Snow Leopard == Good So Far

My copy of Snow Leopard arrived today so I installed it straight away and I instantly got 13GB of space back!

Not used it much yet to see if I can notice much difference, but I recently upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 4GB so should be a nice snappy system now!

Haven’t tested many of my apps yet, but the few I have seem to work fine.

Dempsfest 2009

It’s that time of year again and I’m another year older!

What better way to celebrate than having a big party with friends!  Dempsfest!!!

We had a bouncy castle again, and plenty of black rat!  Was a bit of mess to clean up the next day, but was worth it!!

Got to bed about 5am in the end, so still a bit knackered now!!

Setting Targets

I’ve decided to set myself some targets with some of my sites for the next few months to try and get a few things done.  I wonder how many I’ll actually complete?

I’ve got a bit of work to do, but I think I’ll do it!

The Jar of Life

I saw this and just really liked it so thought I’d share…

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “yes.”

The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things—your family, your health, your children, your job, your friends, your favorite passions—things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.  The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else—the small stuff.”

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.  “The same goes for life.  If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.  Play with your children.  Take time to get medical checkups.  Take your partner out to dinner.  Play another 18.  There will always be time to clean the house, and fix the disposal.  Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented.  The professor smiled and replied, “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of beers with friends.”

Ultimate List of Chrome Extensions

I was looking for some extensions for Google Chrome and couldn’t find many all in one place so thought I’d keep track of all of the extensions I could find here.

If I’ve missed any then let me know!

FileMaker Developers on Twitter

This is planning to be the biggest list of FileMaker Developers that can be found on Twitter.

I’m there on @AdamDempsey

I will update this list all the time.  If I’ve missed anyone you think should be here, then let me know!

FileMaker Staff

  • @UKFileMaker – Official Twitter for FileMaker in the UK.
  • @Kevin_At_FMI – Kevin Mallon is Senior Public Relations Manager at FileMaker Inc.

FileMaker Plugin Developers

FileMaker Groups

FileMaker Consultants

Other FileMaker People

FileMaker Websites

Finally Using Twitter

For a while now I’ve been using Twitter (@AdamDempsey) and have just started adding it to a few of my websites and plan on adding it to more of them soon!

@FileMaker Plugin – Find out when your favourite FileMaker Plugin is updated!

@vwatch – Keep up to date with software updates.

vwatch is fully automated, but I manually update the FileMaker Plugin one atm, but will be automating that very soon!

I have also been doing a lot of work on FileMaker Plug-ins mostly on the backend so unnoticable, but it makes future updates a lot lot easier for me!

I’ve also added about 5 new plugins over the last few days and removed some older unsupported plugins: