My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Windows Phone 7 series

February 15, 2010
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Having seen the basic premise of the Windows Phone 7 series I fully understand why the Windows Marketplace (for version ...

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Generic Handlers ASP.NET (ashx)

February 09, 2010
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As always my posts are usually based on experiencing some travesty of code that required me either to change or endure ...

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Technical Bankruptcy

January 29, 2010
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Just read an excellent article on the concepts of and incurring and paying back the 'Technical Debt' that accumulates ...

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Programming Note to Self #4 – SQL Reseed

January 20, 2010
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I do not do nearly enough straight SQL these days, there is always a layer of abstraction between me and those db ...

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Software that is less than honest!

January 08, 2010
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I installed WinZip the other day, I was not ready to purchase a full copy yet but I was greeted with this message box … ...

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Programming Note to Self #3 – When not to use Logical AND

January 06, 2010
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I have been reviewing some code where a clear appreciation of the difference between ‘&’ and ‘&&’ is not fully ...

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Energy Saving Household Gifts - Ryobi IR001

January 03, 2010
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I have been on a real green\energy saving\eco friendly push recently. Last winter my energy cost went through the roof ...

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Programming Note to Self #2

December 30, 2009
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If you are working on a massive web project and the lead developer has no clue what Peter Blum controls are … pick up ...

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The Problem with Expression Blend Sketch Flow

December 13, 2009
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I am a huge fan of WPF and more specifically Silverlight so when my wife took the opportunity to incorporate Expression ...

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