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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Running two copies of Sage Job Costing simultaneously

A long-term client of mine was facing a productivity issue.  They work in a Sage Line 50 + Sage Job Costing (v8) environment, with two registered companies on each application.  When authorising a purchase, they require a purchase order number from Job Costing.  Because their database is so big, it takes a minute or so for the POP window to display (this is the window that provides the purchase order numbers).  Read More »

Live Below The Line

First off, a big thank you to Eric for allowing me to promote this on the company blog.

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Recently I was told of something called the Global Poverty Project (GPP). My heart sank upon hearing the name – “Oh great, another one of THOSE organisations”. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all the time and effort that people put into raising funds for the poor, but the funds never seem to do much. Read More »

Getting the Brother HL-2040 to print under Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal”

Our Brother HL-2040 printer is a great little workhorse, and has always worked pleasingly well under both Windows and Linux (and as a shared printer). However when I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, it went a little bit haywire. No matter what I did, the printer’s response was to print infinite blank pages. Fortunately, the fix is easy! Read More »

NetHui 2011

Last week, Eric, Jordan, and Roger had the opportunity to spend the week at NetHui 2011.  The event was organised by InternetNZ, who are the delegated administrators of the .nz internet country code.  The theme of the event was “Shaping the Future Together”, and was run in an unconventional ‘barcamp’ style. Read More »

It’s hard to use its?! Quick apostrophe guidance!

I’ve always been a stickler for grammar.  However the other day I struck a brief piece of uncertainty, when I was pondering whether to say it’s, or its. Read More »