Wednesday, June 29, 2005

The Seafoam Lodge

The Seafoam Lodge:

The Seafoam Lodge is comprised of eight separate buildings offering a total of twenty four guest accommodations and a conference center. The Lodge is located on a sweeping hillside, overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the Beautiful Mendocino Coast, in Northern California.

Seafoam Haciendas on the Beach in Sunny Barbados

Seafoam Haciendas on the Beach in Sunny Barbados:

We offer the finest accommodations on the South Coast of the sunny isle of Barbados. This webpage will help you get some more information about SeaFoam, Barbados, or even help you to send in a request for a reservation.

Sympatico / MSN

Sympatico / MSN:

E-mails suggesting there was a conspiracy around Pope John Paul II's death or that Michael Jackson has passed away could be carrying a worm, experts have warned.

How to: Disable the Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 2003

How to: Disable the Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 2003:

The idea behind the shutdown event tracker is that a server isn’t meant to be restarted or shutdown regularly. Therefore, when it is, Administrators should keep a log of exactly why the machine was powered down. Essentially, this can be a good thing since it allows you to store a database of shutdown events for future reference.

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

TheServerSide.com - Migration to Java 5 at walmart.com

TheServerSide.com - Migration to Java 5 at walmart.com:

How do you upgrade one of the busiest web applications of the whole Internet to Java 1.5? This is a challenge under the best conditions, considering that the application must handle up to 7 million sessions and 106 million page views per day. This article is a case study of the Java 1.5 upgrade for the application and subsystems that make up the walmart.com web site.

Australian drinks - Australian beer, wine, liqueurs, and spirits

Australian drinks - Australian beer, wine, liqueurs, and spirits:

The most popular beer nowadays is Victoria Bitter with a 30% market share while Fosters, despite its image as the Aussie beer due to overseas marketing, is usually only drunk by tourists. If you see anyone order or drink Fosters ask him where he's from, if he's an Aussie I'd like to hear about it, personally I have never seen an Aussie touch the stuff.

Google Earth - Home

Google Earth - Home:

Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Custom House Numbers

Neutraface House Numbers

Custom House Numbers
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These Neutraface house numbers will make any dump look downright cool. Neutraface is a great font inspired by architect Richard Neutra and designed by House Industries. The custom made house numbers are available in stainless steel (satin or polished) and aluminum (silver or a variety of baked enamel colors). See the pricing calculator for cost. Here's to hoping you're address isn't 479455 Main Street — they charge by the number.

Victorinox retroALOX: 1GB aluminum swiss army knife

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But it’s not just the capacity that makes this new SwissMemory Victorinox cool, it’s also a very different design from the previous version. Whereas the original device I had was finished in the traditional Swiss Army red plastic, this one is flanked by hard wearing textured aluminium.

Hiding inside the swanky aluminium casing you’ll find a pair of scissors, a knife and a nail file/screwdriver. Unlike the previous SwissMemory Victorinox, there’s no pen or torch integrated into this one. Of course you can buy a SwissMemory Victorinox with the red finish, which includes both the pen and a white LED torch, but it will cost you a little bit more.

The 1GB USB memory key folds out easily and can be plugged directly into a USB socket. The memory key can be removed completely from the knife, which is handy if you need to take it with you on a plane. Once removed it becomes apparent that this is one of the smallest 1GB memory keys you’re likely to find.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Excel as a database

Rory Blyth - Neopoleon.com:

As a developer, you've probably, at some unfortunate point in your life (possibly several points, actually), been handed an Excel file that has been crammed full of 'data' by someone in marketing and told to 'do something with it.'