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    Nth Dimension is pleased to announce it is co-sponsoring the Direxions Attendees Page again this year. Check the site out if you are going to be attending Direxions this year or are just a regular poster on the ProvideX support mailing list to view, and join, a list of your fellows. All the code is done using features of PVXHost so if you like what you see, head over there to sign up for your first month free to experience it yourself.

    I just came across a reference to ProvideX available on Builder.com. This is good to see, such a large and popular site like Builder.com having a listing for ProvideX (even if all it has is a short write-up and links to download the out of date version (they link to 5.14 instead of 6). Slowly and surely ProvideX is gaining popularity. You heard it here first.

Ok, so "Reloaded" is getting lots of use lately with the Matrix movies and with the recent changes to the X-Men lineup of comics @ Marvel - so ignore the title - but download the browser now!

    Check back soon for a review of how you can get the most out of this browser in your daily activities. [Note: Firefox is not a product of Nth Dimension, we're just in love with it]

    Best Software is running a customer satisfaction survey that they would like your input on. Please take a few minutes to fill it out as your input is valuable to them and can only help make ProvideX a stronger product.

    A colleague sent over this link to an article titled So you want to be a consultant...? By Steve Friedl

    It's all stuff most of us already know... but it can't hurt to review every once in a while either.

    Here's the intro: ...I've been a consultant of one form or another since 1985 when I started my old company, V-Systems, with a friend from college, and actually did bits and pieces of consulting as early as 1982. I have been asked often about the business, and I decided to write this up

    Any of us that carries a laptop always has the worry in the back of their mind that it'll get stolen. A couple of Brits have thought up a way that they think will help prevent potential thieves casing your computer. Instead of carrying around your normal Targus case or similar brand, throw it in a Power Pizza box. That's right, they have you put your laptop in a specially designed pizza box and carry around. When you leave the house, pretend you're taking out the trash. When you come home @ night, act as if you've got a hot one for the family. Don't worry about the neighbours thinking you eat pizza 7 days a week. Or the clients who want a slice every time you show up for a meeting.

    The first thing that crossed my mind was: this will just help thieves! In larger offices it's not uncommon for a pizza delivery to come in around lunch time. Pretend that's what you're doing, walk around to an empty cubicle, load up the laptop and out you go with the trash. Or, even if one wanted to steal from their own company where you'd normally never be able to get a computer out past security it'd make it take much easier.

    If you're a fan of 'vim' (Popular variant of the Unix 'vi' editor) and want some syntax highlighting, you can find it here. Too bad the author of the file has a bad attitude about the language :-(

    Another syntax file we already have on the site for Ultraedit.

SDSI - Synergetic Data Systems, Inc. launched a new website recently. If you haven't visited in a while, check it out. They are the makers of UnForm and General which many of you are familiar with.

    Allen of SDSI recently contributed an MD5 function to our code section.