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Adventures in C#: Excel automation

So I’ve been working a fair bit with C# and Excel automation, and I’ve picked up a few things from the whole experience so far – namely that the thing is really poorly put together and requires a whole lot of work to make things work nicely.
The emphasis there is on nicely. You can hack [...]

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Virtual desktop solutions for vista

Yesterday I asked around on twitter about any sort of software that provided linux/mac style virtual/multiple desktop support for Vista. I was abruptly met with “No.” and a “Get a mac.” as responses.
Fortunately, Google is my friend – and failing my friends suggestions, I did a couple quick searches for the software in question. [...]

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XKCD – “New Pet”

After reading today’s xkcd I actually laughed out loud at work – which was surprising because the comic had been rather lame until the last frame. Gotta love Python – the language that takes everything and still manages to spit out functional programs. Too bad the lead up was weak.
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New Nine Inch Nails track

The new track is called Discipline and was released straight to radio stations yesterday, this track was whipped up by Trent Reznor and tossed out in short order from what I’ve heard. Its not readily available on the net yet, so who knows how long we’ll be able to offer it!
Take a listen to the [...]

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On the eve of a very difficult exam

Tomorrow I write my database exam. Now, some of you who know a thing or two about me know that:

I’m not half bad at using database driven applications such as forums, WordPress, etc
I’ve actually coded a weaksauce CMS before using MySQL

Now, taking that into account – one would assume this course would be a breeze [...]

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Judge Jake Episode 2 – Rock Band Mic and Followup

The second episode of Judge Jake was released earlier this week, but The Left Dishon. Judge Jake failed to update the feed until today, or even inform me that it updated. Apparently I was supposed to be checking the Judge Jake specifically instead of expecting there to be a post [much like this one.]
But I [...]

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Why you should be the guy who corrects the teacher

Lets face it. Nobody likes that guy [or girl] – the one who always pipes up and corrects the teacher. Its annoying, and usually he disturbs class just to make himself look smart.
The unfortunate fact is that we should all be that guy. I realized this today as I was sitting in Math class when [...]

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Who let me in here? – The story of extended partitions

So allegedly Jake is foolish enough to have given me an “Editor” account on here – which not only lets me post stuff – but also lets me edit his posts. Now I’m a generally responsible person, but seriously – I made the Martina-Shot, okay?
Also, the new WordPress admin panel is much nicer than it [...]

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