not.