This is an article by Fortune’s Owen Thomas on Vista not being compatible with SQL Server. An excerpt:
‘But now Microsoft has a problem. Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can’t run the current version of SQL Server. The company is working on a SQL upgrade that is compatible with Vista – called SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 – but it’s in beta and can be licensed only for testing purposes.
A 1983 Dungeons & Dragons commercial has found its way to YouTube.
Those were the days when games like this used your imagination, and parents where worried about kids taking up real swords! I remember my mother taking me out of a D&D game, and that was the last time I ever played it. Now where is my 1d20?
(Via Workbench Blog.)
Jamie Oliver: Podcast: “The amazing Gennaro Contaldo demonstrates his incredible one-minute tomato sauce.”
I tried the one minute tomato sauce for dinner tonight, and it was a hit. Cook some orrechiete, put the sauce over it on a plate and sprinkle with your favorite cheese. Dinner in under 10 minutes.
Potent Spice Works to Block Growth of Melanoma in Lab Test:
“Curcumin, the pungent yellow spice found in both turmeric and curry powders, blocks a key biological pathway needed for development of melanoma and other cancers, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.”
So after a discussion with a friend yesterday, I’ll take the curry over the KFC if I’m eating out (Calorie count aside)!
For you mac addicts out there, the people at macappaday.com are giving away a Mac App free at Midnight PST each day. Thats 1900hrs EDST in AU. Get in quick while you can. I already got some great DVD burning software!
I’ve just bought a copy of Delicious Library for my mac via MacHeist. Its a great app. I have started scanned all my barcodes of DVDs/Books/CDs via my iSight camera. Awesome. I can then track who I lend them to, etc. Also great for Insurance. You get a view like a bookshelf of all the items with coverart.
I also found an Easter egg. When I added all my Star Wars Trilogy DVDs the voice that talks the disc name says “Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI) [1977]” then it Whispers “I am your Father”.
About 3 years ago all the doctors in our area stopped bulk billing (except for children). This appeared to be a combination of the Howard government trying to change medicare, the Howard government trying to get people to take out private health insurance and the medical indemnity insurance crisis for doctors. Any time you visited the doctor you either paid the gap, and stuffed around with receiving cheques in the mail and gettting them back to the doctor, or you paid the full consultation fee at consultation time getting a rebate later from medicare.
Looks like I’m some sort of techie as I managed to get my DB and Blog all online ok…. Look out world. Aaahh. Yes I had to dabble with mySQL to get this beast online. I’ll stick to PostgreSQL for all my real DB work.