Writing ... or Just Practicing?
Random disconnected diatribes of a documentation engineer
Public Nopinion
I'm not quite sure how she did it, but this year my wife managed to convince me to follow the latest...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 11/21/2009
Suffering Suffixes, Batman
One of the features of working from home is that, if you aren't careful, you can suddenly find that...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 10/31/2009
Unbound Generics: an Open and Closed Case
There's a well known saying that goes something like "Please engage brain before shifting mouth into...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 10/24/2009
Come On In, The Water's Lovely...
A great many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and learning to be a salesman, we had a sales...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 10/17/2009
Another Bowl of Peeled Grapes Please, Waiter
If all goes according to plan, I should be spread-eagled in a sun lounger on a foreign beach as you...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 09/26/2009
Dislocation, Dislocation, Dislocation
With appropriate acknowledgment to Phil and Kirstie, this week's random blather seems to have...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 09/13/2009
Cable Internet in 10 Easy Steps
After what seems like a nightmare week of aggravation, it looks like I'm finally...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 09/06/2009
Tap, Tap, Tap, Bloop, Gone.
So here's an interesting approach to merchandising and pricing your products. Imagine, if you will,...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 07/26/2009
The Shadow in the Machine
There's some ethereal guy called "system" wandering around inside my servers stealing stuff. It's a...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 07/12/2009
Measuring Job Satisfaction
Listening to the radio one day this week, I heard somebody describe golf as being "a series of...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 06/28/2009
Am I Done Yet...?
I've been trying something new and exciting this week. OK, so it's perhaps not as exciting as bungee...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 06/21/2009
Having A Bad Where? Day
Isn't it funny how - after a while - you tend not to notice, or you ignore the annoying habits of...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 06/14/2009
Woefully Inadequate Kollaboration Implementation
It's a good thing that Tim Berners-Lee is still alive or he'd probably be turning in his grave. I...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 06/07/2009
I Need a Wii...
According to Nintendo, the name of their family games console expresses their direction to break...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 05/31/2009
Windows 2008 Hyper-V and Service Pack 2
A quick note to Hyper-V users. When I installed Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, it installed...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 05/28/2009
Currently Overloaded...
You don't normally expect zonking amounts of current to be flying around inside a computer (unless...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 05/24/2009
Snake Oil Salesmen
I reckon that, last week, I broke a World record. I managed to cycle through 38 TV channels in turn...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 04/26/2009
Are You Offset Early Yet?
I watched a program on TV the other night about how your body clock works. It seems that when you...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 04/19/2009
Going to the Dogs
I'm starting to worry that I can’t cope with the frantic releases of operating system...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 04/05/2009
Cursory Distractions
First off, I need to apologize to all those people who have been reduced to reading my previous...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 03/22/2009
Unit Protesting
Before we start, I want to make it clear that - although I often use US spelling in stuff I write -...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 03/15/2009
A Categorical Approach To Compatibility Theory
I read in the newspaper this week that scientists have discovered why men are better at reading...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 03/08/2009
In Search Of The Missing Link
Every now and then I get to write actual code rather than just documentation. Usually there's either...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 03/01/2009
In the Jungles of the Amazon
I'm a great believer in the future of "cloud" computing. It seems to be the way forward for both...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 02/22/2009
Hyper-Ventilation, Act III
After approximately two weeks of intermittent network upgrades, I seem to still have a working...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 02/08/2009
Hyper-Ventilation, Act II
Outside, the snow lies deep, crisp, and even. Inside, the continuing quest to achieve calm and...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 02/01/2009
Hyper-Ventilation, Act I
I guess there are at least two people out there who may be interested in hearing about my latest...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 01/25/2009
Herding Buffalo
Microsoft takes security seriously. I take security seriously. I don't have simple one-lever locks...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 01/18/2009
Agile Environmental Management
I'm not much into wearing daft T-shirts, or T-shirts with logos that proclaim my technical...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 01/04/2009
Christmas Presents for Geeks
I guess it's that time of year when I ought to acknowledge that the festive season is upon us. You...
Author: Alex Homer Date: 12/28/2008