Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Jul 14 16:24:02 CDT 2012
The results site was hosted by one of PNG's biggest IT companies, they charges the PNGEC an arm and a leg to develop and host an Oracle based CMS for the results and it fell over completely - it couldn't handle the load. So I wrote something in 24 hours to dump plain HTML files to a server and we moved it over to HostingPNG. It's running fast and flawlessly with about 1/4 million page views per day :-) -- Stuart On 14 Jul 2012 at 10:26, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stuart: > > Looks very nice and obviously, from your comments runs nice as well. > > Your elecetion app seems to do the trick as well. So which of the dozen > parties are you supporting? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 7:11 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Seagate Satellite > > Talking of new toys... > > I've just bought myself a Motorola Xoom. > > We've been using them for recording and emailing results for the PNG > National Elections. > Some else wrote the application to do that and I've written a system in > PowerBasic/Access to > automagically collect the emails, strip out the results, store them in the > database, print out a > copy on receipt and send updates to the website at > http://results.pngec.gov.pg. The Access > app also generated various printouts/reports. > > Having seen what the tablets can do, I decided that I really had to learn to > program them. > I've found a neat tool called Basic4Android and installed all the necessary > bits but haven't > really started learning to use it yet. It looks like a great way to develop > Android apps for > anyone with VBA/PB etc skills. > > I've spent the last couple of days playing with the Xoom and downloading > various free > tools/apps. > > All I can say is - WOW! I love it. MS are really going to have to work > to make a dent with > Win8 for tablets. > > -- > Stuart > > On 14 Jul 2012 at 8:15, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > > > John, > > > > One word: WOW! > > > > T > > > > Tina Norris Fields > > tinanfields at torchlake.com > > 231-322-2787 > > > > On 7/14/2012 12:25 AM, jwcolby wrote: > > > I bought a Seagate Satellite to pack with videos to stream to tablets > > > / phones for the kids on the vacation this summer. > > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-External-STBF500101/dp/B004 > Z0S7K6 > > > > > > > > > It works though the interface is pretty stone-age. I am using DVD > > > Catalyst to convert the movies on my server at the house to MP4s which > > > can be played by the droids. So far I have converted and pushed 73 > > > movies at about 80 gigabytes total. > > > > > > This beast basically creates a wireless network which any wireless > > > capable device can request data from. Using the Kindle fire, I open > > > the Dolphin browser, go to 192.168.0.1 and hit the wireless created by > > > the Satellite. Select Videos and it displays a alpha list of every > > > video that it found on the disk, sorted in alpha order. Double click > > > on any .MP4 and it starts to play the video. > > > > > > Likewise with my Droid II or Droid Razor smart phones. > > > > > > The Satellite can (theoretically) stream to three different devices > > > independently - different movies etc. In fact with the latest > > > software, possibly as many as 7 devices. Of course that all depends > > > on the bandwidth each device requires. > > > > > > It does in fact work. I have simultaneously streamed two different > > > videos to two devices (the Kindle Fire and my Droid II phone). > > > > > > In years past we have used the typical DVD player with multiple > > > display heads, with all the attendant "It's my turn to pick the movie" > > > whiney stuff that kids are famous for. > > > > > > If this works... > > > 100 or so videos to select from... > > > A private WiFi right inside the car... > > > A private WiFi in the hotel... > > > A private WiFi at Aunt Janices house... > > > > > > Plus the Kindle at least can play a ton of games. > > > > > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >