recent posts Current Reading... Posted by StevenMcD on 04 15th, 2009
Ah yes, the life of a developer Being the geek that I am, I am currently reading Illustrated C# 2008 by Daniel Solis. Even though I have been developing in C# for a few years now I still feel the need to read these books as sometimes the author...
Improve your server Garbage Co... Posted by StevenMcD on 04 7th, 2009
I came across a little known config of ASP.Net applications. We all know about the built-in Garbage Collection system that the .Net Framework uses to recycle “dead” or unused objects from memory and recycle the space. By default the Garbage...
Setting Priorities... Posted by StevenMcD on 04 6th, 2009
Interesting weekend I must say. Decided to get some food from a well known shopping chain and I got some nasty food poisoning. So I sat on Sunday feeling very very sorry for myself. My wife took very good care of me! But on Sunday afternoon my wife...
C#: Casting a variable with &#... Posted by StevenMcD on 03 4th, 2009
I encountered some interesting code today. I got some clarification on it on StackOverFlow.com and its pretty interesting! My Question: I’ve recently started working with JSON and the ExtJs framework and I’ve come across the following...
Being in “The Zone”... Posted by StevenMcD on 03 3rd, 2009
A co-worker forwarded this to me this morning and now I’ve learnt from it so I’ll share it! This piece was taken from Joel Spolsky’s entry at: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000068.html We all know that knowledge...
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Interesting weekend I must say. Decided to get some food from a well known shopping chain and I got some nasty food poisoning. So I sat on Sunday feeling very very sorry for myself. My wife took very good care of me! But on Sunday afternoon my wife and I decided to play some World of Warcraft. After...
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