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Unimpressed with SharePoint
The latest version of SharePoint has been a support nightmare for me. On paper Microsoft SharePoint looks great. Integration with Microsoft Office, document sharing, discussion forums, task manager, blogs and even wikis. I really like the ability to drag and drop files using the Explorer View for document libraries. The problem is that the interface…
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Using jQuery to generate extensible form fields
Sometimes you may want to allow a user to add extra fields to a form on the fly. For example, an online résume form will have space for previous employment. A jobseeker fresh out of school may only have had one other job whereas a more experienced may have worked for eleven different organisations. Do…
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A clear night sky
Tonight's sky was amazingly dark and clear for Sydney so I brought out the binoculars, and just looked up. There was Jupiter in Scorpius, near red giant Antares. I saw nebulae and groups of bright young stars against a Milky Way still faint from city lights. It is so easy to forget that the universe…
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Midnight weird
It's almost midnight and our neighbour with whom we share a wall is vacuuming.
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More weirdness
As we passed through the inner west I looked out of the window of the train and saw eight piglets roasting on two spits in a reserve beside the tracks. On the bus to Macquarie University the student next to me was listening to Chopin on his iPod. In fact, I noticed, while he scrolled…
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Weird day
As I was passing through Central station I saw a lady so fat that she had to pass through the extra-wide luggage gate to the platform. Outside of our Marsfield site there was a young man besides a tree. He was equipped with a big fluffy microphone and stuffed cat. One of our bosses told…
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