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Archives / 2009
  • Useful Test Site for creating new Global Unique Identifiers

    Tags: C#

    After spending hours re-writing database scripts and using a website that creates a new global unique identifier only one at a time. I decided to see if the domain createnewguid.com was available. … more

  • IE6 Ghost Text Bug

    Tags: IE6, Html, CSS

    I have come across this a few times before, but today it really got me. IE6 can be extremely frustrating at times. Especially due to the fact that the box model is not implemented properly. But … more

  • URL Shorteners Article

    Tags: Website

    A friend of mine threw this up on twitter and I thought i’d make a note of it here!

    URL Shorteners: Which Shortening Service Should You Use?

    Ok yes I am a nerd – but I found this very … more

  • Switching Between HTTP and HTTPS Automatically

    Tags: Website, C#

    I needed some code to automatically redirect a user from http to https. My friend Kamil came to the rescue and forwarded me a link to this code component:

    Matt Sollars - Web Page Security

    Of course … more

  • Welsh on Windows Server 2003

    Tags: C#, Globalization, Windows Server 2003

    Beware if you want to use cy-GB locale on Windows Server 2003 - you will need to update to Service Pack 2 - as this locale is not present in the original release or service pack 1. If you cannot … more

  • Some useful unit test helpers

    Tags: C#, Unit Testing

    Over the years I seem to keep coming up with the same unit test classes when I ever I set out on a new project. Not much use in Silverlight testing mind you , but for all other testing quite handy. … more

  • Displaying really large text files over 3GB in size

    Tags: Website

    I ran a data importer process last night and ended up with a log of 3.3GB nice :) Found this useful tool to be able to view it - poor old notepad hasn't a chance. … more

  • Tag Clouds for Blogger

    Tags: Html, Blogger, Website

    I found this useful tag cloud for blogger. Simple Tag Cloud Widget for Blogger

    I've replicated the code below just in case the above link does not work. All you need to do is add a label widget and … more