Hi there... sorry for the total lack of updates to my blog. As you might have seen, there have been a couple of software reviews since the last update (2 I think... not sure...). There's still a lot to come :) Actually, I'm scheduled until September as I've learned today.

The reason for my lack of updates? Well, I'm currently at a clients office to straigthen out the last glitches from a software update I implemented in the last 3-4 weeks. My client's clients (eeeh... yes...) were complaining about updates not coming and so I had to implement a completely new material database (containing more than 2200 materials) for the ASME part of the software. New interface, new storage system, new editor, new everything...

I pulled this in 3-4 weeks. Which is really fast... honestly... last year 2 programmers have tried to define a new interface which could be included into the old software and they stopped after 3 months of research and working without getting to a result.

Now, these 3-4 weeks were really stressful. I worked from 8 in the morning until 10 in the evening... sometimes even until after midnight. I tried not to work on week-ends but failed to do so last sunday.

And now I'm really tired. Not a burn-out, but tired of so much work. I think that I'll keep it slow going next week.

Ah yes... in between all those sh** mentioned above, I managed to totally screw my wifes machine. So I had to hand her my server machine :( Which means that I'll probably set up a new server machine next week :)

If anyone has some hints on how to construct an ultra-silent server machine which doesn't heat up too much, I'm a taker... money isn't a problem... well... try keeping it under $1500... or my wife will kill me :)

Have fun,
Stefan