New Application – Music Library
A new application has been published! The Music Library database is a file for folks with a lot of local music files to keep track of that are sick of bloated software tied to services or hardware to… Read More
Mythical Pickle Live!
Summer’s at an end and Mythical Pickle is winding down. But before we go, here are the live recorded tracks from the Mythical Pickle show at Gabby’s on August 25th 2012. Set 1 Heavy Things Come Dancing On… Read More
New Software Posted
New to the software section are two Microsoft Access based applications I use on a regular basis and have posted to share. The first has been posted online for years and has received an update for more features… Read More
Fun with color schemes
The old black and dark red color scheme has worn out its welcome. I’ve replaced it with pretty much the same layout and a simple light grey and white arrangement. I hope you like it. If you have… Read More
Some recent live material
Here’s a quick tune from a Meister appearance at the Taj Bar 4/9/2011. It’s been a while since I’ve played with these guys, but I hope we can do it more often. The tune is Happy Friends by… Read More
The Register 5.0 released
As I get more and more familiar with Access 2007 and it’s improved features, I lean new tricks to make the application look and operate like a modern program. Version 4.21 and before were still based on an… Read More
The Register 4.2.1 ready for download
A incremental update has been posted on The Register’s page. This update takes care of a few issues I’ve encountered during daily use of the database: Irritating bug when reconciling accounts – multiple transactions with the same amount… Read More
The Register 4.0 released
The Register has been upgraded to Access 2007 format. The biggest difference is that Access 2007 has a freely distributable “run time” installation which allows you to install and run the program without Access installed on your computer!… Read More
The Register update 3.5 released
The time has come… I’ve been using my planned update 3.5 for about a month now and after a great deal of tweaking and some odd bugs that popped up after the code was consolidated and re-written, it… Read More
Application Enema
For whatever reason, I decided the code base of The Register was done so long ago that it’s major chunks of code needed a update. This resulted in a complete enema of all code and a one by… Read More
New Site Launched
I’ve decided to try to sell my Access development skills and have created a new business oriented site for marketing and information. Graves Data Consulting Consequently, the Software Development blog category is gone from here and all posts… Read More
More fun in web stuff
I admit… I have a bit of an obsession problem. I decided this site needed some new fancy looking features that make it a bit ‘cooler’ looking. In my quest I’ve tried quite a few bits of code,… Read More
How not to comment
Now that the site has been up a little while and is getting a bit more search engine indexing, I thought it a good idea to explain how not to use the comment features available. 1 – Post… Read More
More The Register Updates
Version 3.33 has been posted just now! Of course 3.32 was up for less than a week… but that’s what continuous improvement is all about. 3.33 improves reliability of the Budget Status e-mail function and has some other… Read More
Welcome WordPress
As of today I’ve ditched the hybrid static HTML with frames page for an all WordPress, all the time setup. This will greatly improve the maintainability of the site and allow me to quickly modify and add content… Read More
New version of The Register released
The Register version 3.30 hit the web today. This release adds a new e-mail report that tracks your month to date spending against your budget. considering today’s economy, it’s really important to be able to hit your budget… Read More
What to do next…
I’m kicking around some ideas for an update to the web engine. I was thinking I’d like to move off the HTML frames and into an entirely CSS based Word Press site. Meanwhile I’ve played with my Java… Read More
Content Migrated!
All the previously flat HTML articles from the old we system have been ported over to WordPress (pretty easily I might add).
New Content System
Time to step into the new century! I’ve upgraded the site with a WordPress blogging system that will allow me to more easily publish news and articles. If you’re reading this, you’ve either accidentally found the page or… Read More