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July 2006 - Posts

The "real" real reason why anti-virus doesn't work

I though about reading this post from Slashdot today. Then I didn't. Read More
posted Monday, July 24, 2006 3:21 PM by Geoff | 1 Comments
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The real meaning of backing up

In the last week I've had this discussion a couple of times. Something the last two years of work have taught me about infrastructure is people's perception of backup is a little incorrect. Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 10:25 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Virtual machine loving

No, not some sicko post-appocalyptic robot fantasy, but Microsoft Virtual PC, the newly released (as in liberated) desktop virtualisation software. Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 11:48 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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String manipulation in .NET

It seems to be string week in .NET blog land. I thought I'd plop this link to the API docs and other blog articles in here for my own sake. Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 11:38 AM by Geoff | 2 Comments
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BitVector32 class

Now this is a cool class! It allows you to store 32 bools in one 32bit int. Old hat for the C/C++ veterans, but much nicer for the .NET crowd. I wonder if you can marshal out of Win32 API structs into these?... Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 11:20 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Naming conventions

Greg picks up on a thread from Jason Haley about UI control naming conventions, then goes on to argue for hungarian notation (i.e, txtFirstName vs. firstNameTextBox). Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 10:42 AM by Geoff | 2 Comments
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Self tuning databases

I've just read an interesting post on Jeff Atwood's site, Coding Horror. He questions why database engines can't self-tune tables by adding indexes. Read More
posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:00 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Wow

I went and saw Queensryche at the Palace in Melbourne last night. Awesome. I think I've found my new "Yes". Read More
posted Saturday, July 15, 2006 3:07 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Is this worth the effort?

We received an email from our ISP here at work today telling us about a new initiative started by the ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) here in Australia with regards to spam messages. Read More
posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:24 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Free database models

Saying "Free database models" to a developer is like saying "Free icecream" to a kid. Read More
posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 3:18 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Logging and tracing

I didn't know what I was missing until I got into log4net, and now I use it everywhere. I just feel naked without putting logging into classes. It's saved my life several times over. Read More
posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:53 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Stock photography

Every aspiring graphic designer needs a good source of quality stock photography to have a decent starting point. Read More
posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:39 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Geek literature

I love books. I've got hundreds of the buggers. I shudder to think how much money I've spent on them. Lately, however, I've taken to eBooks. It took me a while. I couldn't see myself reading a book on the screen. Then I bought my first eBook from Apress. Read More
posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:28 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Altering IDENTITY column properties

That's right! Do you want to be able to alter any of the IDENTITY properties for a column in SQL server? Well, you've come to the right place, boy-o (or girl-o). Read More
posted Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:48 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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VB.NET First Impressions

Well, after using VB.NET for one whole week I can safely say I'm underwhelmed. I thought big things would've happened in the VB world with .NET. I can see how VB programmers might think the big things are here, but after using C# for the last couple of years I must be spoiled. Read More
posted Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:23 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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