Author Archives: Robert Hill

WEB 2.0

I rarely like the buzzword mania that seems to afflict our beloved profession, and I admit to playing the odd game of BS Bingo, but I really do cringe everytime I hear the words “Web 2.0”. So when i happened … Continue reading

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Reflecting on XAML..

Wow, its been quite a bit since my last post – but I’ve got a good excuse. I’ve been busy soaking up all I can on the Holy trio of WPF/WCF/WWF. There’s just so much to absorb, and I’m already … Continue reading

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WPF intellisense missing in action!

If you’re trying out WPF using Expression Blend conjunction with Devstudio, you might find depending on how you start them up, that the integration isn’t all that clever. Here’s the problem. Basically, don’t start blend before Devstudio, or Devstudio won’t be able … Continue reading

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Zeno’s Paradox.

Ok, so he’s only 11, but I swear, thats one of the most difficult problems I’ve tried to explain to my son. How do you explain Zeno’s paradox to an 11 year old? The closest I got was with hamster approach … Continue reading

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Its Alive!

Managed to find out what the problems with my bitweaver site were. After reinstalling XAMPP, bitweaver and fiddling with it for a couple of hours, i turned to a workmates machine, to discover the site working perfectly! I went back … Continue reading

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Bitweaving…

How come , the minute you’re not there, something breaks? I installed Bitweaver , a really nice CMS on a machine at work, to provide a central hub for a touch of agile communication. Y’know share the knowledge and all … Continue reading

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Google pigeons?

Damn, I’ll never look at a humble pigeon in the same way again. Check out Pigeon Rank(tm)

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