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shlock (1) - Nigels Retrospective

Nigel Watson, an Architect Advisor at Microsoft, based in Melbourne Australia.

June 2005 - Posts

Yes we've got a bloody video!!!
So, today Princess, T and I found an Amstrad Video Recorder at the Elwood School Markets. I didn't even know they made such things, although my brother Rick bought one of their weirdo CP/Mish running machines back in the 80's (before seeing the light Read More...
So, what is a shlock again?
See here for the shlock backstory. Some say shlock(1) was the pinnacle of concurrency control, and from that point on things only got more complex and, well, shlocky . Still others say that it was the name of a particularly opinionated Siamese cat that Read More...
Microsoft Architecture Centre online!
Although it doesn't officially go live until 1st July, you can check it out now at www.microsoft.com/architecture . I've had a quick sniff through it, and it looks pretty good. Read More...
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