Actually, just the logger for this might not be a bad idea. The concept of a "good gui" goes infinitely further than "something with a database", but I think a lot of people would be interested in this. Ask people in the autocross/gymkhana communities. You'll want to correlated it to things like GPS and g-force sensors. Could be very interesting. I've seen real-time systems like this, but it might be VERY interesting to do this for a complete analysis after a run.

How about something fun, like filesystem statistics? Keep track of the most used files to make sure you spread the disk and your mental load equally. Quite possibly useless, but could be fun to do. The hooks into the FS might be the hardest part about this, though.

Write a generic ETL app. Quite useful. Might be many out there, though. Probably few good free ones..

Or something that converts a (well known) log format into database entries for the purpose of easier statistics than what grep can provide?.
For instance, take a webserver log, dump it into the database and generate something like a visitation path..
The database isn't technically needed for this, of course, but with a large dataset, you can't keep it all in memory, so it would be useful..

This is such a cop-out. Yes, we know that this should be high on the list for a project you want to do, but that's not what was asked...

The database is in cataloging the improvement along these three axes...

...I'd be working on it. Interesting question, though. Hopefully you'll get some good answers and not just an argument regarding the merits of one type of database versus another...

We have both "normal" landline phones and IP phones, and yes, the IP phone system going down is actually an issue. It happens regularly...

Like the OP, we use Skype officially at the company. I have even given my phone to my desk neighbor...

Just like how the auto industry cries foul when legislation comes up about enforcing fuel efficiency standards, and then still find a way, so will nVidia and AMD. Sure, they might have to work harder, but it's not like they have a choice. They can't simply disregard the whole european market.

...provided they actually tell us. For instance, the promo shots of Nikon cameras are shot using medium format cameras, something Nikon doesn't even make. The best tool for the job, I say. They key is not lying about it. While they could have been clearer, they didn't explicitly say that it was shot with the phone.

It's not about the bikers or the drivers (or the pedestrians). It's about the fuckheads that are all around society. I bet that you'd see an equal percentage of assholes among bikers are you see among drivers. Chances also are that those are largely the ones blaming each other. A little tolerance goes a long way. Personally, I love driving, and I love biking.

I kept getting called by recruiters. All of them promising the moon, sometimes offering to send my CV to the same company. In the end, I have gotten my current and my previous job through recruiters that contacted me. Most of them, however, seem insincere and and seem like low-grade telemarketers. I doubt that much skill goes into the recruiting profession. That said, the ones that DID manage to land me my jobs were quite professional, and actually found me good solid companies to work for, so it's not all bad.

You should support it for free as long as stipulated in the contract. If it doesn't say anything about free support, there is no free support. Under no circumstances should you provide "free support forever" without an obscene amount of money up front.

They are going about this all wrong. A developer laptop isn't one that comes loaded with a particular OS, it's a laptop that has *all the keys* on the keyboard that a developer might need. This means native keys for page up, page down, home, end, insert and delete. Regardless of whatever else is going on with the laptop, it *cannot* be labeled a developer laptop without these keys. It simply can't.

'I think you can take Windows RT off the table for enterprises,' Really? Off the table for enterprises? I'm fairly certain it wasn't even aimed at enterprises in the first place? Secondly, what enterprise deploys tablet computers to their employees?

Take a look at the different hackable badges for various conventions.