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– Ghost Doc

Deleted Facebook

So I've done it. I've deleted Facebook from my life. Sorry Zuck, you've breached my trust one last time and…

Posted on: April 20, 2018
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Mechanical Keyboards – Which to Choose?

The world of mechanical keyboards has blossomed over the last few years. They've gone from a niche, expensive product to…

Posted on: April 2, 2018
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UI developers are the tarts of the programming world

– – Me

Dear Procurement Department

I understand that you like to standardise the computers in your business. The ease of maintenance and support is a…

Posted on: January 25, 2018
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Meltdown / Spectre Speculation Issues

So, we are in Meltdown! Thanks for this Intel. So, Intel has been having a very hard time lately. AMD…

Posted on: January 11, 2018
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No Comp Sci degree? == No Interview

Well really? I've only been turned down for an interview once with this stated as the reason. With 20+ years…

Posted on: October 24, 2017
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Shell Overlay Icons – The Space Wars

For some of us there has been a quiet war raging inside the Windows registry. The fight is over your…

Posted on: August 27, 2017
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.NET Geographic Searches

I recently had to implement a localised search mechanism on an API. Maths and Trigonometry aren't my strengths it has…

Posted on: August 19, 2017
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Docker Gotcha

I've just had my first Docker gotcha moment. I was happily working away using the setup detailed in my first…

Posted on: August 9, 2017
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Password Sensibilities

I've lost count of the number of organisations I've worked for that have adhered to the NIST (National Institute of…

Posted on: August 9, 2017
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PlasticSCM – Just Don’t

If you're considering this source control tool. Stop. If you're considering this for your development team, have mercy on them…

Posted on: August 8, 2017
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Docker + Windows + WordPress + MySQL + PHPMyAdmin = Nirvana

The last time I did any Wordpress development was over a year ago so I no longer have PHP and…

Posted on: August 6, 2017
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The State of Login in 2017 – LastPass to the Rescue!!

I've been putting this off for far, far too long. I knew migrating to a password manager was going to…

Posted on: July 30, 2017
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SQLite Extensions for .NetStandard NuGet

I just created a couple of NuGet packages for helping to consume SQLite in .NetStandard1.5 applications. Includes all the nice…

Posted on: July 20, 2017
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You have to cede so much power to the government to ensure equality of outcome that tyranny is inevitable.

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Oh Dear, Borked Your Registry Key Permissions?

I recently got so fed up with DropBox trouncing all over my shell icon overlays that I decided to attempt…

Posted on: March 11, 2017
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Windows 10 UWP – Emulator- The Revenge

I'll tell you why UWP is suffering. The UWP flavour of XAML is a mere shadow of WPF and the…

Posted on: March 1, 2017
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MacBook Prolapse

Apple, seriously ... you fucked up. Are you seriously telling your MacBook Pro & iPhone users that they'll have to…

Posted on: October 31, 2016
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Jammer Dot Bizeseses 10th Birthday Today!

Well, well, Its this 'ere blogs 10th Birthday today! Happy Birthday!!!

Posted on: October 8, 2016
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