Software Development and Stuff

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!-- Twitter: I loveTwitter. I like the immediate feedback and the conversation style. I also don't have a lot of time because of above, so bigger formal posts are not as appealing. ( @kiwibastard )-- PC World: I now write a monthly programming column in NZ

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 iPhone app is the perfect companion.

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 impending arrival of child number two, I haven't been keeping up with the rumours. So this year all of my predictions will be completely off the cuff. So here goes (in no particular order):1) Update to iLife and iWork - it's been almost a year and a half f

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 Larger MapI did that until February. I was working for a marketing company making enhancements to a legacy Delphi based system. It was without a doubt the worst job ever. The people who worked there were idiots, the work environment sucked and it was

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 Windows Machine via RDP then do the following:1) Delete all files in /user/{username}/Documents/RDC Connections2) Don't fill in the domain text boxfor some reason when using the Mac client if the domain text box is filled then the Windows machine at the ot

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 info.plist file and select open as text file. This will open the bundle as a plain text Xml file. Find the Key:CFBundleIdentifierand below it will be a string element. Change the text between the element to your AppId minus the 10 digit number and the d

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 the following command should work:RESTORE DATABASE databaseName WITH RECOVERY

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 programmers questions. It is the brain child of notable (or notorious depending on your view) doyens of the development community, Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky (who has Kiwi heritage).The actual site is a work of genius. It is clean, clear and crisp and is

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 for stuff just in case for whatever reason that address gets "accidentally" sold to an organisation that will spam you silly. What Gmail does is provide a feature called "plus-addressing", which allows you to insert useful but ignored stuff into your