Monthly Archives: April 2006

Cake Day

One of the things I miss dearly about not working at DataCol or ATR is cake day. DataCol’s where much more lavish, but the numbers to feed where smaller, so a few extra dollars made a big difference. Anyway, I … Continue reading

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First “home” app – A homework timer.

I have completed my first bespoke development. A “homework timer”. The spec was very loose, so I decided a XP style would suit this project well. I opened Visual Studio, created a new project, drag on a Timer, Button and … Continue reading

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Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Nunbers

I was reading Mathematical Mysteries for the last few weeks. Wow there are some beautiful relations, and some mind bending logic in maths. I only read the first 2/3 of the book. So am not sure how it finishes, but … Continue reading

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In Search of Stupidity

I have just finished reading In Search of Stupidity on Monday. I found it gripping enough that I read it in two days. I found the different perspective on why the software industry is in its current form (or circa … Continue reading

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