I would be untruthful (anti-truthiness?!? 😀 ) if I said that I understand all of the factors going into the decision that Warren is going through. However, my beloved MEPIS is going back to it’s Debian roots. It’s been a short time following the Ubuntu base and it’s been nice… Read more »
I’m not going to Fry’s today. It looks like they don’t carry a Linux compatible modem. After more research it looks like there are only two Linux compatible PCI modems on the market. I’m sure some of the others you could get working with some sort of wrapper but I’m… Read more »
Dell doesn’t offer a modem with the Desktop configuration. No problem, I thought, I’ll buy the PC anyway and just bop out and pick one up. Hold on. Before I left for the store, I did some quick research on Linux and modems to make sure that what I picked… Read more »
Yesterday afternoon, my dog Gala went nuts barking. It was one of her nemesis’: The FedEx Lady. She was carrying a rather large box. As a side note, the FedEx lady works extremely hard and is very friendly. She’s also over 50 years old. She’s often driving some sort of… Read more »
My mother, (my children’s grandmother) is sorely in need of a new computer. Her old one is running Windows ME and is in need of either (1) reformatting or (2) dropped into Lake Lanier. She doesn’t have Office and I can’t get OpenOffice to install on the damn thing. I… Read more »
I am very pleased to announce that Servoy is now a Gold level sponsor of FoxForward. This company is making a serious effort to get the word out about it’s rapid development, cross-platform, development tools to the FoxPro crowd. I must say that I am intrigued by their products. In… Read more »
There were a couple of criticisms of the FoxForward conference last year and I aim to take those criticisms to heart and correct them for this year. One criticism, and rightly so, is that the bar at the Hilton Garden Inn is tiny. Heck, last year they were rebuilding it… Read more »
So you want to learn Visual Foxpro, eh? Or you want to become better at it? Here’s what’s coming up! Visionpace has just announced a VFP Bootcamp in Kansas City, August. Check it out here. Then there is FoxForward in early September, Atlanta, Georgia. Check it out here. Then there… Read more »
Last night I spoke at the Atlanta Foxpro Users Group meeting on Autocomplete – Tips and Tricks. Here is the issue/problem: The client wants a lookup against existing manufacturers and constrain them (for the most part) against the existing list, but would also like to be able to add a… Read more »
