Ben Walters InfoPath MVP : Update

Update

Ben Walters — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:45:00 GMT

It’s been a while since I made a post to my blog so I figured it was high time for a quick update. A lots been happening recently for me first I finished up with my employer of the past 4.5 years SDM, I figured it was time to move on and as of the 5th...(read more)

Happy Chinese New Year!

Ben Walters — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:46:31 GMT

Welcome to the Year of the Rat!

So I missed the usual Happy New Year post this year, and to top it off by the time I noticed it was too late to redeem myself so I figured why not wait until Chinese New Year to start my blog off for 2008.

Only a month an a half in to 2008 and so much has happened already here's a quick run down

SDM was brought out by DWS
SDM moved office from South Melbourne to South Yarra (what is it about the south?)
I finished Guitar Hero 3 on Easy, Medium and on Coop Medium (Started on hard but my hand cramped)
Thanks to Christmas I increased my Xbox Game Collection substantially
I managed to save all limbs and both eyebrows despite my home made explosives on New Years eve.
Trekked over to Adelaide for the SDM Away days
Had my MVP status renewed for another year
Successfully registered for the MVP Summit 2008 (Seattle here I come!)
MOSSIG had the first meeting for 2008

While that's the main stuff that comes to mind, there was more, but not too much worth mentioning. My Chinese new years resolution is to post more regularly and first order of business is to get some useful posts up here so stay tuned!

Finally I should let you know the next MOSSIG meeting is coming up in a little over 2 weeks on the 27th of Feb this should be a great night, We have Tim Wragg, Chris O'Connor and Myself all presenting so come along an have some food and a chat and check out the content. I'll get a locked down agenda up in the next day or so

Werribee Carols by Candlelight Rocked!!!

Ben Walters — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:46:04 GMT

Last night I was playing at the Werribee Carols by Candle Light down at Werribee Mansion. This was an awesome night with over 10,000 people in attendance there was no way this couldn't have gone off like a frog in a sock.

I probably could have planned my day a little better though I first started off with some fishing in the bay from about 4am to 10am then got back to sure just in time to have a shower and get back to the mansion by 12:30 to setup my gear, sound check and practice for the afternoon.

Although I ended up being a little tired it was well worth it, especially considering these carols single handedly pushed the Elton John concert out by a week gotta love that!

see the pics below

Breaking the Blogging Drought

Ben Walters — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:45:03 GMT

Well it's been a while since my last post, so time to break the drought and get you up to date with my last couple of months.

Work wise I've been flat out on an Intranet replacement project using MOSS. Personally I've been flat out with MVP Academy Training and practice for the Werribee Carols by Candlelight.

Finally from the MOSSIG side I've been busy getting ready for the MOSSIG end of year Christmas party. This is shaping up to be a great night, we'll have food, give away's and some great presentations of solutions that have been delivered throughout 2007 using the Microsoft Office 2007 System.

In other not so important news, my external drive decided to burn out last week so I've had to get a replacement drive for my external enclosure. Good news is it arrived today so I now have a 500gb external drive that I can use for storing all my virtual machines.

To top that SDM also assigned me a new laptop yesterday a Dell D830, so far this machine looks pretty good Intel Centrino Duo processor 4gb of ram and 110gb primary drive an extra 80gb HDD that I can swap with my DVD drive. My Toshiba has been ok over the past couple of years but I'm glad to have a new machine no more dead ctrl keys or battery that runs out just as my machine finishes booting.

Well with all that out of the way it's time to get back to some search configuration. Watch this space however as I'll be posting updates on the MOSSIG Christmas party as we get closer to the date.