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C# 4.0 – Optional Parameters
I know, I know, VB has had them for ages. But I don’t care… Now C# has them too! This will greatly reduce method overloads! Check this bit of code (sorry it’s not a “real world” example) public class TestClass { public void DoSomething(string parameterOne, string parameterTwo, string parameterThree) { DoSomething(parameterOne, parameterTwo, parameterThree, null); }…
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Quartz.net trigger not firing
I’ve used Quartz.net for a little while – more specifically, around 6 months. I started working with it around the end of October 2009. Irrelevant, you may think, but the important thing here is the time. During winter months, the UK runs on GMT (or UTC+0) During these months, (up until 28th March 2010) my…
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Another Domain Name Appraisal Scam – thedomaininvestors.com
Back in October, I wrote about a domain name appraisal scam. It appears this is still doing the rounds, but has changed wording slightly. Below is the transcript of messages: Make no mistake, THIS IS A SCAM From: coddington@thedomaininvestors.com Sent: 18 March 2010 07:54 To: Alex James Brown Subject: ukcabs.net (sent 03/18/10) Hello, We…
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Facebook notification spam – someone ”likes” your photo
Recently, a lot of people have been “liking” my photos. Unfortunately, the notifications are sent out by various versions of a new form of Facebook spam application. Clicking on “your photo” – in a hope to see which photo this person liked, takes you to a page where you’re asked to allow an application access…
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Implementing DataCash 3D Secure with ASP.net
This is an article I’ve been meaning to write for a while now… Mainly, to help others out, who are struggling with the near non-existent documentation provided by Datacash, when trying to plug 3D Secure into my ASP.net application. I’m sure you’re already familiar with what 3D Secure is, so I won’t go in to…
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Outlook – Error with PDF Preview Handler for Vista
Up until a few moments ago, I was unable to preview PDF files in emails in Outlook using Windows 7 64bit. The problem is that Adobe have not updated their installer of Adobe PDF reader to allow the correct values to be set in the registry. However, there is a fix. I came across this:…
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How to view Experts Exchange answers
I’m sure anyone that’s searched for solutions in Google, has fallen victim to the search engine reuslt pollution Experts Exchange employs… They always seem to title their results, with EXACTLY what you are looking for. When you click on it, you’re told that to view the solution, you need to sign up. Which costs money……
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Fixing – Log Reader Performance : Critical (Seen in SQL Replication Monitor)
I ran into a problem with a Transactional Publication today. I’d moved the database from old hardware, to newer hardware, and in the process, restored the SQL 2000 database onto SQL 2008 (running in SQL 2000 compatibility mode) I’d re-created the publication, and initialized it. After about half an hour, I checked the Replication Monitor,…
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Windows XP Virtual Machine – no network adapter / missing driver?
After creating a new Windows XP Virtual Machine, on VMWare Server, I noticed it had no network adapter. It was an “unknown device” in Device Manager! I installed VMWare tools, to no avail. After painstaikingly thrashing about with my settings in VMWare Server, I took a look at my vmx file (located in the same…
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Windows XP Virtual Machine – no network adapter / missing driver?
