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Google Custom Searches.

Posted on October 24, 2006 by historical

Google have just launched the Google Co-op Custom Search Engine into the wild. I’ve just knocked up a small example of a possible application – just search for C# related information. Minimal testing so far suggests that it might be … Continue reading →

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Nintendo Web Browser on the DS Lite

Posted on October 20, 2006 by historical

I recently bought a Nintendo DS Lite to keep me occupied in one of the many hotels I have to stay in. I was swayed toward the DS by the promise of the Nintendo Browser, and now that my new … Continue reading →

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SongBird media player / browser

Posted on October 3, 2006 by historical

This seem slike a really cool idea – a media play (looks vaguely familiar) with browser support, and remote mp3 playback. I’ve just downloaded it for a look-see, and I’ll let you know how it goes.

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Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Posted on October 3, 2006 by historical

I want one of these. 

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Apostrophe In RowFilter

Posted on September 25, 2006 by historical

According to ASP.NET Resources, there is a problem when using apostrophes in a RowFilter expression in a DataView. The fix seems to be to double the apostrophes (“O”Mally”) rather than escaping them (“O\’Mally”)

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That Star Trek bloke

Posted on September 9, 2006 by historical
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LiveWriter Bug

Posted on September 5, 2006 by historical

There’s a small bug in the LiveWriter preferences pages.  On the “plugins” tab, the user can enable / disable plugins using a couple of radio buttons.  Unfortunately, it appears that there is flawed logic to read the current setting of a … Continue reading →

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Iterate through enum values

Posted on August 30, 2006 by historical

A quick example of how to iterate through the values in an enum… enum myEnum { one, two, three, four, five, }; foreach (int i in Enum.GetValues(typeof(myEnum ))) { myEnum myItem = (myEnum )Enum.ToObject(typeof(myEnum ), i); System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(myItem.ToString()); }

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An update to the EmbedVideo Plugin

Posted on August 23, 2006 by historical

A minor modification, but I have added a “Preview” button to the chooser form.  It should make it easier for you to double check that the video you specified is the one you want.  This button will open up a … Continue reading →

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A List of LiveWriter Plugins

Posted on August 18, 2006 by historical

As well as my own humble effort, there are quite a few others out there writing LiveWriter plugins. A good place to start looking would be here or here.

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