Well, that was a fun couple of days, getting IIS and a standalone instance of Tomcat to both listen on port 443 (here's a hint... httpcfg on IIS6, on IIS5 it's a metabase edit; also you'll need to muck about with server.xml on the Tomcat side).
And just as I getting ready to pack up and go home... it starts snowing, snowing really hard. Spring begins in 3 days, can someone explain this to me?
Or is my issue that I have been too spoiled by too many years of mild winters?
Oh yeah, Evil too...
The Evil Doers gig last Saturday was underattended. I blame the snow, as the music certainly rocked. They opened with "Go" (an original) and kept on rockin' from there, playing mostly original material and closing with an excellent rendition of Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law". Hell, I don't even like Priest and I thought it sounded good. Seriously, if you are a fan of the old school rockin' you need to see these guys. Come on, just once and then decide. Do it for me. Do it for the gipper. Just do it.
Well the Fleck is Alberta bound in a couple of weeks, and we need another flatmate now. We're searching. If you know anyone, drop me a line.
I'll be geeking out hardcore over the next week or so, as I drop a 60GB HDD into my case and begin building a FreeBSD workstation. Mmmm... KDE goodness and the joys of tcsh. I'll post the highlights of my trials and tribulations.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Snow, snow, freakin' snow (and Evil)
Heading out to see the Evil Doers tonight... Should be a good time. I remember the first show last year, it rocked. I'll post a review up here post show (or whenever I get up tomorrow).
So as I contemplate leaving the house, I look out the window, to see that there is so much snow coming down, I cannot see the house next door.
Now, I have nothing against winter. I actually like it. I would point out though that it is nine days until the first day of spring, and 3-4 cm of snow in less than half an hour is not what I would call "seasonal" -- not in southern Ontario, anyway.
Ah well, it could be worse: a few years ago the city would have called in the armed forces for snow removal. No, I will never let Toronto live that one down, ever.
On an unrelated note, sweet opener on the Simpsons tonight, a pneumatic tube delivers Fry instead of Bart, then removes him again. Gotta love the gratuitous Futurama plugs.
So as I contemplate leaving the house, I look out the window, to see that there is so much snow coming down, I cannot see the house next door.
Now, I have nothing against winter. I actually like it. I would point out though that it is nine days until the first day of spring, and 3-4 cm of snow in less than half an hour is not what I would call "seasonal" -- not in southern Ontario, anyway.
Ah well, it could be worse: a few years ago the city would have called in the armed forces for snow removal. No, I will never let Toronto live that one down, ever.
On an unrelated note, sweet opener on the Simpsons tonight, a pneumatic tube delivers Fry instead of Bart, then removes him again. Gotta love the gratuitous Futurama plugs.
Friday, March 11, 2005
I fear Fridays
I have a lot more fear of the end of the week than the beginning.
Nothing ever gets dropped on you on Monday with a "...By the way can we get this for 5, I fly out tonight". Only Fridays, everyone is (usually) gone for the weekend after 5:30 (at the latest), deadlines are nastier, and inevitably someone comes to you with a "by the way, I forgot to mention this earlier, but it seems I need...".
No matter. This is why humanity has a long-standing affection for coffee.
Nothing ever gets dropped on you on Monday with a "...By the way can we get this for 5, I fly out tonight". Only Fridays, everyone is (usually) gone for the weekend after 5:30 (at the latest), deadlines are nastier, and inevitably someone comes to you with a "by the way, I forgot to mention this earlier, but it seems I need...".
No matter. This is why humanity has a long-standing affection for coffee.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals revolt over VB6
OSNews reportsMVPs are revolting over the death of VB6.
Might have something to do with huge amount of applications written in it out there.
Might have something to do with huge amount of applications written in it out there.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Blogging and dynamics in the workplace
Well, there are now officially 2 publicly acknowledged blogs from the office, and we have set up a Web Part to publish their details to our portal site via syndication...
Which is kind of cool, I have to admit. It definitely reminds me of a time when the office was less than half the size it is now, and the constant exchange if information and ideas - where everyone is a sounding board for everyone else. It's nice to get that atmosphere back, you lose it when an office or workgroup gets beyond a certain.
Not that you ever really lose that professional exchange with colleagues, it just tends to change with the organisational structure.
Which is kind of cool, I have to admit. It definitely reminds me of a time when the office was less than half the size it is now, and the constant exchange if information and ideas - where everyone is a sounding board for everyone else. It's nice to get that atmosphere back, you lose it when an office or workgroup gets beyond a certain.
Not that you ever really lose that professional exchange with colleagues, it just tends to change with the organisational structure.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Oh, crap...
Hey Dad, Happy Belated Birthday... We'll see you on Saturday!
Wow, don't I feel like a heel... Mind you, he insisted for years that his birthday was the day after it's actual date so I don't feel as bad as I could about SNAFUing the date.
Sorry, Dad but it's true... Happy 65th.
Wow, don't I feel like a heel... Mind you, he insisted for years that his birthday was the day after it's actual date so I don't feel as bad as I could about SNAFUing the date.
Sorry, Dad but it's true... Happy 65th.
Thoughts from an Ex-MS Distinguished Engineer
Markl's Thoughts is a blog belonging to Mark Lucovsky, currently employed by Google, late of Microsoft.
In his February 12th post, he makes some interesting observations on what delivering software to customers actually means.
Food for thought.
In his February 12th post, he makes some interesting observations on what delivering software to customers actually means.
Food for thought.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Dreich and snowy
Accursed weather...
I don't mind snow, really. It's the 8cm deep puddles of dirty, icy water along side the road. That coupled with the sheer volume of snow that has come down overnight is forcing me to take the subway to work, leave the bike locked up in the back.
Ah well.
Found some cool software today on Sourceforge... found it by accident as a matter of fact. Mind mapping software still in beta, called Freemind. I remeber seeing something like this at an unnamed large software company's Canadian office a while back, essentially it lets you map out your train of thought.
It's really cool; any idea, any tangent you can map out in software, save it and come back to it later.
Trash your whiteboard, this is free and written in Java so, as long as you have a Java runtime installed, you're good to go.
I don't mind snow, really. It's the 8cm deep puddles of dirty, icy water along side the road. That coupled with the sheer volume of snow that has come down overnight is forcing me to take the subway to work, leave the bike locked up in the back.
Ah well.
Found some cool software today on Sourceforge... found it by accident as a matter of fact. Mind mapping software still in beta, called Freemind. I remeber seeing something like this at an unnamed large software company's Canadian office a while back, essentially it lets you map out your train of thought.
It's really cool; any idea, any tangent you can map out in software, save it and come back to it later.
Trash your whiteboard, this is free and written in Java so, as long as you have a Java runtime installed, you're good to go.
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