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  • Where Firebug beats IE dev tools

    Microsoft is known for making great developer tools, Hell that’s why I’m a self confessed Microsoft FanBoi, it’s just EASY AS to program using their tools… with one exception, Ajax calls.  The … more

  • Update to Using Perforce P4 tool with TFS for Merging

    in an earlier post I had tried to post an update on how to configure P4 to use TFS to merge file, unfortunately that update didn’t work.  Thanks to my co-worker @gerardvandeven he found the … more

  • Lumina-ting the WP7 Emulator

    Hands up – Who’s tired of running your WP7 app in an emulator that looks so… Dated? Yeah me too. I came across a blog posting from Jeff Wilcox that offered to let you run your apps in a fancier … more

  • Absolute Speculation - Windows 8 Roadmap?

    Ok, just to be clear, I have NO inside information, I’m pulling this out of my … well let’s use the phrase “deep recess of my mind” and leave it at that.

    Ever … more

  • Minor Updates to Using Perforce merge tool with TFS

    Update the instructions for setting up P4 to work with TFS Merge are a little more difficult and best explained here, this works with 2010 as well Using P4Merge with Visual Studio 2008 and TFS So it … more

  • Unhappy campers with TFS built in Diff Tool

    Update the instructions for setting up P4 to work with TFS Merge are a little more difficult and best explained here Using P4Merge with Visual Studio 2008 and TFS Ok, I have to be fair, I quickly … more

  • SQL Server Indexing - a Dot Net User Group presentation

    Thursday 12 May, I presented at the Hawke's Bay Dot Net User Group (a group within the NZ MS Communities) on SQL Server Indexing. The idea for this presentation was born after a discussion we had at … more

  • Keep website registrations / signups simple

    One thing that continually pains me on my daily travels around the web is the seemingly relentless requirement to sign up and register to use most websites.

    Requiring registration in itself is … more

  • Don't publish your error messages!

    While browsing the website of a certain ‘big name brand’ website this morning I came across this:

    Ironically the key thing to consider here is written in plain text just below … more