Good post on Paul Vick's blog about the characteristics of Black Hole projects at M$. This got me thinking about some traits I recognise:-The goal of the system cannot be summed up in a sentanceThey involve more people than you can fit on a busThey must have completely unrealistic deadlines.
Continue ReadingRecently discovered these excellent UML 2.0 Stencils and Templates for Visio by Pavel Hruby. While I am still waiting for my ideal UML drawing tool, I keep coming back to Visio.
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[](http://www.woodwardweb.com/images/blog/1954Popularmechanics.html)Got forwarded this today, apparently from a 1954 Popular Mechanics magazine. "...how a 'home computer' could look like in the year 2004. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.
Continue ReadingI have been investigating several ways of generating files suitable for use in Excel from a C# application. As with most problems, there is more than one way to crack a nut.
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[](http://www.woodwardweb.com/images/blog/20041118_snow.html)It's the 18th November and it's snowing!!! Really heaving. Looks cool - might go outside and build a snowman. Wouldn't mind but I have to drive across 3 countries tomorrow. Doh!
Continue ReadingFantastic news. Belfast is to host the 2005 World Toilet Summit, very near to where I work. According to Cleanpoint.com:- _Hosted by The British Toilet Association, the Summit is being supported by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast City Council, the International Fund for Ireland and Belfast Visitor...
Continue ReadingJust found out about the various extensions to RSS 2 that allow information about comments to be included in the RSS feeds. I have revised my feed to include the full article along with links to the comments in it, numbers of comments etc.
Continue ReadingThe Register have published the results of an important benchmark test - what is the best free rucksack. No matter how boring the presentation, everyones eyes always light up when the contents of the marketing cupboard are raided.
Continue ReadingInteresting article in Wired about "Numbers Stations" that broadcast on Shortwave. These are high-powered transmitters across the planet are are broadcasting strings of numbers, letters, backwards music, or even the noise of a fruit machine.
Continue ReadingI've recently come across Podcasting (or blogcasting as it is sometimes called). Basically it makes use of a feature in the RSS spec called enclosure that allows links to downloadable content - in this case audio content.
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