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Outsourcing? Dev for CA$H … A few Stories and a Twitter Micro-Spat

So I just quit my Twitter account. 3 days after quitting my Facebook account and two days after Reddit. Yay!…

Posted on: February 21, 2021
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Goodbye WiX Installer => Hello Advanced Installer

Adventures in the land of Windows Packaging ... WiX - Windows Installer XML Before I start, this isn't a WiX…

Posted on: February 19, 2021
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Migrating Complex WPF Prism Applications to .NET5

I've just come off the back of migrating to NET5. Yup, attempting, you did read that right. So why am…

Posted on: January 30, 2021
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Mechanical Keyboard Review – GMMK

As I mentioned in this post, I've developed a keyboard issue forcing a purchase. Not the best timing I have…

Posted on: December 2, 2020
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

More Mechanical Keyboard Adventures

So, another saga in my PC mechanical keyboard story started yesterday. A few weeks ago the left CTRL switch on…

Posted on: November 28, 2020
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Technofog

Technofog (/tɛkˈnɒ/fɒɡ/) - the confluence of domain specific jargon, technical debt and knowledge gaps that negate sensible use of even…

Posted on: June 11, 2019
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Some Useful Azure Charts

During my journey through the wonderful world of Azure I've come across a couple of useful charts so I thought…

Posted on: April 2, 2019
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Razer Blade 15 – Ownership Story

For the last two years and more for mobile computing I've been limping along using Windows 10 in a Virtual…

Posted on: November 24, 2018
By: jammer
With: 4 Comments

Code auto-documentation from middle earth …

“Forgots the password [my precioussssssss]”

– 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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 2 Comments

.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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 3 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments