Previously when I’ve written about music suggestions, I’ve recommended bands based on an entire album, based on an interesting take on a genre or based on a single track. This time, I want to recommend Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer for no other reason than I think he’s ace. Can Explain What This Read more…
Disclaimer: I want to start this post by saying that I am, in no way, a computer security expert. However, the details presented here are correct enough to give a background and starting point for anyone who wants to follow up and dig deeper into the fascinating world of password security. Everything about Read more…
Really quick post tonight to announce that I’ve built a new blog. Ok, built is probably not the right word. But you know what I mean. So, I’m taking some time to learn about .NET Core and have decided to set up a blog specifically for that. Mainly so that I Read more…
About 4 years ago, Google started a crusade to get all websites to use HTTPS. That means that the connection to a site that you view is secure and encrypted. They’ve even gone so far as to start penalising websites that don’t use HTTPS. Which falls in line with their Read more…
Over a year ago I wrote about how I was building an application with Mono, Xamarin and GTK# on MacOS (even though it wasn’t called that then). Well, since then the Microsoft .NET team had announced that they were open sourcing the .NET runtime and were re-building it for non-Microsoft Read more…
This post will contain my notes on the C# System.Threading namespace. For an extremely basic introduction to Threads, see my previous post [LINK] Thread Class The Thread Class is a found in the System.Threading namespace and can be used to create new Threads, get their status and manage their priorities. Read more…
I’ve decided to take the Microsoft C# exam (code 70-483), mainly because I’ve been working in C# for 6 or so years now and it would be great to see how much knowledge I have of the language. Also, we’re all taking exams at work and I don’t want to be Read more…
I've been a fan of Trick for over a decade (I'm even working on a translation of Naze Besuto) and as such, it was only natural that I would write about the final movie in the series
Background My mobile phone has SMS messages that go as far back as my first smart phone (around 2009). Each time that I upgraded, I found ways to transport them to my new phone. Why? Well, why not? It’s always good to look back through my old messages and reminisce Read more…
One of the reasons why I’ve been pretty bad at posting lately is that I’ve not had much time to sit and compose a long post (I’ve still got one in the backlog that I’m putting a fair bit of research into). It takes me about an hour to go from Read more…