August 2008 Entries
I've had this exception happen to me so many times in the past but I'm always forgetting what the solution is. It ends up I keep forgetting to have "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode" selected in the properties window for the database server.
Thanks to Scott for making me do this :@ 1. How old were you when you started programming? I started messing about with Q Basic back when I was about 14 but never wrote anything 'proper' until I started college at 16. 2. How did you get started in programming? My dad was one of those bedroom coders when I as little (he actually wrote a cool piece of software that was in use for over 10 years and saw life on the ZX-Spectrum, Amiga and PC). I picked up one of his books and had...
I recently went to sunny Iceland, almost 24 hours sunlight is quite weird. Rather than staying in Reykjavik for the whole week we rented a car and road tripped around the ring road, staying in campsites. If you ever go to Iceland I recommend doing this, you get to see so much more without having to worry about getting back to your hotel each night (camping during the winter though may be a bit cold). And how often can you say you've camped at the foot of a Glacier?
Below is a photo I took of Strokkur Geyser, which is next...
I was reading over on the Digital Photography School blog about blogging your photos. Well I have a blog, and I've recently started taking photos with a Canon 400D DSLR I bought last year (thanks to the tax man who over taxed me years ago and me for finally asking for it back), but I haven't really merged the two. I upload photos to my flickr account, but don't link to them from my blog. Until now...let's hope I keep it up.
Heres a photo of the sun setting in front of the main stage at Reading Festival in 2007 (not...