March 31, 2013 The path to PRINCE2 This month I received my PRINCE2 certification for both the Foundation and Practitioner levels. PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments) is a UK government standard…
March 4, 2008 Inflation, bank style I just discovered that non-CBA ATM withdrawals now cost $2.00. This is up from $1.50 since February 19, from what I can see. A…
August 21, 2007 Going green, for all good CIOs Spent today at the Green CIO conference at the Sydney Convention Centre. I got the impression many CIOs truly are thought leaders on the…
August 10, 2007 Printing to a Windows network printer @ Tech.Ed How does a Linux user manage to print something at a Microsoft conference? I asked myself that same question yesterday and decided to investigate….
August 8, 2007 Tech.Ed returns to the Gold Coast Well it’s been two years since Microsoft’s Tech.Ed last graced the shiny sands of Queensland’s Gold Coast. I jetted in last night and checked…
May 26, 2007 Computerworld turns 40 Congratulations to Computerworld US which celebrated its 40th anniversary this month. That’s right, for 40 years Computerworld has been providing the most insightful and…
March 28, 2007 Computerworld hits the UK cyber streets Just a quick jot to welcome Computerworld UK to the international Computerworld, and IDG, families. Nice site too, well done! The launch follows the…
February 25, 2007 The Epson AcuLaser CX11NF Colour Laser MFD with Linux Greetings Linux boffin. If you are reading this Web page you’ve probably been searching for a colour laser multi-function device that works with the…
February 3, 2007 Virtually back online I’m now back online after my Xen virtual machine was migrated to another physical host. I can’t fault the performance and stability of Xen….
September 3, 2006 Lost in transplagiarism It seems that some IT news outfits aren’t being as transparent as they could be when it comes to citing sources for their articles….
August 9, 2006 The [e]Census for all My dear fiends at the ABS were put to the test last night with the inaugural electronic Census. Call me cynical but I was…
July 6, 2006 APC weaves in WordPress Despite its close ties to Microsoft, APC PC monthly Australian Personal Computer has rebuilt its Web site with the open source WordPress (read the…
May 15, 2006 What’s Telstra’s phone number? A funny thing happened to me in Melbourne last week. Immediately after Rob Roe’s presentation I asked him if I could take a photo…
May 2, 2006 IDG adds RSS Just a quick note to tell the world IDG Australia now has RSS feeds for most of our news sources. Check them out here……
April 20, 2006 Kudos to KOffice I’d like to take this opportunity to give thanks and praise to a very special open source project – the KOffice project. KOffice turned…
April 3, 2006 Get an Epson Recent printer experiences have forced me to blog away on the topic. After many frustrating hours trying to my HP multifunction device to work…
March 2, 2006 Gotta love the IT conference scene If you’re wondering why the Hell I haven’t responded to your e-mail or phone call this week, well, no, it’s not because I hate…
February 19, 2006 Keeping IT trucking It’s a big congrats to the team driving Western Australia’s technology roadshow for making a visible effort to bridge the digital divide. They really…
December 23, 2005 From SuSE to Kubuntu – merry Tuxmas! When I first moved from Red Hat to Debian about five years ago I said I would never go back to RPM-based distros –…
December 5, 2005 Sun 2, IBM 0 I’m finally getting around to blogging about somethng really freaky that happened back in August. I seems like the Australian Electoral Commission and the…