Entries from October 2003

I really have to make an effort to read the weekly IT lift-out of my local newspaper on a more regular basis. I have two months of catch up reading waiting for me in the other room, so in light of the weather in Sydney this evening (see above photo), I decided to get started, and picked up the IT supplement dated... 12 August 2003.Therein I learned about a German ... Read full entry

Remember a couple of years ago how Linux was going to take over the world? This Open Source Software was to be the Operating System that would herald the end of Microsoft's dominance of the sector.According findings by Gartner Australia, Linux has been quietly ploughing along and uptake of this free operating system in the Asia/Pacific region has been relatively high. It seems some ... Read full entry

Speaking of Windows NT4, the same IT supplement contained an article outlining Microsoft's software support policy. Or should I say, lack of support. It's bad news for people running old operating systems on old computers, as I was until quite recently.Support for Windows 95 has already gone out the window, and NT4 for workstations is due to join the End of life list next year. ... Read full entry

"Creed" Chris O'Hanlon was one of Australia's very own tales of dot com flamboyance. From humble beginnings in the not so humble Sydney suburb of Double Bay, Spike Networks became, for a time, the dot com epitome of world domination.From its eastern suburbs web design studio, Spike, under the ambitious helmsman ship of O'Hanlon, not to mention the very generous backing of numerous venture capitalists, went on to expand into ... Read full entry

One of the more intriguing movies I have watched on DVD lately would have to be One Hour Photo.For those who've not seen it, the basic premise involves a very lonely middle aged man, Sy Parrish, who apparently has no family or friends, and whose sole focus in life is a bizarre fixation with a young, seemingly perfect family, the Yorkins, whom he interacts with by way of his job ... Read full entry