Jon Beer

A Winter Ascent of Mt Bogong

2007-06-29T06:39:52Z

My work pal Richard Hay persuaded me to try a bit of snow camping over the Queen's Birthday weekend. Mt Bogong was the obvious choice, being the highest peak in the state of Victoria. It also provided a good excuse to put my new -10 degree slee...

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Grampians - Lake Wartook - a Rainbow Trout

2007-04-27T08:26:28Z

My cousin Will has been staying in Melbourne for the last few weeks so I wanted to make sure we had the chance to get out of the city and see a good part of the Aussie bush. For a weekend trip from Melbourne the most obvious choice is the Grampia...

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A List Apart Web Design Survey

2007-04-26T12:30:46Z

I stumbled upon a web survey being conducted by A List Apart today. It's great to see people taking the growth and future direction of the web industry in this kind of light. I often try and relate the nature of this industry to the early 'wild ...

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Eclipse DB Browser - Can Affect DB Objects

2007-04-12T01:56:28Z

This morning a colleague and I discovered that it is possible to modify database objects (Tables, Views etc...) via the Eclipse DB Browser perspective. Up until now we thought that this was "read-only" functionality. It turns out that if you ope...

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My LinkedIn Profile - Jon Beer

2007-03-27T07:31:41Z

I signed up as a member of LinkedIn a couple of years ago but never really got round, or felt the need to build a profile on the system. Since that time 'collaboration' and social networking via the web have become not just buzz words but indu...

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Using a Union Query to Compare Database Table Records

2007-03-24T07:48:31Z

I was writing some SQL scripts during the week to migrate our production Oracle database schema so that it will function with some of the new web site functionality that we have been implementing. Our site uses some complex button and function p...

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Martin Fowler: Software Development in the 21st Century

2007-02-24T01:37:49Z

Yesterday morning I went to see Martin Fowler give an address about his thoughts on the future of Software Development in the 21st Century. It was amusing to discover that he didn't come up with the title of the talk himself, but that the title ...

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How to clean your Saeco Via Venezia Group Handle

2007-02-18T05:34:43Z

A few days ago I realised that my Via Venezia didn't seem to be making the great the coffee that I remember. I had cleaned the machine thoroughly and realised that the handle itself could probably do with a good clean out. I couldn't find any re...

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