ASP.NET and Oracle - how to stay sane!
I'm currently doing some development work using ASP.NET against an Oracle database. I have to say that I've had more frustrating development experiences, but most of those involved mainframe computer…
Tagged: software-development
Exclusion 2.0 - is daft jargon necessary?
I just came across this on my Twitter feed - a reference to a " 'Future of the web' Turtle" at Open 09. Yup - a turtle. After some Googling about and learning more than I ever wanted to know about o…
I was a twit not to Tweet!
Many moons ago I posted a piece on here -'Am I a twit not to twitter'. Well, I'll admit it. Yes, I was a twit not to Tweet, and I'm happy to say that. I can't argue with objective facts, so here's …
The Brass Neck of Ordnance Survey
One of my interests is in GIS systems - Geographical Information Systems - and other aspects of computerised and online mapping. Thanks to Googlemaps, it's been possible for developers to create map-…
Real Time Search - how important?
Well, both Microsoftand Googlehave stated that they're adding the capability to search Twitter feeds in real-time to their search engines. What does this mean to us mere mortals who tweet and search…
A Wordpress bug and a quick fix!
Here's a quick hint for anyone who's had the 'can't access empty property' or 'unknown property' error in a Wordpress Plugin (or the core Wordpress installation) , here's a quick fix to try before sta…
A good time to upgrade Wordpress!
I've just upgraded various blogs I look after - including my own - to Wordpress 2.8.5. This release is regarded as a 'hardening' releaseby Wordpress themselves, and if you're reasonably up to date the…
Wolfram Alpha - how not to make friends and influence people!
Hmmm...this is becoming WA corner recently -take a look at my previous piece here. I was less than impressed with the technology and considered it either over-hyped or released too early in to the wo…
Google and 'The Dead Past'
Earlier this year we saw the launch of Google's Street View system - here- and with it came a plethora of complaints about the invasion of privacy implications. I was one of the happy complainants -…
Wolfram Alpha - too early released or over-hyped?
In case you're saying, "Wolfram what?", here's a little reading: http://www.wolframalpha.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/05/does_wolfram_work.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology…