Hmmm!#
2/7/2012 11:11:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Wonder if I need a new title for my blog#
"Celtic Tiger" looking a bit dated? Maybe he's coming back? Anyone?
12/11/2011 11:02:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Amazing stuff altogether#
10/19/2011 2:30:58 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Big Bubble on Grafton Street#

When will it burst?

3/25/2011 8:07:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Classic Dublin decay#

Strangely beautiful

3/25/2011 7:37:20 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

A boatfull fo flowers#

Well done DLRCOCO

3/25/2011 7:32:10 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Isis#
3/24/2011 2:34:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Spring Morning#
3/23/2011 11:51:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Dublin Bay#
3/23/2011 12:01:08 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

I really should blog more often#

Its such fun

1/7/2011 1:00:22 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Youhoo!#
Still here!

1/7/2011 12:26:44 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Hellooooooooo#
Just another blog entry to confirm I'm alive!

10/9/2009 1:07:22 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

When Hope and History Rhyme#

I'm sure Seamus Heaney had a day like November 4th 2008 in mind when he wrote of how now and again hope and history rhyme.

Northern Ireland, South Africa, The Berlin Wall, Barack Obama

11/6/2008 11:16:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Long time no blog...#

Long time no blog. Just a post to confirm I'm alive!

5/26/2008 9:04:02 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

GMail Tip #1#

If you are running two separate GMail accounts you can stay logged in to each permanently by using Firefox for one and Internet Explorer for the other.

GMagic | GMail | Google
1/31/2008 5:17:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Happy New Year - 2008 - The Year of the Rat#
A Very Happy New Year to all my reader(s).
2008 Rocks already!

New Years Resolution - more, longer blog entries.

1/4/2008 9:34:55 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Facebook apps are quite easy#
Essentially, Facebook takes your URL and puts it in an iFrame.
Anyway, I've written my first Facebook app and in fact its my blog. I am actually writing this entry inside Facebook!
More anon if anything interesting comes of it.

 | Facebook
11/14/2007 12:24:07 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Is it just me, seriously?#

Got this error four times today. Count them, one - two - three - four. Thats so far. Grist to the mill of the anti-Vista crowd. BlueScreen? More like NoScreen!

Serves me right for poking fun at the java crowd.

.NET | Life | Microsoft
11/6/2007 11:31:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Some nice Irish Irony#

Did you hear the one about...?

javadotnetirishirony.png

11/5/2007 9:13:17 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Joel Spolsky 2.0#

Seems Joel is doing a Java gig as well while he's in town! Now whats the connection between Joel and Java? Should be a lively affair.

Click here

Web
11/5/2007 9:01:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Joel Spolsky is coming to Dublin#

You know you gotta go: http://worldtour.fogbugz.com/

10/22/2007 10:07:06 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

DotNetRocks - don't walk, run!#
If you are a software developer earning even part of your living working with Microsoft .NET, or even if you just do it for fun, and you don't listen to DotNetRocks podcasts, start running, not walking, in the direction of DotNetRocks now!
Hosts Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell deliver highly professional, humorous and educational shows.
You can download from the site or, my preferred method, subscribe in iTunes.
A perfect complement to HanselMinutes
 
P.S. Note to self - Check out DNRTV from the same stable when I get some time.
 
Update 06/11/2007
Don't subscribe in the iTunes library itself - you'll only get the last twenty episodes. Rather, grab the RSS feed from the DotNetRocks site and then subscribe using the Advanced menu option in iTunes. That way you can see all the shows.
9/18/2007 11:39:33 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Amazon EC2 is the business#
I have been playing on and off with Amazon EC2 for some time now, having been lucky enough in the first place to get an account. I originally had an Amazon AWS account for S3, the storage part of the service. Hence the lucky bit -- getting an invite for EC2 -- the elastic compute cloud.
For me it has been a highly educational experience, coming from a Windows background. It gives me a remote linux workstation to play around on with plenty of storage and bandwidth available.
Install Apache? No probs.
Install MySQL? No probs.
OpenOffice? Easy.
All in all an interesting experience. Not free though, you pay by the hour and it can add up over time.
Well worth checking out.
I am planning a blog post showing how to get Ubuntu up and running and then connecting to the server using VNC. I've done it a few times and I know it would be of interest to a lot of people.
As ever... Stay tuned.
 
