Category Archives: General

I recently purchased a NAS box from Synology, A DS106j. I packed it out with a nice 500gb Hdd, and stuffed all my music on it, with space to spare. The box has some really nice features, Web server with … Continue reading →

A co-blogger on PlanetEDS (Charlie Bess) posed this question after I commented on his recent blog entry about whether Ready Boost was making any noticable difference. I think it does, but that wasn’t what the comment was about. The question … Continue reading →

Whilst browsing the EDS Internal Blogs I came across a posting from Phil Haigh, commenting on (this post) the complexities of JEE and how it’s complexity will be the death of it. I don’t think thats particularly true. Its not … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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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