Automate Skype Status with PowerShell
One of the big problems I have with Skype is its lack of a scheduling feature. I have a Skype dual phone which will ring when someone calls me on
Line Breaks in Webby
For the past few weeks, I’ve been using a tool called Webby for static html pages. Webby is a Ruby-based tool which produces static html pages based on templates
Some thoughts on the ASP.Net MVC Framework
A few months ago, I got tired of ASP.Net. I was tired of developers who depended on server-side controls, the Microsoft ajax implementations (as opposed to under-the-hood javascript ajax)
Spotify online music service is pretty good
I like to listen to music while coding. I always have. Sometimes I’ve worked at jobs where they allow this (media companies like BBC never mind developers with headphones)
Nike+ API Revisited
One of the highest traffic posts I get on this blog is the brief post on accessing the Nike+ API with C#. I'm pretty proud of that post,
Why I would never host with Re-Invent Technologies again
A couple of years ago, I bought some web-space from a company called Re-Invent Technologies (http://www.re-invent.com/) for some ASP.Net web space with SQL Server hosting. I
Creating a daily Database backup for MySql (and self-hosted Wordpress blogs)
Most of the professional work I do is with Microsoft SQL Server and .Net platform. For my own pet projects, I prefer using MySql as a db engine. Wordpress (and