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When is a process not a process

Any one thats been reading my past entries may know I dabble in a little software development here and there. Some times for my own amusement but quite often it’s for a reason relevant to work. Recently we have been developing a new application to talk the network connected devices we use. It constantly polls the devices for fresh information as long as the communication software is running somewhere on the network and adds this information to the database. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Andy Posted in: Software, Software Development No Comments » April 2008


Rise of a new Sun for MySQL

Depending on your point of view this is either really good news or the most worrying development in open source for a long while, Sun Micro have purchased the MySQL. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Andy Posted in: Software No Comments » January 2008


Chandler but it isnt bing

Like most people I’m always looking for ways to collate all my data in one central point. But I also want it to be accessible from multiple plays and by multiple people. I need a calendar that can be shared amount my work colleague to all them to see where I am and also be able to book jobs in for me. At the moment we use Google Calendar for this, it does the job quite well, I can access the information from anywhere I have a web connection and at the same time people in my office can be booking in meetings for me. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Andy Posted in: Software No Comments » December 2007