The folks over at NxtGenUG have been interviewing again…this time, Ed Gibson is under the spotlight – which makes a change, it used to be the other way around!
A few folks asked me if Ed’s pitch from DDD3 would be made available on-line – and a few folks asked me the same question at DDD4. Well, you can hear Ed speak about his experiences over here (and here’s the downloadable wmv).
Technorati Tags: DDD4, NxtGenUG, Ed Gibson, FBI, Microsoft, security, Chief Security Advisor
Big clear-out, the HP Deskjet 1220 is pretty much dead to use, but might be good for parts.
Drop me an e-mail via my web-site if you want it or any parts – cost of postage only.
If there are no takers by Tuesday 19th, I will ditch it.
Whilst trying to pay my BT bill this evening, an error appeared…
I am, of course, my own administrator…which kind of made this error both amusing and worthy of a software sucks award.
Technorati Tags: administrator, BT, This Software Sucks Award, Why Software Sucks, David S. Platt
Thanks to Dave McMahon for pointing out that the promotion of UK Community in Barcelona is now available:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=265960
Brian Long, Guy Smith-Ferrier, Richard Costall and Sarah Blow promote the power of Community!
Technorati Tags: Niners, Community, community, TechED, Barcelona, DDD, DDD4, Channel9, Channel 9, Sarah Blow, Brian Long, Richard Costall, Guy Smith-Ferrier, Dave McMahon
The one with the JCB digger: FRB Podcast #3 [4.5MB], Tuesday 12/12/2006, Fife to Edinburgh, depart 0725, arrive 0825.
Technorati Tags: Forth Road Bridge, commuter, podcast, Fife, Edinburgh, lane swappers, bus lanes, JCB, driving test
OK, so this is perhaps a bit geeky or freaky, you choose.
As some of you may have noticed, I’m getting into David Allen‘s Getting Things Done model of working. I’ve got a huge “in” box that’s filling up nicely, my head’s gradually emptying its content into “the system”.
One of David’s recommendation was the Brother PT-65 label printer (for labelling files of course). Today, I noticed that Maplin are selling the newer PT-80 for £12.99 (reduced from £19.99).
So I went and bought one. David recommends a label printer for ease of printing – if you want to use the PC to “batch up” a lot of labels, that’s fine, but it’s very likely that your “stuff” will mount up and you’ll stack it instead of process and file it.
Now, all I have to do is get myself a huge stack of Manila folders or Manilla folders as they are known at the shop I’m planning to purchase them from.
Technorati Tags: label printer, Brother, PT-80, PT80, Maplin, Getting Things Done, GTD, Manila, Manilla, David Allen
My return trip north over the Forth Road Bridge, for Monday.
FRB Podcast #2 [2MB] – the one with the 4×4 driver. Monday 11/12/2006, Edinburgh to Fife, depart 1735, arrive 1826.
This one runs a little fast, you can hear the clicks between edit points. I edited a lot of content out, this one is just 10 minutes long.
Technorati Tags: Forth Road Bridge, commuter, podcast, Fife, Edinburgh, lane swappers, 4×4, speeding
I don’t know what compelled me to do this, but after The Scotman’s campaign for a second crossing (be it a bridge, a tunnel or something else) over the River Forth Firth Of Forth [thanks Colin!], I’ve decided to record my experiences crossing the Forth Road Bridge.
I’ve chosen to podcast my entire journey, edited down such that the 75 minute drive is a 30 minute podcast. I’ll cover the route south, i.e. from Fife over to Edinburgh and back again.
Over the course of a week, you’ll hear a lot of my views and opinions on what’s wrong with the commute over to Edinburgh. Editing the podcasts takes about an hour, so please be patient, I will get them all uploaded as soon as possible. Also, the sound quality isn’t production quality, but it’s clear enough to get the point across.
I’ve got a lot that I want to say about this journey, I’ll try and put together a blog post “real soon now”.
FRB Podcast #1 [6MB], Monday 11/12/2006, Fife to Edinburgh, depart 0745, arrive 0900. Notice the slight frustration build up towards the end of the podcast!
Technorati Tags: Forth Road Bridge, commuter, podcast, Fife, Edinburgh, lane swappers, bus lanes
I give away a few of the things that make me tick over at MVP Insider this month.
“Never expect the highest marks for anything, for that suggests there is no need to improve.”
“True success requires collaboration and team effort.”
Check out my interview here.
Technorati Tags: MVP, MVPInsider, Craig Murphy, collaboration, team, success, improvement
My other half (“who should know better” I hear you cry) forwarded on the message below.
FREE £60 SAINSBURY’S VOUCHER!
Hi Guys
This does work, just had a reply back from my cousin who sent it, saying he has just received his voucher, Nice eh? Send this email on to 10 people and copy in J.sainsburys@customerservices.com, Then Sainsbury’s will forward you a £60 voucher via email Fab – Just in time for Christmas
Of course, it is a hoax. It’s obvious, surely everybody can see that? Well, the truth is, it’s not that obvious and this particular hoax is still catching folks out! So what makes this so obviously a hoax?
Well, there are a few tell-tale signs.
The e-mail alias is playing on your impression of the big name that is behind the supermarket in question, you’d like to think that J.sainsburys is a reliable alias. Wrong on two counts. Firstly, the small ‘s’ is a clue, it should be uppercase. Secondly, it’s “J Sainsbury”, there’s no need for the trailing ‘s’. Don’t believe me? Check it here.
Then there’s the capital ‘T’ just after the ‘,’ – that’s just wrong. And no ‘.’ before ‘Fab’. And the capital ‘J’ in ‘Just’. And the capital ‘N’ in ‘Nice’. Always check grammar, spelling, etc. if you have even the slightest suspicion that something isn’t what it seems. Oh, and no ‘.’ closing the sentence.
The domain name, customerservices.com, has nothing to do with the supermarket. If this domain is still alive, it only serves to collect e-mail addresses from unsuspecting individuals who’ll be spammed later.
How easy is it to check for these hoaxes? Well, your favourite search engine is usually a good place to start. Check out J.sainsburys hoax to see what I mean.
So remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Technorati Tags: hoax, j.sainsburys, customerservice.com, scam, e-mail hoax