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Software Reviews
Reason #358 why I hate Flash
I use four PCs on a regular basis (two work PCs, plus a laptop and desktop at home), and all three run Windows — one Windows Server 2003, one Server 2008, and two Windows 7. All of these boxes are either on 24×7 or hibernated between uses, so the only time I reboot them is [...]
1&1 – Unlimited bandwidth hosting
Web host 1&1 just announced that they’re lifting the bandwidth caps on all their hosting plans. The previous caps were high enough that they rarely affected most customers, but anyone who was ever “slash-dotted” will appreciate this move. Image via CrunchBase As you may have noticed, I use 1&1 to host this site, and I [...]
Best. Logger. Ever.
Logging is one of those “system” components that always seems to either be left out or way over-engineered (glares at Microsoft‘s Enterprise Application Blocks). Today, I’d like to introduce you to a logging framework that’s everything it needs to be and nothing it doesn’t. The .Net Logging Framework from The Object Guy is powerful enough [...]
NDepend review
Introduction There’s no question that Visual Studio is a class-leading tool for building large applications. The IDE is incredibly helpful to coders, and the .Net framework lends itself to managing dependencies among components and classes in large applications. In addition, Visual Studio is designed to be extended by third-party tools that can make it even [...]
Zemanta is a blogger’s best friend
Shortly before I switched this blog to WordPress, I learned about a new tool called Zemanta. It was supposed to provide context-sensitive links and images, chosen dynamically to be relevant to the work in progress. It sounded pretty cool, and I tried to set it up under Drupal, but couldn’t quite get it done. After [...]
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