March 2006 - Posts - Ruari (Chuck's) Mind
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March 2006 - Posts

  • Country Tour :-)

    Hi

    I’m doing a cross country trip towards the end of April.
    Here is my current schedule if any of you would like to arrange a sadeveloper saarchitect visit please let me know. (my mail is rplint@microsoft.com)

    24th March:                   Bloemfontein
    26th - 28th March:          Western Cape
    29th March:                   George
    30th March:                   Port Elizabeth
    31th March – 2nd April:   East London
    3rd April:                      Grahams Town
    4th  April:                     East London
    5th   April:                    Durban
    6th   April:                    Harrismith

    see you then
    Ruari

  • Cool Birthday Gift

    Ye, I'm getting older in body - BUT not in mind. Growing up is optional.
    My wife is sooo great, check what she gave me for my birthday Whahooo.

  • Durbs Here I come

    So where will I be on the 7th March.
    I am presenting at the HEICTA conference hosted by Mangosuthu Technikon in Durban.

    What is HEICTA?

    "HEICTA is a national organisation which transformed from TECLA (Technikon Computer Lecturers Association). TECLA was established in the late 1980s and hosts an annual conference focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on curriculum development, research and related matters in the discipline of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). It ensures that syllabi offered by all Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) in South Africa are relevant and up-to-date. <more...> "

  • .Net Juniors JHB - 4th March 2006

    The .Net Juniors will be running an event on the 4th March 2006

    When: 4th March 2006, 10:00 - 12:00
    Venue: Microsoft, Bryanston (Map)
    Presenter: Malcolm Wilkinson
    Topic: Where Goes What?
    Objective: A discussion based session around where to put what code in a system.
    RSVP: Forum post

    Looking forward to seeing you all there!!!
  • Custom membership DB

    Whahooo.

    I guess for those who still code everyday this is second nature, But I'm chuffed I got it working.
    My ISP upgraded my domain to run on framework 2.0, but I'm still on SQL 2000.
    I wanted to start playing with ASP's membership providers, which meant I had to get it to talk to a remote SQL 2000 DB.

    Thanks to ASP Alliance I got it working.

    Wow this stuff is really great.

  • Life goes on


    Phew have I been away for that long. Dotnet has gone through some major upgrading!
    I’ve just started realigning my image links – this could take some time.

    So where have I been? looong story but since about November I have been on a serious road of recovery. Needless to say that since October I made myself very scarce – and I need to apologies to you all.
    I believe an explanation is well overdue for my absence from the social circle.

    How to begin? Hmmgph not easy this one – lets just say in October 2005 I developed some serious health issues. According to the doctor a chemical imbalance in the brain caused the neuron transmitters to sever. (Huh – ye that’s what I said)
    Well this in turn caused the brain to shut down some functionality of my overall system, which resulted in symptoms exactly the same as that of a heart attach for starters.
    I then went into a rather depressive state and wanted nothing to do with anything, especially people (sorry again).

    Good news is I’m on the mend and have started reintroducing myself into society again (I’ll be back!!) The road to recovery is proving slow but worthwhile, as I’ve learnt a wealth on knowledge around human nature during this adventure (rocky adventure)

     Maybe I’ll write a book or at least an article, who knows, but it’s good to start feeling like me again. See you all soon!!

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