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Submitted on Jul 18, 2008, 3:18 a.m.
You know sometimes I wish I'd been a plumber... Not all of these are cover-to-cover magnifying glass reads, and this is only a small part of my library - however these are currently at the top of...From Delegates to Lambdas with ReSharper 4.0
Submitted on Jul 16, 2008, 6:31 a.m.
Yet another tool I've been late coming to - JetBrains ReSharper. While working though Link in Action I was experimenting with ReSharper 4.0. So cool and extremely helpful when looking at delegates...Command Line Magic
Submitted on Jul 13, 2008, 12:16 p.m.
Well - I admit it - apart from some installation batch files I wrote when I was a junior helpdesk guy a long time ago - I'm a bit of a late bloomer to the command line. I've got some time off...In Search of The World's Best Computer Keyboard - Part 1
Submitted on Jul 05, 2008, 9:56 p.m.
Update: 24 Sept 2011: I've since switched to using a MacBook Pro as my main computer - and despite previously thinking that the ThinkPad Keyboard was the world's best computer keyboard - I think...Another Syntax Highlighter
Submitted on Jul 03, 2008, 11:05 a.m.
Thanks to Alexander Groß for pointing me to syntaxhighlighter. I still think Leo Vildosola's Code Snippet plugin and highlighter for Windows Live Writer is amazing. They're both good choices - but...A UI and Culture Friendly Replacement for Enumeration Types
Submitted on Jun 30, 2008, 12:27 p.m.
Using an enumeration to display a list of values in the user interface (UI) has obvious limitations. You'll be limited to the rules of enumeration values - no spaces, multi-words etc. You won't be...Windows Mobile 6.1 - So Close...
Submitted on Jun 26, 2008, 8:42 p.m.
During my recent trip to Hong Kong - I popped into a mobile device shop and took a quick look at the HTC Touch Diamond. The phone looks pretty good - and I was impressed (and I'd really really...A RESTFul Pager
Submitted on Jun 25, 2008, 3:56 a.m.
I learn something new nearly every time I write code - whether in a small project or large. I recently updated my online gallery component at http://www.58bits.com/otherblog/photos/home.aspx. One...WiFi at Hong Kong Airport
Submitted on Jun 23, 2008, 1:58 a.m.
Hong Kong airport is now officially my favorite airport in the world. The Airport Express train in and out of town is a breeze. The food court in departures is large and comfortable. And best of...The Future of Social Networking
Submitted on Jun 18, 2008, 4:38 p.m.
UPDATE: Sun Tests Social Networking Toolkit If I could design the future of social networking it would look like this... I'd have a platform... some kind of service or software platform, from...