Geek Bits Archives - Page 6 of 12

Apple … U2 … Really?

Hmm ... I HATE U2 with a passion. Bono is offensive frankly so you can imagine my delight in having…

Posted on: September 16, 2014
By: jammer
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Gmail & Thunderbird

So, Gmail access using a desktop client. Should be easy right? I ended up going round and round in circles…

Posted on: August 18, 2014
By: jammer
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Canon PIXMA MG7150

So my trusty old (as in REALLY old) Epson Photo R200 died last week and I have a stack of…

Posted on: August 9, 2014
By: jammer
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iPad Mini Cover – Tech 21 Impact Mesh + Apple Smart Cover

After I blogged about the appalling quality of the IWANTIT(to fuck off) case I've upgraded. After looking around a lot…

Posted on: August 9, 2014
By: jammer
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IWANTIT iPad Mini Case review

So, when I bought my iPad I really didn't want to leave the store without a cover to keep it…

Posted on: August 2, 2014
By: jammer
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iPad Mini Retina 32Gb

So with great trepidation I have indeed bought my second Apple device - an iPad Mini with Retina display (32Gb…

Posted on: July 19, 2014
By: jammer
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Developer Productivity

Posted on: July 15, 2014
By: jammer
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Why do I always get my Accordion controls mixed up with my Concertina controls?

– Jammer

SSL Certificate, FindByThumbprint and the Occultist Codepage

Have you ever ran into a situation where for some reason you cannot load an SSL certificate from the store?…

Posted on: July 10, 2014
By: jammer
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Happy Nicola Tesla Day 2014

Who the hell is this guy? Well ... this is probably the closest a real human will get to be…

Posted on: July 10, 2014
By: jammer
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When Social Turns Anti-Social and The Price of a Book Is Too Cheap

As a software engineer and now CTO of my own technology company I watch what happens out there in the…

Posted on: July 7, 2014
By: jammer
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OSX Mavericks – WiFi – FIxed in 10.9.4?

This is good news! Seems that Apple have finally released an official fix to the WiFi issues introduced with Mavericks.…

Posted on: June 30, 2014
By: jammer
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Wrapping HttpClient

I've been recently revisiting a WebAPI client implementation that uses DotNetOpenAuth for authorising calls to an OAuth 2.0 protected WebAPI. …

Posted on: June 29, 2014
By: jammer
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Compile Time Checking for MVC Views

One advantage of MVC Razor could also be deemed a disadvantage. No comile time checking of views. I personally love…

Posted on: June 26, 2014
By: jammer
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Nuget Strikes Again

Honestly, for tool that's supposed to make life easier and more robust I find myself battling with it often. I've…

Posted on: June 18, 2014
By: jammer
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Windows Store

Hmm ... not much to say really. The UI sucks, it's sluggish to use and inaccurate. Why show me an…

Posted on: June 17, 2014
By: jammer
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FireFox – Back on the Menu

So, I just updated to FireFox 30 and FireBug 2.0 ... So far, rock solid and none of the issues…

Posted on: June 17, 2014
By: jammer
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BSOD!! Well, Well Old Friend

My Current Windows box is fantastic, runs like a dream and has done since I built it about 3 years…

Posted on: June 13, 2014
By: jammer
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Loading Entity Framework Navigation Properties with Stored Procedures

I don't see a lot of posts about this but it is possible to achieve. Classes Example Stored Procedure Using…

Posted on: June 6, 2014
By: jammer
With: 1 Comment

OpenSSL Hits The News Again

Good grief, this latest issue with OpenSSL (the library that keeps most of the internet encrypted and safe) is no…

Posted on: June 6, 2014
By: jammer
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