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« Previous EntriesSSHTools (j2ssh) - Java SSH/SFTP Library
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007This post is partly for my benefit (so I can find it next time I need it) but mainly because there seems to be a severe lack of information about SFTP/SSH libraries for Java.
I found myself needing to perform the simple (looking) task of sending a file to an FTP site, after writing the code [...]
Four player online cooperative play in Halo 3
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007I’m sold! Bungie are reporting that there will be four player online co-op in Halo 3. I really enjoyed playing Halo 1 and I finally gor around to completing the single player campaign recently (I got side tracked my online multiplayer). Co-op play on Doom 2 was superb fun and I think Halo 3 will [...]
Garmin Rock!
Friday, July 13th, 2007I’ve been attempting to install City Select Europe v6 on my Vista PC and I’ve been running into all sorts of issues so I sent them an email. After receiving their prompt response and trying the suggestions I called their customer service number. It seems I should have a Setup CD, CD 1 of 2 [...]
Use a Mac, it’s more secure
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Run Windows on it with Bootcamp and Parrallels
Hmmm…
Apart from the obvious fact it’s not more secure. If your primary reason for moving to the Mac is it’s more secure than Windows (and that is a reason for a whole lot of people) why then do so many people run Windows on it?
Gliffy - Web diagrams
Friday, July 6th, 2007I needed to draw a quick diagram for my earlier post on by value and by reference variables in C#. The obvious choice is Visio but I don’t use it frequently enough to make it worth buying (cheapskate aren’t I). The next thing I looked at was MSPaint and Photoshop, while both of these are [...]
Microsoft Canada Development Centre in Vancouver!
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Microsoft have announced a new development centre in Vancouver due to open this Autumn (still can’t bring myself to say Fall). I think this is really good news for IT in Vancouver, especially Microsoft focused development. I’d also really like to work for Microsoft one day. Will certainly be keeping my eyes peeled for more [...]
Reference & Value types - Pass by Value, Pass by Reference (.NET)
Thursday, June 28th, 2007A colleague of mine is learning C# and was asking me some questions about the difference between Reference and Value types in C#. We then went on to discuss the different semantics of passing Reference and Value types by reference or by value.
Firstly a few definitions
Value Type = Any structure (struct in C#), all of [...]
I resisted for ages but recently John succumbed closely followed by Ruth so I figured I’d take a look and see what everyone was talking about. It turns out it’s frighteningly addictive, I have 59 friends (largely ex-colleagues) , I’ve persuaded several other people to join (sorry guys) and got back in contact with a few people I’d [...]
Blog Disaster
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007As you’ve probably noticed (or not since I always read blogs via rss and you probably do too) I recently stuffed up our blog, now this isn’t that uncommon (I like to fiddle with things and often end up breaking them) however this time I really messed something up and couldn’t persuade pebble to work. [...]
Vista: Less vulnerabilites than RedHat, Ubuntu, MAC OS X 10.4
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Before the Mac and Linux fanboys jump all over this (as they have in several other blogs who have mentioned this report). I’ll point out upfront the following:
Yes, the guy who wrote the report works for Microsoft
No, this doesn’t (necessarily) mean he is biased
I use Linux (several flavours), Unix and Windows both [...]