Update:
Here's a very cool link on this topic.
EC2
9/17/2007 9:06:45 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

This is a test of blogging from GMail#
  1. Numbered list
  2. Numbered list
  • Bulleted list
  • Bulleted list
Change typeface
 
9/17/2007 12:25:08 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

dasblog Mail To Weblog feature is cool#
I think gmagic should definitely support this in the the HTML editor.
Stay tuned
9/16/2007 11:03:56 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

GMail is excellent#

GMail really is an excellent email program and general allround web tool. I've tried hotmail and yahoo but keep coming back to gmail.
I'm creating a new tag here with this post called GMail as I intend making quite a few gmail-related posts soon primarily to publicise the up and coming gmagic.

GMagic | GMail | Google
9/16/2007 10:47:11 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Long time no blog#

Blogging infrequently! Tsk Tsk. Breaking one of the cardinal rules of blogging.
Anyway, just a quick blog so all my readers know I am in fact still alive.

More soon, promise.

9/5/2007 12:14:28 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Alan Johnson freed - Great News#
Alan Johnston banner
7/9/2007 10:34:21 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Every once in a while something really cool comes along#

In my humble opinion http://flickrvision.com is one of those things. Not too sure about the twitter thing though.

Google | Web
5/15/2007 11:52:54 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Thought provoking#
4/22/2007 1:09:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

The man was just doing his job and should be released immediately#
Alan Johnston banner
4/19/2007 11:42:45 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Deadly buzz, deadly#

YouTube is great for this kinda thing...

How to paint the MONA LISA with MS PAINT

3/29/2007 10:03:58 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Vista - not so appalling#

I've been using Vista for about two weeks now.

The verdict: pretty good all told - can't think of anything to hate and theres lots thats cool.

Favourite feature: glowing minimise, maximise & kill buttons - wicked.

3/7/2007 12:32:00 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Not a mac in sight, or is there?#

Bill should enjoy this.

2/5/2007 10:13:24 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

George Best, again#

Chatting with an American colleague the other day who loves soccer but never heard of George Best (?)
Watch in particular for:
03:38   Magic
03:01   Pure strength
00:59   Menace
Throughout: Awe inspiring skill
Good song too!

1/30/2007 10:03:07 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Google, enjoy your lunch#

Warning - Americanism ahead - Microsoft, this totally sucks.
I read great things about Windows Live, usually via Dare Obasanjo, but when I go to sign up, frankly this crap is just, well, crap.

7/28/2006 12:17:53 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

No ways!#

From Tom Raftery

O'Reilly wants to own 'Web 2.0'

Insane!

Tom, Just call it Web 2.0 SP1.

5/25/2006 10:19:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Am I seeing things?#

Is everybody in the world going to be a programmer?
Visual Studio 2005 advertised on Sky News!
What in the name of blue blazes?

.NET | Blogging | Life
5/25/2006 9:53:28 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

The web is safe for Rock 'n' Roll#

In reference to my earlier post, I'm happy to report: he's back. With a bang.

4/11/2006 11:37:56 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Handy .NET Tool EZShellExtensions.Net is available from Sky Software#

I came accross this pretty cool tool for .NET that lets you build Shell extensions for Windows explorer amongst other things.
I found it fairly straightforward. By following the online help and looking at the samples provided I managed to knock out my own shell extension in next to no time.
It works quite nicely in Visual Studio 2003 and also supports VS 2005 / .NET 2.0.
I can feel a major new app coming on!

Check it out at http://www.ssware.com/ezshell/ezshell.htm

Bloggers: Check out http://www.ssware.com/bloggers.htm

Via Ryan Farley

Like Ryan, I didn't just post this for the free software. This actually fills a real need!

