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The Career Programmer
Musings of a disillusioned programmer from London, and then some

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Writing Secure Applications - Error Handling and Trapping Tips
2007-06-24 20:13:00
The concepts discussed in this post apply mostly to the C# and Java style of exception handling however it can be adapted to pretty much any language. Sometimes (well not sometimes, most of the time) us programmers don?t really take testing and debugging seriously enough. The same can be said for exception handling and error ...
More About: Applications , Writing , General , Tips , Error

Development Methodologies
2007-06-21 15:30:00
One of the guys at work emailed this to me. I don’t know the source, if anyone knows it tell me and I’ll reference it. It’s so true! Asshole Driven development (ADD) - Any team where the biggest jerk makes all the big decisions is asshole driven development. All wisdom, logic or process goes out ...
More About: Development , Raves , Logies , Develop , Method

First Look - Err?. Lang? Concurrent Programming in Erlang
2007-06-19 23:11:00
Quick Disclaimer! - My First Look section is designed to be a quick and relatively easy-to-understand explanation of current and future programming trends. It is not an exhaustive review or in-depth analysis just a quick summary and based on my own personal opinion (pretty much the whole point of me having a blog) Once upon ...
More About: Programming , General , Rent , Ming

Beating The Block
2007-03-28 18:52:00
For the past ten years I have been suffering from what is commonly referred to as programmer’s block. Programmer’s block is similar to writers block where the mind is full of ideas, but when trying to realise them (or put them to paper) it goes blank. You want to make Super Mega Space Invaders 3000 but don’t know where to begin, or ...
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First Look - CakePHP
2007-03-15 14:13:00
Take current PHP development methods so far. You have an idea for a brilliant new website or application. You create some tables and then write CRUD (Create, Replace, Update and Delete) functions. Then you need to write authentication functions, code to retrieve and format data from the database, the list goes on. Alternatively you could use one of the ...
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ButtonMaker 1.0.4 Released
2007-03-14 23:45:00
Heres a handy little software for you to try out if you ever need to generate a lot of buttons for a website. When i’m creating websites for people normally I have a blank template that I make in Photoshop on which I have to write each button’s title manually and then save it in the appropriate file format ...
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Windows Vista - Beauty and the Beast
2007-02-15 17:54:00
One of the first things you notice about Vista is it’s prettiness, courtesy of the Aero Glass interface. And yes it is very smooth, providing you have the hardware to run it. A pretty visual interface is something the Window s world has been lacking for some time, whereas Mac users have had Aqua since MacOS X and Linux users have ...
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Windows Vista - Beauty and the Beast
2007-02-15 17:54:00
One of the first things you notice about Vista is it’s prettiness, courtesy of the Aero Glass interface. And yes it is very smooth, providing you have the hardware to run it. A pretty visual interface is something the Wind ows world has been lacking for some time, whereas Mac users have had Aqua since MacOS X and Linux users have ...
More About: Beauty , Windows Vista

HD-DVD/Bluray Copy Protection Broken
2007-02-14 22:59:00
As some of you may have read on the internet or in the print media, HD-DVD and Bluray copy protection has now been fully broken. It took around 8 days to break the AAC (Advanced Access Control) copy protection mechanism that is used on every HD-DVD and Bluray to date. The copy protection mechanism took ...
More About: Dvd , Copy Protection , Copy , Broken

Confessions of a Mac Hater
2007-02-14 17:58:00
For many many years I was a Mac hater, everything from the Mac’s smiley face logo to the 1 button mouse to the stupid single menu system really pissed me off. My limited contact with Mac’s first came around 1999, in the days of Mac OS 8 & 9, when Mac fans themselves found little to show off hardware ...
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Confessions of a Mac Hater
2007-02-14 17:58:00
For many many years I was a Mac hater, everything from the Mac’s smiley face logo to the 1 button mouse to the stupid single menu system really pissed me off. My limited contact with Mac’s first came era 1999, in the days of Mac OS 8 & 9, when Mac fans themselves found little to show off hardware ...
More About: Confessions , Hate , Hat , Confession

Welcome
2007-02-14 00:25:00
Welcome to my brand spanking new Bog, I have high hopes for this Bog and I hope that one day in the not too distant future, aliens from outer space with gain a fascinating insight into the twisted mind of a disillusioned programmer. Bogs are supposedly the next big thing, apparently the idea that some random ...
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