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 Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Intergen writes the new Windows Workflow Foundation Web Workflow Approvals Starter Kit

So late last week Microsoft published the Windows Workflow Foundation Web Workflow Approvals Starter Kit or WFWWASK :-)

This is the culmination of a lot of hard work by the Dunedin office of Intergen who put together this sample for the .NET 3 team @ Microsoft in Redmond.

It's a great demonstration of how you can use WF to achieve a multiuser task management and assignment system. It uses roles to determine the routing of tasks.

If WF interests you I encurage you to go and grab this sample kit to have a play. Feel free to post comments in here if you have any questions.... I must get the rest of our Dunedin team blogging!

 

 

.NET | Windows Workflow|Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:51:01 AM UTC|Comments [0]|    
 Thursday, February 15, 2007
My New Color....

Bored of red.....

Time to try yellow....

Toy Box|Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:31:05 AM UTC|Comments [747]|    
 Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Gettin Fit
February 08

Ready, Steady, Go!

Right... so time for me to wriggle my ass and get fit again.

 Hvae bounced from 99kg (about 3kg over peak weight) mid last year to 111kg in the last 6 months- though have been up to 118kg about 3 years ago.

So I'm on the training wagon.

On the healthy eating wagon

On the getting fit wagon.

On the targetting specific skills on the bike and in the boat wagon.

Set some baseline details this morning….. 47 ml/kg/min… would have been better had I been closer to 100kg…. PMPO (Peak Maximum Power Output - Aerobic) was around 395 Watts. Max HR 185 BPM. According to the Cooper V02Max tables (http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/vo2max.htm) this is still regarded as ‘Excellent’… but I’m less convinced.

So here go some goals.

1.       2007 Karapoti Classic Sub 4.5hr (nice and easy to start)

2.       Compete in 12hr solo Moonride goal laps TBD

3.       By 1 Aug 2007 V02Max @ 55 ml/kg/min. PMPO 400 Watts.

4.       By 1 Aug 2007 1RM BarBell Bench Press 90kg.

5.       By 1 Aug 2007 5RM BarBell Squat 180kg

6.       By 1 Aug 2007 < 100kg bodyweight, < 13% Bodyfat

7.       Top ½ of field for Senior Mens PNP Series 2007

8.       By 1 Feb 2008 Comfortably ride the bottom set of dirt jumps @ CastleRock

9.       By 1 Feb 2008 Comfortably loop whitewater kayak in Kaituna Bottom Hole

10.   By 1 Feb 2008 Run Huka Falls @ 50 to 80 cumecs

11.   By 1 Feb 2008 V02Max @ 60ml/kg/l PMPO 415 Watts

12.   By 1 Feb 2008 1RM BB Bench Press > bodyweight

13.   By 1 Feb 2008 5RM BB Squat > 2 x Bodyweight

14.   By 1Feb 2008 < 96kg bodyweight, < 10% Bodyfat

15.   2008 Karapoti Classic sub 3.5hr

16.   Compete in indv 24hr section of Moonride 2008 goal laps TBD

To keep a log of how I’m going I’m gonna blog several times daily….

Here: http://getfitblog.spaces.live.com/

Gonna blog exercise, how I’m feeling and everything I shovel into my mouth for the next 12 months.

I’ll blog a screenshot of all my training sessions captured off my Polar Watch and a weeky summary of exercise/exertion.

Keen for any training tips or training partners. Will be riding MTB, Road Bike whitewater kayaking, running up big hills (wrights/Hawkins/Belmont  etc…) again. I go to Bodyworks Gym so if you train there I’d be keen to train with you- even keener if you want to join me training, eating well and blogging about it.

 

Adventure Sports | Gettin Fit|Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:27:44 PM UTC|Comments [4]|    
 Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Mac vs PC.....

A couple of goodies from both camps

http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/apple-getamac-security_480x376.mov

and

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2006031,00.html

“I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don't use Macs but sometimes wish they did. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.”

Human Aggregation | Toy Box | Vista|Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:24:51 PM UTC|Comments [1]|    
New User Experience Screen Cast

A friend of mine in India has just started a new UX focused screencast.

www.revoluxions.com

Check it out. Only one episode so far. But looking good.

.NET | Vista|Tuesday, February 06, 2007 8:38:24 PM UTC|Comments [0]|    
 Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Still No Vista Support For Vondafone 3G Cards

Just got off the phne with the people at Vondafone. Still no support for Vista on these cards.

What a HOPELESS state of affairs!

Mobility|Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:57:59 PM UTC|Comments [1]|    
 Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Nasty Spambot Worm - Trojan.Peacomm

There is a nasty bot doing the rounds at the moment....

Our mailserver is being hammered by huge volumes of spam (much more than usual) and we're guessing it's this bot in action.

http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/01/trojanpeacomm_building_a_peert.html

Human Aggregation|Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:02:28 PM UTC|Comments [0]|    
 Thursday, January 18, 2007
D'ya really want to be holding APPL

http://www.thestreet.com/newsanalysis/investing/10332670.html

Has some sobering facts on the jump in the APPL price with iPhone announcement.

Mobility|Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:47:29 PM UTC|Comments [1021]|    
 Wednesday, January 17, 2007
5 THings You Might Not Have Known About Me

So I was tagged by Tim Haines a few days ago and wrote a post and then IE lost it... and now Adam has tagged me.

So here goes again

  1. I received a New Zealand Music Award back in 2003.... as a no nuts choir boy singing Handels Messiah.... despite now being a card carrying atheist... I still don't mind belting out a bit of 'Zadok the Priest......'
  2. I can shear (not share Adam! I'm not sharing with you!) a sheep
  3. I was a really bad boy at highschool... I had more punishments in my 7th form (last) year at school than all my p[revious years added up. Most were for 'martyring' myself to the uniform rules..... My brother and sister both went on to be head boy and head girl respectivly of the same school... I was merely head pain in the ass....
  4. I have 8 bicycles and about the same number of whitewater or polo kayaks at my house.
  5. I was 1st in my 3rd form class for religious studies..... Of curse by 7th form I was asked not to come to religious studies class any more....

I'm tagging..

Casey Chesnut

Bill Ryan

Rowan Simpson

Ivan Towlson

Alex James

 

Human Aggregation|Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:10:39 PM UTC|Comments [83]|