As I've posted many times, I'm a relative novice when it comes to all things WinForms, this post on Slashdot got me thinking, isn't 'Updating an Application over the Internet' exactly what the Updater...
Friday, 12 March 2004 00:00
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I fully admit I am a moody sod...I don't know how / why it happens but occasionally I have real difficulty getting motivated to actually get working.
So, what do you do to motivate yourself to get...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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This would be pretty useful integrated into .TEXT - kill the problem of 'Comments Spamming' pretty instantly.
The article also contained a link to The Captcha Project - which makes for pretty...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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I spent this weekend doing some 'product investigation' for a pitch we're preparing - which basically means that ensuring what we're saying in a pitch actually matches up with the product's...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Though I'd quickly knock this up - wallpaper from the Mars Probes page. Get it here (1600x1200)
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Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Just looking back through some old posts, I started this blog on my own URL (so not on ASP.NET weblogs) so I could post whatever I wanted...strange thing is, this blog is more focussed on .NET...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Well, I'm suffering from post new year sleeping pattern - I basically become nocturnal over the Christmas and New Year (Hogmanay) holidays, have to start work in 8 hours...not good! Anyway, while I am...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Still waiting for the 0.95 release of .TEXT (which is what this blog runs on), so I don't really want to make any changes to this site until then - as the changes I plan may already be in that...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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@Stakehave just released a study looking at the relative security of .NET vs. WebSphere (WebSphere is probably the most secure App Server for J2EE). I have to say, I trust @Stake more than most,...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Thought this interview
was VERY interesting, more for the approach more than anything else. It really does
look like MS is changing the way they approach software - the focus on quality...
Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Just discovered the dotnetjunkies weblogs ,
where I found thesereally
useful links to a bunch of interesting .NET stuff...more later (back to blogging again
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Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Well, the problem I was having with connection pool appears to have gone...all I did
was reinstall (well, repair) my VS.NET 2003 install. Odd these little strange bugs!
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Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00
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Code Complete by Steve McConnellis, in my opinion (and many others), the best book ever about the art and discipline of coding. Basically, it's just the bible of how to design and build quality...
Sunday, 29 February 2004 00:00
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This comment to my moan about thisis VERY cool:
I think I've solved your problem! I've successfully developed a Mozilla wrapper for Microsoft's HTC files. It is encapsulated in a single XBL binding,...
Sunday, 29 February 2004 00:00
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Pretty useful if you don't have the ability to use IIS compression (or choose not to) - Jeff Julian has released a 'plugin' for .TEXT which enables you to compress the RSS feeds produced by .TEXT 0.95...
Sunday, 29 February 2004 00:00
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I do have a tendency to get involved in pointless arguments in the ASP.NET Forums...a good example is this one, arguing about the performance of 'foreach' versus 'for'...any opinions from here - the...
Sunday, 29 February 2004 00:00
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Had a nice, relaxing holiday, read a few books, I can recommend Charles Petzold's Code and kind of recommend Homer, Sussman and Howard's Introducing ASP.NET 2.0 - I say 'kind of' because I found it...
Sunday, 29 February 2004 00:00
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Just noticed this from the Scaled Composites website:
PAUL G. ALLEN CONFIRMED ASLONG-RUMORED SPONSOR OF SPACESHIPONEAllen Sponsors Scaled Composites’ Cutting-Edge X-Prize Entry, Attends...
Sunday, 29 February 2004 00:00
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Hmm...got a new swish 3G mobile phone, the NEC
e606, got a pretty good deal - works out cheaper than my old phone with a GPRS
package - but with 10 times tha bandwidth and no restrictions on VPN ports...
Sunday, 29 February 2004 00:00
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This discussion on Slashdothas
finally made my mind up. I have been a reader of Slashdot for a number of years,
I believe I started reading it in the first month it existed. I'm even one of...
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