CategoryGeneral Tech

Visual FoxPro 9

Using Visual FoxPro 9 beta. I am a programmer and I have a job I love. One of the development tools we use is Microsoft Visual FoxPro, which excels at writing database software. I’ve been playing with the beta of the new version (v9 out in September) and I am really impressed. For a beta it is extremely stable. I ran a big system recompiled into 9 for a weekend and it didn’t fall over...

On energy, water and the environment

Water and energy Water OK, so in Sydney at the moment we have water restrictions. This means we can’t water our gardens between certain hours, and we need to have water savinf sprinkler systems etc. All good stuff. Currently our dams are below 50% capacity which is very scary – we haven’t been this low for a long time. Now my parents live on a farm up in Queensland, and they...

Why am I so lucky?

I can’t understand why I am so lucky.
I have everything I could ever want. I have the best wife, a great job, fantastic family, I live in a great city, the weather is warm and I get to relax and read the paper with a good coffee on the weekend.
In my job I get to play with the latest technology and work with a bunch of really smart people.
I am very thankful.

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