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{ Monthly Archives } March 2008

School Technology

My son is about to turn 5 in May, and this means searching out schools and meeting principals. Education is very important to our family, so this is a strong factor in our decision as is quality of the staff, and the control that the school has over the conduct of their students.
As a [...]

Who is alina77vere?

I seem to be one of a number of bloggers with some unwanted attention recently…
I’m not sure how often you’d expect someone to actually subscribe to your blog, but I haven’t had anyone until today.  Then alina77vere9uk created an account with an email address of alina77vere@gmail.com.  A quick search on Google resulted in a confirmed [...]

Sun Extended Support for Java 1.4.2

Further to my article on the end of life for Java 1.4.2, I’ve been informed that Sun might be considering an extended support option for organisations that won’t (or can’t) upgrade before mid-2008.
I don’t have any further details for you, but don’t expect this additional support to come free.  In the meantime I’ll be doing [...]

Keeping IT Staff Interested

I work in an office in central Wellington.  We’re close to town, and have a view over the harbour.  Everything is open plan, and moves are being made at present to remove offices, and make our meeting rooms into fishbowls (frosted glass walls).
Personally I’m an advocate for open plan.  As a manager I’ve had to [...]