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Xamarin Android Player in VirtualBox with Fiddler as Proxy to IISExpress API

So today was another learning experience indeed. I decided to try Xamarins own Android Emulator today. I've had so many…

Posted on: July 2, 2015
By: jammer
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View IISEXpress Hosted Sites On Your Local Network

This is a useful little tidbit of knowledge to have. Suppose you can browse to your new spanky site using…

Posted on: July 2, 2015
By: jammer
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Upgrading MVC4 to MVC5 and WebAPI1 to WebAPI2 – MEF – DotNetOpenAuth

Originally Written 20 June 2014 So, if you have found this blog post as you are going through this process…

Posted on: June 30, 2015
By: jammer
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SSL Certificate Access – LocalMachine Store Access from IIS Express

Ever have this error - keyset does not exist? Do this: Start -> Run -> MMC File -> Add/Remove Snapin…

Posted on: June 25, 2015
By: jammer
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The Apple Developer Clique – MkII

So, today I got another email from Apple about my enrollment in their development program. Turns out I don't have…

Posted on: June 25, 2015
By: jammer
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TeamCity CI Server Login Fails at Boot Up

If you're running an instance of TeamCity on your local dev box, and who isn't eh! haha, oh for more…

Posted on: June 24, 2015
By: jammer
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Xamarin – The Baptism of Fire – Windows 7

So as I blogged a few days ago about the issues I was having with getting to grips with all…

Posted on: June 24, 2015
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Windows 8.1

Well I know, very late to the game on this one. Problem is I loved Windows 7 as much as…

Posted on: June 23, 2015
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Apple Music Service – The Swift U-Turn

The more Apple get in the news the more I wonder how long they can keep up with this "cool"…

Posted on: June 23, 2015
By: jammer
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Restoring YouTrack Backups

I love JetBrains software, I really do. How I'd get by without ReSharper is anyone's guess but they are not…

Posted on: June 21, 2015
By: jammer
With: 11 Comments

Why are Hardware Manufacturers Web Sites and Documentation Like Black Holes?

As some one that has built a large number of PCs and servers over my career I'm constantly surprised by…

Posted on: June 21, 2015
By: jammer
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The Apple Developer Clique

I'm genuinely gobsmacked by this. I applied for the Apple Developer program a couple of weeks ago on behalf of…

Posted on: June 20, 2015
By: jammer
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PCL Profile 259 in Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7, Xamarin, MvvmCross & ReSharper 7.1

Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this…

Posted on: June 19, 2015
By: jammer
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Downloads Broken – Fixed

Must put an apology online. I've had a few enquiries today as to why some of the code examples on…

Posted on: June 17, 2015
By: jammer
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Should I Download MacKeeper?

I'll cut to the chase - NO, DO NOT DOWNLOAD this "software". MacKeeper is one of those apps that seems…

Posted on: June 10, 2015
By: jammer
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This is AMAZING – Female Genital Mutilation Finally Outlawed in Nigeria

This is such great news. "More than 130 million girls and women have experienced female genital mutilation or cutting ..."…

Posted on: June 10, 2015
By: jammer
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Code Reviewing – Xamarin Components and MvvmCross Plugins

At the moment I'm working through the implementation of a mobile application build on top of the Xamarin platform targeting…

Posted on: June 7, 2015
By: jammer
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Unit Tests in User Configurable Applications

Yesterday was another one of those little lessons in Unit Testing. In one of the applications I work on there…

Posted on: June 6, 2015
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Get Windows 10 App & Skype Login Broken Fix

So yesterday a new icon appeared in my Task Tray. A little Windows icon representing the Get Windows 10 App…

Posted on: June 2, 2015
By: jammer
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Facebook Suspended My Account – The Real Name Policy Fiasco

So I went to log into my Facebook account the other day and was presented with a message saying that…

Posted on: May 21, 2015
By: jammer
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