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• Configuration by Convention with XAML

  Yes I know the above probably doesn’t make much sense when first read. But the truth is that in any convention based system, there is going to be some configuration, we can’t avoid it completely. I’ve been working with using XAML as a configuration method Read More... Posted 21 July 2010 09:38 by rory.street | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET

• Java and .NET talking to each other

  One thing I can say about my 10 years working at EMC Consulting (previously Conchango), its never been dull and there has always been something interesting or unusual thrown into the mix of things so you don’t do the same old tasks all the time. One such Read More... Posted 18 September 2009 16:06 by rory.street | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Java

• Twitter rescuing customer service

  Having recently moved home, one of the things I went to great pains to ensure was setup correctly at my new home was broadband. Being an IT consultant and my wife running a home based business has made broadband essential for both of us. Sadly on the Read More... Posted 27 July 2009 14:31 by rory.street | 0 Comments

• Google Chrome OS cometh

  It has long been speculated that Google may have been working on their own operating system and finally the speculation is over - Google are to launch a new web based OS called Google Chrome OS . My first thoughts when seeing the headline was pretty much Read More... Posted 08 July 2009 19:28 by rory.street | 0 Comments Filed under: Google

• The PC is dead long live the NC (in the cloud)

  Cast your mind back to 1995 when the chairman of Oracle, Larry Ellison stated “The personal computer is a ridiculous device”, later followed by “It's too hard to use, too powerful, too costly...” Larry Ellison was off course championing what he thought Read More... Posted 03 July 2009 11:29 by rory.street | 5 Comments Filed under: cloud

• “The Authentication Service is Unknown” error after hard disk switch

  A few days ago my Dell Latitude D830 suddenly died on me and would not turn itself back on. The IT department removed my hard disk and placed it inside a new D830. All seemed to work perfectly until I rebooted and started to get the above error. I was Read More... Posted 25 June 2009 10:32 by rory.street | 0 Comments

• Beware Temporary Projects in VS2008

  Last week I happily started a project in Visual Studio 2008 and made some good progress in getting my code ready. What I hadn't realised was Visual Studio started this project in Temporary Project mode . It's a useful feature if like me you need to quickly Read More... Posted 16 June 2009 13:55 by rory.street | 3 Comments

• Updating an MS Ajax Update Panel with JavaScript

  This entry is more for my own future reference. If you need to update an MS Ajax update panel client side, use the following syntax in your JavaScript. __doPostBack('myUpdatePanel', '') Where 'myUpdatePanel' is the ID of your update panel. You can read Read More... Posted 05 October 2008 13:52 by rory.street | 1 Comments Filed under: AJAX

• My first look at Google Chrome

  Finally I had the opportunity to give Google's new web browser Google Chrome a test drive. Google Chrome installs in under 3 minutes which is pretty impressive! Launching Google Chrome is also pretty fast it's pretty much instant in launching when compared Read More... Posted 02 September 2008 22:43 by rory.street | 3 Comments

• Rename Outlook 2007 folders

  I recently had a strange issue with my Outlook inbox being renamed to that of a document I had just emailed from Word. I wasn't able to rename the folder and discovered the only solution was to start up Outlook with the following command line. "C:\Program Read More... Posted 16 June 2008 11:00 by rory.street | 2 Comments