http://www.blinnov.com another brilliant mind poisoned by c++ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:31:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another exciting news for anyone hoping Woy Woy road will be finally fixed some time soon. It looks like there is another "little crack" in the road. And it looks like the crack has been known since April this year but still nothing has been done. And it looks like the ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/06/26/why-woy-woy-road-is-falling-apart/en/ Chaser's team did it once again! Only the dead does not talk about soaring petrol prices these days. 1.70 per liter of unleaded mixed with ethanol (Folks! There is far more better application for C2H5OH!) is not a joke anymore. Last week TV showed how overcrowded public transport was struggling ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/06/24/the-future-is-very-fucking-expensive/en/ Great news, everybody! We will pay 35*10^6 bucks to Toyota so they can possibly start delivering Camry Hybrid by maybe 2010. They promising outstanding fuel economy - only 5.7 liters/100 km! Woohaa, we saved! What a joke. You know, these days there are plenty of cars around that have about the ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/06/10/rudd-killed-electric-car/en/ It has been only a year since a part of the major road on Central Coast collapsed in a heavy rain, claiming five lives and only two months since only a miracle prevented even possible worse when part of Woy Woy road was washed away, and we finally know who ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/06/02/somersby-tragedy-they-found-who-to-blame/en/ As many other happy owners of one of latest (well, it was released more than year ago, but it is still quite modern) gadget from Nokia, I could only use a fraction of its features, which it has in abundance. There are some rarely used (has anyone ever used ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/05/08/nokia-n95-sip-unable-to-connect-to-the-connection-server/en/ Well, only 50 minutes from Gordon to Woy Woy today. As it was before. They opened Woy Woy road in one direction and it apparently eased a pressure on evening commuters. But there are no evidences of any work in progress at Bulls hill, everything I could notice was a barricade ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/05/01/traffic-chaos-central-coast-fixed/en/ How do you think could internet search engines be affected by a shower or two causing minor disruption on local roads? Well, they are. Take a look at this. This trend shows that recently (late April 2008) there was a spike in searches containing phrase "Woy Woy" and Google thinks ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/04/30/closed-road-and-cutting-edge-technologies/en/ And will remain closed for a long time. See below. It happened quitely and without broad media coverage. Of course, who cares about forgotten suburb one hour drive north from Sydney? The thing is that our one hour drive turned into almost two as motorists forced to take a detour via Gosford. ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/04/29/woy-woy-road-closed/en/ Middle Ages, that left Europe with heaps of what today is mainly used as tourists attractions, did not happen to Australia. Well, the Black Death and other little happinesses of these times such as inquisition and accompanying obscurantism did not happen here too, which is some sort of luck. But ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/02/22/woolloomoolo-saving-finger-wharf/en/ Recently I have been evaluating different options and solutions for creating distributed network applications. Of course, this definition is too broad and there might be hundreds of answers and they all would be useful in different circumstances but I paid special attention to WCF. As Microsoft released a Visual Studio 2008, ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/01/22/wcf-service-unmanaged-client/en/