 

4/5/2006 1:17:50 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Where oh where is caustic Phil?#

I first discovered blogs, bloggers & blogging when I stumbled accross caustic tech, probably about the time I read my first Joel on Software piece about Microsoft losing the API War etc.
I thought Phil's blog was fantastic. By my calculation its now 213 days since Phil's last blog. 213 days in which blogging in general has exploded.

Where's Phil?

3/1/2006 11:39:34 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Roadblocks#

Don't get upset about roadblocks. They are as much a part of life as the rising of the sun.

Instead of bemoaning them, devise strategies to get around the roadblocks that appear on the road to your goals.

1/31/2006 10:18:48 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

The best quote about George Best#

I read a lot about George Best in the last few days but this from Simon Barnes in the Sunday Times stood out:

“That was how Madame Tussauds sculpted him: in his matador pomp, two hands beckoning. You want me? Then come. And then the lunge, and Best had a trick that no one else could bring off. He used to disperse all the atoms of his body and, a nanosecond later, bring them back together on the far side of his opponent. That is surely the explanation. No other fits the bill.”

12/4/2005 10:59:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

You cannot be serious#

Thought this was funny...

Smallfootprint

11/23/2005 8:34:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Sending emails in .NET#

As a follow-up to my recent post which showed how to send an email in .NET, there are some circumtances where you would need to use SMTP authentication. In fact, my guess is that this is the norm. So: here’s how you would do that:

System.Web.Mail.MailMessage em = new MailMessage() ;

string UserName = “joe@joeblogs.com ;
string Password = “******” ;

em.Body = “This is the body of the email” ;
em.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", "1"); //basic authentication
em.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", UserName); //set your username here
em.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", PassWord); //set your password here

// blogged with BlogJet

11/23/2005 12:11:09 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

This is a test of BlogJet...#

Good and all as dasBlog is, I’m a rich client guy at heart, but not rich

Hence, I’m giving BlogJet a spin.

UPDATE: It’s good.

11/22/2005 11:28:25 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

You wait your whole life for the internet...#
11/20/2005 10:56:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Component factory's Krypton Toolkit has been released#

I'm always glad to help out a fellow traveller so here's something well worth checking out for .NET developers who want to give their apps that professional look and feel.

The Krypton Toolkit has been released.
It provides user interface controls for Windows Forms.
It is targeted at Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0
It is free for commercial use.

To get your copy why not check out:
http://www.componentfactory.com/downloads.php

Bloggers, pass on the word too.
http://www.componentfactory.com/blogoffer.php

I'll definitely be considering Krypton for the .NET Release of PSQ

11/12/2005 6:35:59 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Adwords Campaign#

Finally got around to mounting an adwords campaign for PSQ. If you have a downloadable product and don't have an adwords campaign, I would encourage you to try it out. Its easy to set up, doesn't cost much and you can pack it in any time.

I've had a few hits from the ad over two days, nothing spectacular, but more than I was getting before.

I've also set up a notification so that I get an email to my gmail account if anyone comes to the site. For anyone who'd like to try it using ASP.NET just put some code like this in the Page_Load event:

// only fire if HTTP_REFERER is not null
// since null indicates a googlebot

string referer = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_REFERER"] ;

if ( referer != "" )
{
   
System.Web.Mail.MailMessage em = new MailMessage() ;
   
em.Subject = "home page hit! holy cow!" ;
   em.From = "Hits<abc@xyzwq.com>" ;
   
em.To = "mygmail accoun at gmail dot com" ;
   
em.Body = "Remote = " + Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_HOST"] + "\n" ;
   
em.Body += "Referer = " + Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_REFERER"] ;

   SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "mail dot mydomain dot com" ;
   
SmtpMail.Send(em);
}

11/9/2005 11:25:53 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

VistaDB Evaluation#

Well, I got my free copy of VistaDB 2.1 for .NET.
So far, so good. Installs cleanly enough.
Managed to whip out a .NET test app in no time.

Will definitely be considering VistaDB for the .NET Version of PSQ

I've done some searching to try and find an independent review of VistaDB. If anybody knows of a thorough evaluation please leave a comment.

