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Pimp your IDE

This post has an awesome list of Visual Studio IDE enhancements! Just sticking it here for the BAS. Read More
posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:51 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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For those who know what it is

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posted Monday, April 21, 2008 11:20 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Stay away from the light!

Another thing I like about Vista: when apps die, they kind of fade to a paler, washed out whiter colour. Makes me think they're heading for the light... Read More
posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:08 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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The delivery disparity

I have been thinking about why managers (or those who are in charge of projects - whatever they may be called) have such trouble with the concept of the "extra" work involved in test driven development, and I think I've figured it out. There's a disparity Read More
posted Saturday, March 01, 2008 3:58 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Google's terms of service

Just noticed this little snippit in Google's universal terms of service: 2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving Read More
posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:05 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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The great vista hard drive upgrade debacle of 2007

Surprisingly (not), Vista swallows hard drive space like a black hole. I realise its trying to be extremely helpful by storing copies of all my files whenever I do something to them in case I'm stupid enough (in case? try because...) to lose or destroy Read More
posted Sunday, October 28, 2007 3:24 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Small business financial calculators

This is a cool reference of a bunch of financial calculators for anyone thinking of starting a small business. I'm posting it here for BAS (Blog Attached Storage). http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/calculate-this-100-financial-calculators-every-entrepreneur-needs Read More
posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:14 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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I am now a blackberry knob

Yes, I've joined the ranks of the socially retarded blackberry users. I now use a BlackBerry 8310 (?) Curve as a smartphone. I have to say, I actually like it. I've got the BlackBerry enterprise server installed on our work exchange server, and I have Read More
posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:13 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Dangers of flashing...

...no, not that kind of flashing. Although it can be pretty dangerous. Especially in a scissor factory. Aaaaaaanyway. About an half an hour ago or more, we lost connectivity to the wireless router here in the office. It's a Linksys WRT-54GS. When Read More
posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:23 PM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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Vista Finally

I've just bought myself a new PC for home and decided to load it up with Vista. It's a mixed blessing. So far, I really like it. I've only been using it for four days, so it's a bit of a shallow opinion. Three things are bugging me at the moment. No drivers Read More
posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:29 AM by Geoff | (Comments Off)
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