This one is for Nada

thai-starter

thai-starter

Nada could not understand the point of a blog, like most things on the internet there is no point. We are at the Royal Siam in Aston Clinton the steamed prawns are recommended.

SQL query tips

When running a SQL query it is always a good idea to start working on them by using “SELECT TOP 100″ it saves you waiting while SQL returns a large dataset. When you are ready to run the query for real you can just add the word PERCENT i.e. “SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT”

Bridleway resurface

digger-bridelway

digger-bridelway

They have decided to resurface the bridleway that runs along the perimeter fence at work. I am not sure why as you see about 1 person a week using it. Still in a credit crunch public projects keep us all in work.

Garden Bird Watch

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grand-union-wendover-arm

Up the road to do Garden Bird Watch 2009. Started a bit late 16:20, but will make the most of the light available as Angela was throwing a ball for the dog so not much around to start. Rook, Wood Pigeon, Blackbird (3). That is the lot even walking round the garden did no good. The usual Tits etc were not about.

Simple Tags

Not sure how tags work so I have installed “Simple Tags” plugin to see if I can make sense of them. I should then end up with a useful tag cloud. It has features that allow you to add tage words and then auto-tag the whole content of your blog.

Penn Street

penn-street-church

penn-street-church

Went for a walk round Penn Wood and Penn House. House looks like it has a lot of history there is a large carved wooden gate, and there was a statue of a woman with a dog in the large garden. Plenty of evidence of a large gardens was theĀ Rhododendrons that have invaded the woods. Saw two buzzards one seemed to be chasing a kestrel high into the sky. Penn Wood where we ended the walk is supposed to be a large brambling roost. We hardly saw a dicky bird!

Luton Ferrari

ferrari-at-luton-airport

ferrari-at-luton-airport

They are raffling off a Ferrari at Luton airport. I wonder what the chances of winning are? Off to Gilford Road with Shirley and Vanessa.

The Lee again

the-lee-church

the-lee-church

Quick walk after a game of squash this morning. Not many birds about except in a garden in Ballinger. Picture is one of the two churches in The Lee.

Windows 7 (32bit)

windows7

windows7

Got it working. Windows 7 (32bit) works with Juniper network connect.

However it does not seem to work well with Norton 360, Network connect connects but the whole machine locks up when you sign-out. Uninstalling Norton 360 fixes the issue.
I will have to look for some other anti-virus solution.

Windows 7 beta

windows7-beta

windows7-beta

Downloaded and installed the 64bit version of Windows 7. It was a doddle to install, with two reboots. All seems to work OK and pretty responsive.
Pretty much the same as Vista but, maybe because I am used to Vista, it seems more intuitive, things were easy to find and did what you wanted.
Could not get Juniper Network Connect to work so will try 32bit version before giving up.