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Monthly Archives: October 2006
C#’s params keyword makes variable parameter functions easy
I don’t know why I didn’t know this earlier, but C# has a nifty language element called params that lets you do multi parameter functions nice and easy. Instead of assigning an array as a parameter, which means explicitly creating … Continue reading
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Getting the PS2 to read blue discs
I fixed my PlayStation! A few months back, I bought a copy of the “has to be awesome” Intellivision Lives! disc for the PS2 at the local used game shop. Sadly, it didn’t work, and I had to return it, … Continue reading
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Two types
Jeremy Miller claims that there are two types of developers in the world: those who say “goo-id” and those who say “gwid.” It never occurred to me to say gwid before, but I bet the compulsion will bubble to the … Continue reading
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Brent Simmons on hybrid applications
I grow more jealous of Cocoa: Brent Simmons has posted slides from a presentation regarding my old flame, the hybrid app. Mostly bullet points, but with enough code samples to give a non-Cocoa programmer some envy. It’s funny, if I … Continue reading
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Getting Real sports a few new versions
37 Signals has re-released their Getting Real book in a few new formats: it was originally a $19 PDF, and now there’s a $29 book (via Lulu) and a free HTML version. Now I might finally get around to deciding … Continue reading
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All I want for Christmas is a full-text I, Cringely feed
I, Cringely is semi-offline for the next few days while they install some new blogging software, but the RSS feed finally has full-text content instead of the one-liners of the past! Here’s hoping that the full-text isn’t just a placeholder … Continue reading
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MySQL and ASP.NET performance
Karl Seguin’s got a post on a topic near and dear to my heart – MySQL on Windows. We’re running ASP.NET with a MySQL back end, which happens to be the same kind of setup that he’s looking at for … Continue reading
Wozniak, Homebrew, and DemoCamp
Robert Scoble’s interview with Steve Wozniak is worth watching if you’ve got an hour to kill. They talked a little about the Homebrew Computer Club, which was a little before my time, but it captured my imagination when I read … Continue reading
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New MySQL Connector/Net 1.08 RC available
I just spotted a (long-awaited!) update to the MySQL Connector/Net – version 1.08 RC is now available for download. I was about to patch my own to resolve the “Character set ‘utf8′ is not supported” issue, but now I might … Continue reading
Reducing spam with Ruby and Thunderbird
I’ve been getting swamped with spam lately on the order of 300 messages a day, and I’ve nobody to blame but myself. See, I’ve had some of my domains for more than 5 years now, and back then, having a … Continue reading
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