It was unfortunate news when I heard that the UNICEF Australia site was hacked a little while ago. An old colleague of mine called me to let me know, and to ask if I knew anyone who could help them out. I used to work at a hosting company with this guy, and had seen quite a few websites get hacked one way or another (the typical methods being SQL ...

I enjoy TechEd. It's always good fun. Last week was my fourth TechEd, having attended for the past three years, plus in '99. The last three years have seen my involvement increase each time. Last year I proctored with the Hands-On Labs, and this year I presented both a session and an Instructor-Led Lab. I'm a big believer in ...

We all know that Adelaide hosted Code Camp SA recently - it was a great success, and some people even wished I was there! TechEd is coming up of course, but now there are two code camps scheduled for October, on the same weekend (13-14) and at the same venue! Yes, that place is Wagga Wagga - one Wagga for each event. Firstly, and most ...

I should've posted that I was confirmed as a speaker at this year's TechEd Australia. It's in just over two weeks' time - August 7-10. Today I uploaded my slide deck, so that delegates may be able to download the slides before they come to the talk. I'm doing the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices talk - code ...

This is just hilarious, but kinda sad for Microsoft. I was in a class, and asked who amongst the students were going to TechEd this year. I had a couple of strange looks, so I pulled up Internet Explorer and went to search for the event site. Knowing that searching tends to be the best way of finding sites like this, I went to live.com and ...