Mark Downie - PoppaString

Comparing App Stores

November 20, 2013
2 min read

The two best app stores on the planet continue to be Apple’s App Store and Google play. This begs the question what ...

Convert an ArrayList to an Array of Strings

November 16, 2013
0 min read

I have needed to do this on multiple occasions and have forgot about the ToArray method on almost every occasions. I ...

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Bing integrates MSDN API Search

November 07, 2013
2 min read

I have used Bing because it is convenient and because it provides rewards for XBox, however, whenever I would need ...

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Encryption, Hashes and Broken Things

November 06, 2013
3 min read

This week I found myself having to explain to well meaning folk the important differences between encryption and a hash ...

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Generating Power During an Outage

November 05, 2013
2 min read

We have been very fortunate with our current location in Central Ohio, in that the inevitable snow storms that bombard ...

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Cross Browser Challenges

October 29, 2013
2 min read

Today I was made aware of an interesting issue with older Peter Blum Controls, apparently the latest changes to ...

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Never Pay for a MAC OS Upgrade

October 28, 2013
1 min read

From Blair Hanley Frank: Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that the company is now changing the way it is accounting for ...

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Can the Xbox One really run generalized Windows 8 apps?

October 22, 2013
1 min read

Excerpt from an article by Kyle Orland: Could Microsoft really have kept a potentially game-changing feature like ...

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Creating iOS7 Icons in Microsoft Word

October 22, 2013
0 min read

Creating icons in Illustrator and Photoshop is par for the course, however, I was just shocked at the versatility of ...

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Comparing App Stores

Convert an ArrayList to an Array of Strings

Bing integrates MSDN API Search

Encryption, Hashes and Broken Things

Generating Power During an Outage

Cross Browser Challenges

Never Pay for a MAC OS Upgrade

Can the Xbox One really run generalized Windows 8 apps?

Creating iOS7 Icons in Microsoft Word

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