October 2005 - Posts

VSTS Song! Great!!!!
28 October 05 12:10 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

VSTS Joe sent me this link. It’s a VSTS Song, but really, it’s so much more: http://blog.naver.com/dazzilove/60018738226 Not sure what to say…if anyone can translate, I’d love to sing along! I then decided to dig out my old favorite Read More...

My Inner Child is Suprised!
27 October 05 03:44 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Greg has this great little thing on his blog about passing 8th grade math (I got 10/10, which was very surprising for me given I failed first year computing maths 3 times; they eventually looked the other way so I could graduate!!!), and I found this Read More...

Go Paperless! Go Telstra!
26 October 05 09:08 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

I hate paper! I spend all my time on-line, and now rely heavily on my Microsoft e-mail account as my primary contact point, I wish I never had to receive another piece of paper again. I mean, I get paper in the way of bills, notices, reminders, etc; when Read More...

The Hoff and my helmet!
25 October 05 04:41 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

My new helmet arrived today! I have to say, I’m a big fan of Australia, I mean, I regularly listen to The Seekers version of “We Are Australian”, and can recite the original version of “Hey True Blue” before Vegemite got Read More...

I hope I'm not speaking out of turn here! Victorian .NET Architects UG is alive!
25 October 05 01:58 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

My main man Clarke Scott has been baking this over the last few weeks, and it’s finally cooked, and looks good. http://www.vdnaug.net/ If you’re a .NET Architect, who is interested in meeting like minded individuals in Melbourne, Australia, Read More...

SharePoint RSS! I have an idee!
21 October 05 07:17 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Rob and I were just having a chat about the Community Launch Site which is developed as a SharePoint Team Site, and he wanted it to be RSS enabled. I then had an idea: What if you: 1. Edited those layout XML files to include in List and Document Library Read More...

OOP...remember to break it out!
21 October 05 07:00 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

I’m excited at the moment, as I’m working on a project with some community guys (can’t say what, it’s a bit of a seeeecret), but I’m getting my mind back into design mode, which it hasn’t been in for a while. So I thought Read More...

They don't call us Evangelists for nothing!
21 October 05 05:24 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

I was walking down the street this morning, and caught this: Jeez, that’s one way to get the flock to the launch party, although, I don’t think you’ll end up going south in the afterlife if you miss it ;) P.S: Check this out :) Read More...

Good news! Mr. Nnam Gaemezu is dead!?
20 October 05 06:33 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Many of you’ll may remember one of my previous posts: http://blogs.msdn.com/davidlem/archive/2005/08/22/454338.aspx About my late Uncle Willy. Well, I’ve just received another email today from Barrister Ben Fidal Roberts, informing me (with Read More...

Where's the paddle?
20 October 05 12:47 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

My man Deeps has been busy this month, first the free books, now this: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/msdn/faculty/ It’s the new MSDN Faculty website, and it’s wholly focused on Australian faculty members! This is awesome, as we generally Read More...

Free Books to download!
19 October 05 06:20 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Deeps sent me this email about two free books you can download: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/staythepath/AdditionalResources/default.aspx The one that caught my eye is the Upgrading VB 6.0 apps. I’ve got two customers who are scratching their Read More...

[Kurt Heiz] Kurt's my main hooker!
19 October 05 03:52 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

My friend and Dimension Data consultant, Kurt Heiz, continues to allude the blogsphere directly, by emailing me his great little discoveries, and letting me claim them as my own. NO MORE KURT! From now on, when someone sends me one of these “Check Read More...

It's like trying to solve world peace!
18 October 05 04:47 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

I’m going to continue to moan about the enormous task of managing the channel known as “community”! Why do I call it a channel!? Well, because if you’re an organization like Microsoft, and you build stuff that people use (and sometimes Read More...

Eldora's first steps...kinda!
14 October 05 07:25 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

So I’m flat out at the moment working with the community around the launch events, but I had to take some time out today to try and get Eldora to take her first steps. Why have I called my Lego Mindstorms Robot Eldora ? Because it means “Golden Read More...

The storm cometh!
13 October 05 05:44 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

I just got a hold of my new Lego MindStorms kit, and I’m pumped. Now before everyone says, “Jeez, another toy for those dev guys”, this is actually a very important tool for my job! Part of my role (and the team I belong to in Microsoft), Read More...

Perth or bust...again!
13 October 05 03:12 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

Wow this year is going by quickly! It seems like only last month that I was in Perth! Um…it was! So that time has come again to go west, and I will be mooching around Perth from the 18th to the 20th of October, so if anyone is up for a coffee or Read More...

Calling all User Groups in Australia!!!!
12 October 05 04:56 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

If you run a User Group around any Microsoft Technology in Australia, could you please email me your: User Group Name Location (Suburb, State) Website Address (if you have one) I’m trying to make sure I get everyone as part of our upcoming Launch Read More...

MVP's Please! VSTS and BTS!
10 October 05 12:34 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Wow, what an awesome weekend! Two of my favorite techie’s got knighted! Joe Sango (of the Melbourne VSTS User Group, VSTSEclipse, and Dr. Dobbs fame) got the Visual Developer – VSTS gong! https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=91746415-0c84-4b7c-9807-efc51abc552b Read More...

Davo G in the city! SQL Server 2005 looking pretty!
06 October 05 02:10 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Get down to the CITC on the 12th of October @ 12:30 as Dave “Davo” Glover will be down there giving the SQL Server 2005 demonstration of his life! http://msevents-as.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=120464645&Culture=en-AU Here Read More...

Leaving Strong from Hong Kong!
06 October 05 01:53 PM | davidlem | 3 Comments   

So Hong Kong Tech Ed 05 is over for me and Clarry , and although I couldn’t keep the little guy out of the canned coffee (now there’s one way to keep caffeinated), he seemed to sleep pretty well through most of my sessions. For me Hong Kong Read More...

101 Samples Rock the Waa Waa!
03 October 05 03:27 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Now, I doubt it is the Holy Grail of computing, but I found this little set of samples, aptly named, 101 samples, and it rocks! It has all these great little samples that run against the current releases of VS 2005 (both B2 and RC0)! http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/downloads/101samples/default.aspx Read More...