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I'm baaaaaaaack

Published on 2013-05-21 07:45:00

Been a while! Don't have a gig at PC World any more, so might start posting on here a again. Stay tuned. Rants to continue after the break

Woah. Is that the time?

Published on 2010-02-11 19:23:00

Haven't posted on here for almost a year.There are a few major reasons for this. They are in no particular order:-- I'm no longer doing .net only coding, I went fulltime iPhone coding in June 2009. It's been going really well. Thanks for asking!-- Tw

This one got through QA:

Published on 2009-01-12 17:48:00

Hate to be a grammer Nazi, but check out this dialog:

Hundred Pushups iPhone App

Published on 2009-01-05 02:59:00

The Hundred Pushups iPhone app has been released to the App Store.Link hereUse the app to gain strength, lose weight and above all reach the goal of 100 push ups in 6 weeks. I can personally vouch for the program as I have done it myself and the iPho

Macworld Expo Keynote Predictions

Published on 2009-01-04 13:09:00

Prediction one: This will be the last time I predict what will be announced at Macworld Expo by Apple!I've been pretty busy with other things, including publishing an app for the iPhone. (Note to self: change the urls for that...) and with the impend

The Commuting Year in Review

Published on 2008-12-30 15:36:00

I was listening to the TWIT year in review on the way into work this morning. I listened to every episode this year while commuting. If totaled in miles it would be a long way.I started off the year traveling to Northampton by train from Rugby: View

Remote desktop connection cannot verify the identity of the computer

Published on 2008-12-17 02:24:00

If you get the following error: "Remote desktop connection cannot verify the identity of the computer that you want to connect to. try reconnecting to the windows-based computer or contatct your administrator." when trying to connect OS X to a Window

Linking iPhone/iPod Touch with Xcode

Published on 2008-10-29 05:08:00

I just spent the last hour or so trying to get my iPod touch working with Xcode so I could debug on the deviceIf you are having trouble after you have followed the instructions on Apples developer site, here's what to do:In Xcode, right click the inf

20 Second SQL tip

Published on 2008-10-27 20:53:00

If you restore from a backup with NORECOVERY from the GUI it sometimes doesn't bring the database back online, even if the restore succeeds.So if you are stuck with a database that no matter how long you give it, the status is restoring, or loading t

StackOverflow: the good, the bad, the ugly

Published on 2008-10-22 18:18:00

The eternal dilemma for developers is finding the answer to their specific question. There are a number of sites on the web that try to help, some free, some not.Stackoverflow is the latest attempt to create an ultimate resource for answers to progra

Nice Gmail Tip: plus-addressing

Published on 2008-10-21 03:11:00

I was digging around the Gmail docs just to see what new stuff they've been throwing in there and came across something useful that I hadn't come across before.A lot of people I know have multiple mail accounts some of which they use when signing up