My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Updation is not a word!

June 24, 2008
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I was reading some source code recently and saw the word 'updation' used in a sentence (as in 'Failure in Updation of ...

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ICollections(T) - Extension Methods

June 24, 2008
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I have written a couple of app's that use LINQ, however, I realized that in order to talk about LINQ I would really ...

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MSN Music Expiration- Belay that order!

June 23, 2008
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I complained several months ago about expiration of DRM under MSN music, as a result I refuse DRM music at every turn. ...

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The worst film ever...

June 15, 2008
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I do not normally comment on particular artists or films, however, this weekend I had the misfortune of seeing 'The ...

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UrlEncoding the hard way

June 08, 2008
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I like poking fun at code only because I hope to help highlight simple errors and make our programming world a better ...

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Problems with SharedView and Live Meeting

June 05, 2008
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If you are not using SharedView for interactive demonstrations then I urge you to take up the cause while the day is ...

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MagicDisc

June 03, 2008
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Most of the machines I use at home and at work have some kind of DVD playing capability but I just realized that I do ...

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.NET Framework Installation Problems

June 01, 2008
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Automatic updates has really helped XP, and subsequently 2003 and Vista, stay on top of the mounting attacks directed ...

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Inheriting Constructors

May 29, 2008
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Reading source code should be the aim of every serious software developer. I am constantly looking for patterns that ...

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