September 2006 - Posts

Don't be too quick to judge
Published 27 September 6 12:46 AM | GregLow
When reading my rss feeds this morning, I came across this posting from the Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/we-killed-matthew-parents/2006/09/26/1159036542249.html While reading posts in the headlines about murders, etc., it's...
SQL Down Under Code Camp - now very soon
Published 26 September 6 1:34 PM | GregLow
I was so pleased today that we passed the 100 mark for attendees for SQL Down Under Code Camp ( www.sqldownunder.com ). Given the short notice, I would have been happy with 60 or 70. I also loved the email I got today from Anthony Chan at Charles Sturt...
VB Powerpacks
Published 21 September 6 12:48 AM | GregLow
There is an interesting new team that is building "power packs" for VB. The first of the two power packs (the Windows Interop Forms Toolkit) allows you to migrate VB6 apps to VB.NET one form at a time. This can only help with large VB6 projects...
SQL Down Under Code Camp numbers growing daily
Published 19 September 6 5:13 AM | GregLow
I've been really heartened by the flow of registrations for SQL Down Under Code Camp in Wagga Wagga on October 7th and 8th (next month). When I was picking the dates for this, I nearly waited for next year because I knew it wasn't much notice...
SQL Down Under show 19 with guest Peter Myers
Published 19 September 6 5:11 AM | GregLow
SQL Down Under show 19 with guest Peter Myers is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . In this show, Peter provides an introduction to SQL Server Analysis Services for developers and DBA's.
Expression Web Designer Beta
Published 6 September 6 12:9 AM | GregLow
Good to see some of the Expression products now heading towards release. Microsoft today announced that the Beta of Expression Web Designer (now simply known as Expression Web) is available for download. Details are at: http://www.microsoft.com/products...
Vale Steve Irwin
Published 5 September 6 9:7 AM | GregLow
I was shocked and saddened (but I have to say not surprised) when my daughter Kirsty SMS'd me to say that Steve Irwin had died. Steve was a true Australian icon. Australia Zoo is not far north of where I have been living in Brisbane. I recall many...
TechEd New Zealand and Australia done and dusted
Published 5 September 6 6:19 AM | GregLow
I'm finally back on deck properly after TechEd. It certainly was a hectic week for me. Overall, I think the shows in Auckland and Sydney were both very good. Congratulations to the organisers in both places. I found I couldn't quite do the level...
Gotta love VS.NET
Published 5 September 6 6:6 AM | GregLow
Recently while working with a client on a VB.NET project, we had the need to create an application that would: 1. Automatically open up if not already open 2. Only ever have a single instance open 3. Automatically open a child window based upon a command...