11/3/2005 10:13:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

VistaDB 2.1 database for .NET has been released#

This 2.1 update includes over 60 improvements, including new support for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio .NET 2005. VistaDB is a small-footprint, embedded SQL database alternative to Jet/Access, MSDE and SQL Server Express 2005 that enables developers to build .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0 applications. Features SQL-92 support, small 500KB embedded footprint, free 2-User VistaDB Server for remote TCP/IP data access, royalty free distribution for both embedded and server, Copy 'n Go! deployment, managed ADO.NET Provider, data management and data migration tools. Free trial is available for download.
- Learn more about VistaDB
- Repost this to your blog and receive a FREE copy of VistaDB 2.1!


The above description is provided by the folks at Vista. For placing it here I get a free copy of the software.

This could be a useful alternative to using MSDE or SQL Express, especially if you want your app to be downloadable in a jiffy and installed in a jiffy, which I do!

Will post an evaluation when I've had a look.

11/1/2005 9:15:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Web 2.0 kerfuffle#

So, Joel, Dare, Don, MikeG and more are revolting against Web 2.0.
Complain, moan

Well, my company is shipping 1.30 R8 of our main app. At this rate we won't get to 2.0 for another 10 years.

So there.

10/25/2005 10:56:48 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

The brother, he blogs#
Read it all here

10/18/2005 9:20:17 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

The Scobleizer's comin to town#
10/13/2005 11:24:06 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Kahuna#

Signed up for the Kahuna beta today.
What's the chances?

10/11/2005 10:41:06 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Google Office#

Come onnn!
You cannot be serious.

10/5/2005 12:58:09 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Places I've been#
9/22/2005 11:57:56 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

PDC05 - Information Overload#

Q. What do you get when you put X,000 engineers to work developing software?

A. A lot of software.

 

9/14/2005 8:37:59 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

RSS Bandit#

I just downloaded and installed RSS Bandit from www.rssbandit.org
Its really good.
Well done to Dare, Torsten et al.

8/26/2005 12:15:14 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Firefox too#

Pretty good in Firefox, too.
8/18/2005 11:46:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

DasBlog Live#

Live Man!

8/18/2005 11:34:00 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

Dude, what the?#

DasBlog, sound out.
Response.Write( "Hello, world" ) ;


 

8/18/2005 10:21:12 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) #     |  Trackback

 

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Hmmm!
Wonder if I need a new title for my blog
Amazing stuff altogether
Big Bubble on Grafton Street
Classic Dublin decay
A boatfull fo flowers
Isis
Spring Morning
Dublin Bay
I really should blog more often
Youhoo!
Hellooooooooo
When Hope and History Rhyme
Long time no blog...
GMail Tip #1
Happy New Year - 2008 - The Year of the Rat
Facebook apps are quite easy
Is it just me, seriously?
Some nice Irish Irony
Joel Spolsky 2.0
Joel Spolsky is coming to Dublin
DotNetRocks - don't walk, run!
Amazon EC2 is the business
This is a test of blogging from GMail
dasblog Mail To Weblog feature is cool
GMail is excellent
Long time no blog
Alan Johnson freed - Great News
Every once in a while something really cool comes along
Thought provoking
The man was just doing his job and should be released immediately
Deadly buzz, deadly
Vista - not so appalling
Not a mac in sight, or is there?
George Best, again
Google, enjoy your lunch
No ways!
Am I seeing things?
The web is safe for Rock 'n' Roll
Handy .NET Tool EZShellExtensions.Net is available from Sky Software
Where oh where is caustic Phil?
Roadblocks
The best quote about George Best
You cannot be serious
Sending emails in .NET
This is a test of BlogJet...
You wait your whole life for the internet...
Component factory's Krypton Toolkit has been released
Adwords Campaign
VistaDB Evaluation
VistaDB 2.1 database for .NET has been released
Web 2.0 kerfuffle
The brother, he blogs
The Scobleizer's comin to town
Kahuna
Google Office
Places I've been
PDC05 - Information Overload
RSS Bandit
Firefox too
DasBlog Live
Dude, what the?
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