A Spinner Control in C#
For tasks of an undeterminable length, we see ’spinners’ being used to indicate that something is in progress and that our applications haven’t stopped. I needed one, and so knocked one up:
Off to PDC2008!
The company I work for are sending me to PDC2008! It’ll be my second trip to LA, and I’m looking forward to it. See you there?
‘Interesting’ UAC prompts.
I find that often when it comes to UAC (User Account Control) prompts in Windows Visa some of them are confusing. On occasions I’ve been fooled into acepting a UAC prompt that I really didn’t want to - and other times I’ve been completely baffled by what I’m being asked. Read more »
Ubuntu 8.04 - Will Users Be Installing?
There’s little more exciting than a new operating system relase… Read more »
Using in-line delegates for logging
Any work you have to do to collate infomation destined for a log is wasted effort if that logging is switched off or otherwise configured such that your log message will never be output. Read more »
Troubleshooting stutters on Windows Vista
I’ve been banging my head against the desk for months with sound / mouse / video stutters in Vista (x64) Ultimate Edition that would come and go. The cause and solution astounded me - so I thought I would post them here. Read more »
iTunes 7.6 with iPod Touch on Vista x64
I can only imagine that Steve Jobs himself has read my blog, found the reference I made to the iTunes / Vista x64 / iPod Touch combo not working, and fixed it in iTunes 7.6. Hoorah!
Have yourself a techie little Christmas?
Here’s a list of the wonderful tech gifts I got for Christmas. Read more »
Problems opening help files?
If you receive the following error when opening an .chm file that you’ve downloaded from the internet:
Navigation to the webpage was cancelled.
Try opening the property pages for the help file and clicking ‘Unblock’. This fixes this problem for me.
D-Link DSL-G624T Router Miracle.
A few months ago I inadvertently tried to burn my friend’s house down by covering his router while it was on, and leaving it all day while he and his girlfriend were at work. Apparently - when he returned home and logged in to check his mail (or whatever) his internet connection seemed to be down. It quickly transpired that my failed arson attempt was to blame, as the duvet that had been left covering the router was lifted to reveal a hot, soft D-Link DSL-G624T and a large scorch mark on both the duvet and the chair beneath it. The router was hot, dead and my friend without internet access. Read more »