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Upgrading to Windows 10

Crazy? I don't know yet but I decided to go for the upgrade to Windows 10 on day 1 ...…

Posted on: July 30, 2015
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Missing Icon Overlays

I need to look into whether this is an issue on Windows 10. But this is definitely an issue on…

Posted on: July 25, 2015
By: jammer
With: 1 Comment

Package Dependencies & Deploying .NET

I recently had a requirement to completely package up a .NET application so that it was extremely portable beyond it's…

Posted on: July 13, 2015
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

WPF ListBoxItem Selected Background Highlight in Windows 8

When targeting the way a ListBoxItems are styled on pre Windows 8 platforms you could easily change with style syntax…

Posted on: July 8, 2015
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

TeamCity Backup Location Outside TeamCity Data Directory

By default TeamCity doesn't allow you to place backup files outside the default data directory (internally known as the TeamCityData). …

Posted on: July 8, 2015
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Xamarin Android Automated CI Publishing Using MSBuild & JetBrains TeamCity

I love automating processes and making things consistently repeatable. Continuous integration is your friend, yes it can take time to…

Posted on: July 7, 2015
By: jammer
With: 4 Comments

Xamarin iOS Build Server is Too Old

This is silly message really. If you're getting this error (or something similar) but you also know that you're running…

Posted on: July 4, 2015
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Learning MvvmCross

Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology…

Posted on: July 4, 2015
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

Xamarin Android AXML Intellisense

Hmm ... missing your lovely Xamarin Android intellisense in the Visual Studio .axml code editor? Me too ... The Solution…

Posted on: July 2, 2015
By: jammer
With: 2 Comments

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
With: 5 Comments

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
With: 0 Comments

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
With: 2 Comments

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
With: 0 Comments

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
With: 0 Comments

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
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
By: jammer
With: 0 Comments

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
With: 0 Comments

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
With: 0 Comments