Paul Mc Namara's WorldView

Once upon a time in Norway

Paul — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:20:54 +0000

Telemegaphone promises that your voice will be carried over the fjords of Norway by calling a number that is hooked to the loudspeaker powered by wind turbines. However, if the weather is especially calm, there may not be enough power make your announcement heard.

According to A Very Short List where I got the tip, it will only continue until September 6, the start of deer hunting season.

The requested URL /elgg/action/systemsettings/install was not found on this server.

Paul — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:33:05 +0000

I just heard about elgg when I was thinking of adding some social networking features to a website I maintain. Fortunately, it has recently released version 1.0. The version without the bugs right? The first issue I came to was that my local versions of MySQL and PHP were out of date so I downloaded the latest versions and installed them onto the machine.
Great, now it was allowing me to perform the install and I came to the first settings page. Filled in the appropriate values and hit return. Then the message “The requested URL /elgg/action/systemsettings/install was not found on this server.” came up. WTF?
Back searching on the elgg google group and the the elgg troubleshooting page. Tried changing the .htaccess page and the apache httpd.conf file. Nothing changed. Tried everything suggested and nothing has changed. Now I’m just bored and going to leave elgg until version 1.1.

Siebel 8 Tools

Paul — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:07:26 +0000

It seems that in the latest version of Siebel Tools, some much needed improvements for developers have been implemented and let’s face, have been long overdue. The interface uses a tabbed UI where workflows, scripts and applets can be kept in context and accessed in the same way as Firefox works. One of the most irritating aspects of developing workflows in earlier versions was that the context of the workflow was lost each time you wanted to reference a script or fields on an integration object. That meant querying again for the workflow and bringing it back. Of course, if another reference lookup was required context again was lost. Think of it like using one instance of Internet Explorer and then using Firefox. it’s a vastly improved interface in my opinion.
The problem of workflow simulation working on a haphazard basis has also been improved. I think that in three weeks, I have only encountered the “Workflow Finished” message twice.
Referencing scripts was a bit better but it meant using the Windows menu item each time. Scripting has also been improved with the addition of auto-complete. For example, using ActivateField now prompts with a list of fields from the BusComp. This reduces lookups and spelling errors.
The only question is why did it take them so long to implement those changes that provide so much productivity gains for devleopers. Could it be that it is the first full release done under Oracle?

Ligia

Paul — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:03:42 +0000

Wonderful song by a great man.

Roberto Carlos e Tom Jobim cantam Ligia (som excelente).

Dating

Paul — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:59:28 +0000

Nice post from Drumm. The comments are interesting too.

Now, if you’re with me so far you’ll get that I’m describing the yesses and nos of attraction. Straightforward stuff, really. But dating, as I interpret it, is not straightforward. Dating is neither yes nor no. Dating is maybe.

Art of Noise - Moments in Love

Paul — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:30:48 +0000

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love, a nice piece of nostalgia from the 1980’s.

The IT Crowd

Paul — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:39:05 +0000

Out in the pub last night, the subject of classic tv comedies came up. I thought this is a particularly great episode of the IT Crowd.

The IT Crowd - Series 2 - Episode 1 - Work Outing 1/3

Ronnie Drew with the Dubliners

Paul — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:31:43 +0000

The Dubliners - In The Rare Old Times

Dubliners singer Ronnie Drew dies at 73

Paul — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:29:08 +0000

Rest in peace Ronnie.

Phelps meal on video

Paul — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:37:34 +0000

The Guardian’s Jon Henley tries Michael Phelps’ diet on video.