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Tim Anderson asks why there are so many developers still using VC6… Well, as I said before, if you produce C++ software in source code form and any of your clients require that you support VC6 then it’s often easier to maintain the project files in VC6 (and thus use that as your day to day development tool) than it is to use any of the newer compilers. The reason for this is that all of the newer releases will read and convert VC6 project files but none of them will write out project files that work with earlier releases.

There’s a bug in one of the constructors for CSocket::InternetAddress which means that changing the example servers to use a specific network adapter’s address, rather than INADDR_ANY will generate an exception from the call to bind which says that the address is invalid. The code currently reads like this: CSocket::InternetAddress::InternetAddress( const unsigned long address, const unsigned short port) { sin_family = AF_INET; sin_port = htons(port); sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(address); } and it should read like this:

Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Having just successfully completed my BASI training with PeakLeaders in Bariloche, Argentina (and having blogged daily about the experience) I figure that it’s worth doing a slightly more structured review of the course as this may be of interest to people wishing to take this course in years to come…

Well, today I discovered that I had passed the BASI Ski Instructor course that I’ve been taking in Argentina, so I’m now a Ski Instructor… We fly back from Bariloche to Buenos Aires on Friday and then onwards to the UK on Saturday; the trip has been great, but i’m looking forward to getting home and getting a decent curry and a bacon sandwich…

Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. I passed the instructor training, so I’m now a ski instructor… 7 of our group of 8 passed, only Jo needs to do some more work to improve her skiing a little before doing a technical resit some time in the winter. 20 of the 24 skiers on the course passed and all 10 of the snowboarders passed, though one failed the trainee instructor program and therefore didn’t take part in the instructor program.

Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was the final day of the Instructor training course. We woke to find that it was raining heavily at lake level and when we arrived at the lifts there was snow on the ground at the base. We took the sextuple and skied in 4-6 inches of fresh powder under the quad.

Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. We began the day with two short lessons from Katie and Neil. Katie’s was to demonstrate more ‘presence’ during her teaching and Neil’s was to show more active analysis and corrective advice. We started at the top of the triple chair above the gondola and then cut down towards the drag lifts.

Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was similar to yesterday, 20 minute individual teaching sessions in the morning and bumps in the afternoon. We were all pretty subdued today, mostly due to the stress and worry of the teaching sessions. Once again these nerves didn’t show during the actual teaching and everyone did well.

Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was our first solo teaching session. We were each given an element of the Central Theme to teach in a lesson lasting 20 minutes. Julian and two other members of the group observed each lesson and the rest of the group were the students that we had to teach.

Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. The rain had been falling as snow on the mountain and there was even a little snow at the Catedral base. After waiting for a while for the gondola to open and then being told that it would be another 30 minutes we took the sextuple and then the quad.