After creating a new Windows XP Virtual Machine, on VMWare Server, I noticed it had no network adapter. It was an “unknown device” in Device Manager! I installed VMWare tools, to no avail. After painstaikingly thrashing about with my settings in VMWare Server, I took a look at my vmx file (located in the same…
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Fixing ‘Windows Could not determine if this computer contains a valid system volume’ when installing Windows 2008
I was trying to install Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 on one of our servers, intended to be an internal SQL database server. It’s equipped with a 3Ware 9650SE 8LPML RAID controller. It has 8x 250gb hard drives. I’d set up 2 units: RAID 0 (Stripe) – For the OS (2 drives) RAID 10 (6…
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Ass-Kissing Blog Comment Spam
Recently, I have been receiving a large amount of a different kind of comment spam on my WordPress blog. In an effort to get around the Akismet spam protection, they have created several variations of the same kind of poor English, brown nosing comments… that effectively mean nothing. The whole point of them, is to…
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Twitter User underdog100 gets 300% increase in followers – in 10 minutes
At 23:00, Jo Combs (twitter.com/underdog100) had just 37 followers 5 minutes later, Graham Norton had featured her tweets on his show, albeit poking fun at them, but, now, her followers had swelled to 110! Every time I hit F5, her number of followers increases By 23:10 the count had grown to 130… around a 300%…
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How to turn off emoticons in Windows Live / MSN Messenger
Emoticons are ok, when used sparingly, or not talking to your boss. The last thing you need in the latter situation is for your conversation to be littered with or or even worse To disable them, first click the icon circled in red below. Alternatively, you can press the Alt key. Either way, you need…
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Lloyds TSB Phone Insurance – Forgot Password Problem…
I recently had the misfortune of losing my whilst in Amsterdam. My bank, Lloyds TSB provide me with phone insurance as part of my gold account benefits, crucially for me, is international loss insurance. I always follow the rules. My policy states that I must start the claim within 48 hours of me discovering the…
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Creating a new post in WordPress using the JoeBlogs library
A few people have recently been asking how the NewPost method works within JoeBlogs First, you need to create an instance of Post. Then, set the following properties: dateCreated Fairly self explanatory, but you should set this to today’s date (or whatever date you wish the post to be set as published) title The title…
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Domain Name Appraisal Scam – NameSaleShop.com
I recently listed a domain for sale – www.ukcabs.net (incidentally, it’s still for sale if anyone is legitimately interested, please feel free to contact me) It was listed on places like Sedo, I advertised it on twitter and eBay. On Saturday, 9th May, 2009, I received an email from weisberg@theonlinebrokerage.com with the subject “ukcabs.net sent…
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Using TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a remarkable piece of software that let’s you share control of your computer with another person. It works round any firewall / router complications that Remote Assistance normally has, and I use it regularly to help friends / family with their problems. Best part is, it’s free for non-commercial use! Here’s how to…
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NVelocity template with decimal to two decimal places
I wanted to be able to output a decimal value from an object in my NVelocity template. For example, the value of the decimal was: 3.40000 to represent 3.4. The end result: Total Order Value: 3.40 GBP I needed to display this as currency format. Sure, I could of used this String.Format method, but that…
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Google Wave invitations for sale on eBay
Google Wave invitations were sent out yesterday, 30th Septermber 2009. Bizarely, I didn’t get one, despite being a paying google apps customer. Anyhow, I wasn’t overly bothered – sure, i would like to try it out, but I wouldn’t part with cold hard cash to do so! It appears some people will however: A quick…
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Find out information about your processor with CPU ID
I’ve found a great little freeware utility that gives you valuable information about your processor, and other hardware devices on your PC – CPU ID http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php From their site, heres what information is retrieved: CPU Name and number. Core stepping and process. Package. Core voltage. Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier. Supported instructions sets. Cache…
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How to change the language on a Buffalo LinkStation from Japanese to English
I recently had massive problems with my LinkStation and had to flash the firmware on it…. When I finally got it up and running again, my admin screen was in Japanese!! I followed the instructions on the FAQ – http://www.buffalo-technology.com/knowledgebase/users/kb.php?id=10213&category_id=5&sid2 I thought I’d just put a few pics up to illustrate it a little better:…
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How to use MagicISO
MagicISO is a brilliant piece of freeware that I use. It enables you to mount an ISO file, as an actual drive. For example, MSDN provides subscribers with ISO images of their DVD’s – We can then mount these files, and they will appear to the computer, as an actual drive, and so, can install…
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Upgrading from Navision 4 to Navision 5 – Database Error
This is a tad of a messy blog post, so apologies for that, however it’s mainly for my own reference. Here at Crocus, we run Navision to handle product inventory, orders, and the like… We wanted to upgrade from version 4, to version 5. After following the upgrade instructions, I got this error: Msg 8662,…
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C# Ternary conditional operator – Question mark in an if statement
I’m all for shortening the amount of code we write, if it makes it more readable. One enhancement I make use of in C# is the ternary conditional operator. Consider the following block of code: string input = “hi”; bool saidHello; if (input = “hello”) { saidHello = true; } else { saidHello = false;…