Attacking Those Pluralsight Buffer Problems
(Edit 26th July, 2015 — Added iPad Air 2 experience) (Edit: 9th March, 2015 — Added iOS app update). I’ve only recently signed up for Pluralsight and so far, I am…
Podcast Nuggets #2
This is the second in my series of Podcast Nuggets (mental note: should I use the word nugget?) where I talk about some of the things I have learnt from…
Creating a Flappy-ish Dragon Game in Scratch
My son received an interesting homework this half-term in which he had to create something to do with the book, How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell. There were quite a few good…
ASP.NET Website #2: Mastermind
Mastermind….it sounds like a character from a Bond movie or the title of my autobiography but instead it is the theme for my second ASP.NET website 🙂 It’s been a while…
Podcast Nuggets #1
This is the first in a regular series I will be writing where I pick apart the content of podcasts that I have listened to that resonate with me, or at least,…
9 Reasons You Should Listen To Tech Podcasts
I’ve long been a huge fan of listening to podcasts but can they really change your life? Err…maybe not, but I am convinced that they can be hugely beneficial to…
ASP.NET Website #1: Rock, Paper, Scissors
This is the first website in my new project to create 30 such websites using ASP.NET and C#. For this, I have decided to start with creating a small game…
Hosting Multiple Applications with ASP.NET aka Sweat Equity
I’ve just finished writing my first proper ASP.NET web page and just been through a mental-workout trying to get more than one of them hosting at the same time on…
Book Review: Team Geek
Another book I recently finished (quickly because I liked it) was Team Geek by Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman, published by those giants, O’Reilly. The book (at 194 pages), is split into 6…
Publishing an ASP.NET Website to Somee using VS 2013 Community Edition
I’ve recently started learning about ASP.NET and have therefore been hunting for a way to demonstrate the projects that I have created but on a budget basis (i.e. free!) before…
Book Review: Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner
I recently finished Python Programming for the Absolute Beginners by Michael Dawson and liked it so much that I thought I would review it for others (I sound like Victor Kiam,…
Creating a Tip Box in CSS/HTML5
I’ve recently been reading the excellent Professional Javascript for Web Developers by Nicholas Zakas (@slicknet) and couldn’t help but admire the way tips are shown in the book. That got me thinking…how…
OFSTED Heatmap – The Main Page
This is the third post (parts: one & two) in my series about how I tackled building a web application which graphically indicates when schools in my local borough of…
Three Ways To Open a Command Prompt in Windows Explorer
For various reasons, I’ve needed to open a command prompt in a directory that I have been exploring in Windows Explorer. If you are unsure what I mean by that,…
Book Review: 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
Right now it feels like there are 97,000 things I need to know, so I thought it was time to pick up 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know (Edited by Kevlin…