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SSD Windows 10 and The Dreaded INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

So, I this has happened to me a couple of times now and frankly it's a sham, it really is. …

Posted on: January 26, 2016
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Programming – Imagine trying to complete a puzzle whilst also designing it and cutting it out.

– Me

Abstracting APIs – Abstract Potentially Insane?

There's no doubt about it, things that help are good. This topic of abstraction came up in a chatroom the…

Posted on: December 20, 2015
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View Model Value Change Tracking in MvvmCross & Xamarin

Change tracking object contents at first might seem like an easy or straightforward task but there are lots of pitfalls…

Posted on: December 19, 2015
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Whitelist SSL Certificates in .NET for Xamarin / MvvmCross Apps

I have a fairly complex development environment for my current project and needed to allow some self-signed certificates to pass…

Posted on: December 15, 2015
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iOS Keyboard Handling in MvvmCross View Controller

I've just had to handle the situation where a user taps on a text editor control in an iOS view…

Posted on: December 12, 2015
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Windows 10 Threshold 2 Update

Hmm ... not an awful lot to report ... hardly anything "new" to play with / enjoy. But it did…

Posted on: December 3, 2015
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FireFox Finally Arrives On iOS

Finally my favorite browser makes it to the hallowed walled garden that is Apple iOS. I've been waiting for this…

Posted on: November 12, 2015
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MvvmCross Beta5 & SidePanel Navigation Sample

There is a new release of MvvmCross yesterday that takes the platform to v4 beta 5 that was released yesterday. …

Posted on: November 7, 2015
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Need a CRAN / R Time Machine for Old R Windows Binaries??

I was recently in a situation where I needed to find some pre-compiled Windows binaries for the XML package. Yes…

Posted on: October 27, 2015
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Tech Company Management Structures …

Posted on: October 24, 2015
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Reinstalling Windows 10 After Upgrade

So, shortly after upgrading my machine to Windows 10 I suffered a major fault with the installation of Windows on…

Posted on: October 5, 2015
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Enable ASP.NET 4.5 On Windows 10 or Windows 8/8.1

By default IIS and ASP.NET aren't configured as part of a Windows setup (for obvious reasons) so developers are used…

Posted on: September 22, 2015
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Xamarin Android Player in Windows 10

After having upgraded to Windows 10 I found that I had some networking issues running the Xamarin Android Player. When…

Posted on: August 1, 2015
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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